Human Development - Requirements for the Major
Human Development Program | Human Development Minor Requirements | Course Descriptions
Interdisciplinary Supporting Courses, 19 credits
- HUM DEV 210 Introduction to Human Development, 3 credits
Research Skills courses (7 credits):
One of these:
- COMM SCI 205 Social Science Statistics, 4 credits (strongly recommended) OR
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
And: - HUM DEV 302 Advanced Developmental Research Methods, 3 credits
For Business Majors and Minors Only — both courses required:
- BUS ADM 215 Introduction to Business Statistics, 3 credits
and - BUS ADM 217 Advanced Business Statistics, 3 credits
Diversity course, choose 3 credits:
- Ethnic Studies or World Culture course
or - Study Abroad or Travel course
- Upper-level foreign language/culture, not grammar, course, 3 credits
(may not count courses taken to fulfill General Education requirement; may not count PSYCH 440)
Contributing areas, one of these:
- ANTHRO 100 Varieties of World Culture, 3 credits
- SOCIOL 202 Introduction to Sociology, 3 credits
Biological course, choose 3 credits :
(Note: The courses below have prerequisites.)
- HUM BIOL 205 Biotechnology and Human Values, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 206 Fertility, Reproduction and Family Planning, 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 402 Human Physiology, 3 credits
Upper-Level Requirements, 24 credits
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
Electives:
Students choose 15 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.
- 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 353 Family Development, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 424 The Development of Creative and Critical Thinking, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 440 Human Development Senior Seminar, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 443 Spirituality and Development, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 497 Internship, 1-12 credits
- PSYCH 429 Theories of Personality, 3 credits
- PSYCH 438 Counseling Across the Lifespan, 3 credits
One of these is encouraged, but does not count toward major requirements:
- HUM DEV 478 Honors in the Major, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 495 Teaching Assistantship, 1-6 credits
- HUM DEV 496 Research Assistantship, 1-6 credits
- HUM DEV 498 Independent Study, 1-4 credits