Human Development Major

Requirements

The major consists of at least eleven courses, including the following:

HMD 111INTRO TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

4

HMD 201OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS

4

HMD 204CHILDREN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

4

HMD 225IND DIFFERENCES IN DEVELOPMENT

4

HMD 306LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE, AND SELF

4

or

HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC

4

two additional HMD 300-level courses

one HMD 400-level course

or

PSY 100INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

4

 

HMD 250BASIC APPLIED STATS ANALYSES

4

or

STA 107INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

4

or

STA 121CC: SOC STATS THRU SOC JUSTICE

4

One of the following

HMD 240AGING AND THE FAMILY

4

HMD 255HEALTH DISPARITIES AND AGING

4

HMD 260SOCIAL & PERSONALITY DEVEL

4

a first-year seminar taught by a faculty member in human development

or

an elective at or above the 200 level that is approved by the adviser

Students should complete BIO 105 or, STA 107 or STA 121, and HMD 201 by the end of the sophomore year. Students who are double majors in Human Development and Psychology may use PSY 201 to replace STA 107 or STA 121 in the major. Students who are double majors in Human Development and Anthropology, or Psychology, or Sociology may request that PSY 202, or SOC 354 be substituted for HMD 201.