Human Development Major

The Human Development Major consists of ten courses

1) One 100-level course on Introduction to Human Development

2) One 200 level qualitative inquiry course

3) Two 200-level courses from the list below

4) One 300-level course from the list below

5) One 100-level course: Introduction to Psychology

6) One quantitative/statistics course from the list below

7) Two additional 300-level courses from the list below

8) One 400-level course from the list below

Foundational Requirements

Both 100/200 level HMD courses must be completed

Note: HMD 201 can be substituted for double majors in psychology, PSY 202 Research Methods

HMD 111INTRO TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

4

HMD 201OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS

4

Any two 200-level HMD courses from the list below

HMD 204CHILDREN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

4

HMD 225IND DIFFERENCES IN DEVELOPMENT

4

HMD 241CC: INTERGEN PLAY & LEARNING

4

Take any one of the two 300 level HMD courses

Note: No Independent Study or Study Away course exceptions will be accepted for either HMD 306 or HMD 321

HMD 306/CRE 306LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE, AND SELF

4

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

4

Introduction to Psychology

PSY 100INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

4

One introductory quantitative/statistics course from list below

Note: No Independent Study, Study Away, or PSY 202 course exceptions will be accepted for the Quantitative/Statistics requirement

Note: PSY 201--Psychological Statistics can be substituted for this requirement for PSY-HMD double majors only

STA 107INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

4

PSY 201PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS

4

Additional Courses

Two additional 300-level HMD courses

Note: No more than one Study Away course will be accepted. (A course exception form must be completed).

HMD 304/GWS 304CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY

4

HMD 305DEATH, DYING, PALLIATIVE CARE

4

HMD 307/GWS 307ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

4

HMD 314/AFR 315MEDIA, SELF, AND SOCIETY

4

HMD 340/EDU 340EDUCATIONAL PSY HUMAN DEVELOP

4

One 400-level HMD course

HMD 414ELDER ABUSE

4

HMD 415/GWS 415SOC POLICY ANALYSIS URBAN AMER

4

HMD 416/GWS 416/AFR 426/CRE 416GLOBAL CULTURES AND HUMAN DEV

4

HMD 497HONORS STUDY

4

HMD 498HONORS STUDY

4


NOTES: Majors can take HMD 103: Child Rights and Public Policy, an additional four-credit course. They can also take HMD 202 BEST PRACT & THE PRESCHOOL EXP, a two-credit course that involves supervised work at the Child Development Lab School during winter break.