Human Development - Requirements for the Major
Supporting Courses, 13-14 credits
- HUM DEV 210 Introduction to Human Development, 3 credits
One of these:
- BIOLOGY 202 Principles of Biology I, 4 credits
- HUM BIOL 102 Introduction to Human Biology, 3 credits
One of these:
- COMM SCI 205 Social Science Statistics, 4 credits
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
One of these:
- ANTHRO 100 Varieties of World Culture, 3 credits
- SOCIOL 202 Introduction to Sociology, 3 credits
Upper-Level Requirements, 26 credits
- HUM DEV 340 Foundations of Human Development Seminar, 1 credit
- HUM DEV 440 Human Development Senior Seminar, 1 credit
Life span core courses, 9 credits:
- HUM DEV 331 Infancy and Early Childhood, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 332 Middle Childhood and Adolescence, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 343 Adulthood and Aging, 3 credits
Biological course, choose 3 credits:
- HUM BIOL 310 Human Genetics, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 324 The Biology of Women, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 342 Human Evolution, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 364 Human Variability, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 402 Human Physiology, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 350 Developmental Psychobiology, 3 credits (strongly recommended)
Electives:
Students choose 12 additional upper-level credits from the following list, depending on their particular career interests. A human development adviser can help in the selection of appropriate courses, and may allow the substitution of upper-level courses from other academic units if it seems appropriate to do so.
- HUM DEV 334 Play and Creative Activities in Childhood, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 336 Gender Development Across the Lifespan, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 342 Cross-Cultural Human Development, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 344 Dying, Death, and Loss, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 345 Human Sexuality, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 346 Culture, Development and Health, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 350 Developmental Psychobiology, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 351 Interdisciplinary Topics in Human Development, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 353 Family Development, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 424 The Development of Creative and Critical Thinking, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 438 Counseling Across the Lifespan, 3 credits
- PSYCH 429 Theories of Personality, 3 credits
One of these is encouraged, but may not count toward major requirements:
- HUM DEV 478 Honors in the Major, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 496 Research Assistantship, 1-6 credits
- HUM DEV 497 Internship, 3 credits (in an approved agency)
- HUM DEV 498 Independent Study, 3 credits