Human Development Major
Supporting Courses | 16 | |
Basic Foundational Knowledge and Skills | ||
Introduction to Human Development | ||
Research Skills, choose one of the following courses: | ||
Business Statistics (for Business majors and minors only) | ||
Social Science Statistics (strongly recommended) | ||
Introductory Statistics | ||
Foundation Disciplines (required 9 credits): | ||
Psychology | ||
Introduction to Psychology | ||
Public Policy (choose one of the following courses): | ||
American Government and Politics | ||
Introduction to Public Policy | ||
Introduction to Public Administration | ||
Human Biology | ||
Introduction to Human Biology | ||
Upper-Level Courses | 31 | |
Research Methodology | ||
Developmental Research Methods | ||
Phases of Development | ||
Infancy and Early Childhood | ||
Middle Childhood and Adolescence | ||
Adulthood and Aging | ||
Sociocultural | ||
Family and Relationships (choose one of the following courses): | ||
Family Development | ||
Personal Relationships | ||
Gender and Diversity (choose one of the following courses): | ||
Gender Development Across the Lifespan | ||
Cross Cultural Human Development | ||
Culture, Development and Health | ||
Biological and Health (choose one of the following courses): | ||
Developmental Psychobiology | ||
Physiological Psychology | ||
Health Psychology | ||
Psychological (choose one of the following courses): | ||
Psychology of Cognitive Processes | ||
Theories of Personality | ||
Abnormal Psychology | ||
Elective courses (choose 6 credits): 1 | ||
Dying, Death, and Loss | ||
Human Sexuality | ||
Spirituality and Development | ||
Internship | ||
Any of the following is encouraged, but does not count toward major requirements: | ||
Teaching Assistantship | ||
Honors in the Major | ||
Research Assistantship | ||
Independent Study | ||
Total Credits | 47 |
1 | Choose courses from HUM DEV prefix core not used to fulfill upper-level core requirements OR choose from the following of HUM DEV 344, HUM DEV 345, HUM DEV 443 or HUM DEV 497. |