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Human Development and Family StudiesHuman Developments and Family Studies, B.S. (HFSAL)Life Span Human Services Options Degree RequirementsThis major is a multidisciplinary program that examines the development of individuals and families across the life span. It enables students to prepare for professional, managerial, or scientific roles in health and human services professions, in public and nonprofit agencies, and in business and industry, as well as for advanced professional or graduate study. Students obtain a broad background in individual and family development across the life span. Courses emphasize biological, psychological, social/cultural, and economic aspects of development. Through course work and undergraduate internships or research projects, students develop skills relevant to career objectives, such as counseling, human assessment, program planning and evaluation, and research. Two options are available within the major: (1) Life Span Human Services option and (2) Life Span Developmental Science option. The introductory paragraph to each of the options includes a brief list of career opportunities. More extensive descriptions of career opportunities in both public and private sectors are available for the program. LIFE SPAN HUMAN SERVICES OPTION: This option focuses on the acquisition and application of scientific knowledge about development and family functioning across the life span for the purposes of enhancing personal and family development. Courses emphasize: (1) understanding the biological, psychological, and social development across the life span, and the structuring and functioning of families; (2) understanding basic theoretical and methodological issues; and (3) the development of applied skills in intervention and evaluation, prevention, and in the formulation of social policy. An approved field experience in a setting that serves children, youth, adults, or the aged is required for this option. Typical employment settings include preschools, daycare centers, hospital programs for children, youth, and families, institutional and community mental health programs for individuals and families, programs for abused or neglected children and adolescents, women's resource centers, human resources programs, employee assistance programs, nursing homes, area agencies on aging and other community settings for older adults, and public welfare and family service agencies. Typical postgraduate pursuits of students completing this option include graduate study in human development, family studies, psychology, or sociology, or advanced professional training in psychology, law, behavioral health, counseling or social work. Scheduling Recommendation by Semester Standing given like (Sem: 1-2) GENERAL EDUCATION: 45 credits FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR: UNITED STATES CULTURES AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURES: ELECTIVES: 3-5 credits REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR: 73-76 credits COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (ALL OPTIONS): 30-31 credits PRESCRIBED COURSES (18 credits)[1] ADDITIONAL COURSES (12-13 credits)[1] REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPTION: 43-45 credits LIFE SPAN HUMAN SERVICES OPTION: (43-45 credits) PRESCRIBED COURSES (9 credits)[1]
ADDITIONAL COURSES (22-24 credits)[1] SUPPORTING COURSES AND RELATED AREAS (12 credits)
[1] A student enrolled in this major must receive
a grade of C or better, as specified in Senate Policy 82-44. Contact:Dr. Margaret S. BensonAssistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences Office: 122 Hawthorn Building |