Degree: B.A. in Human Development and Family Studies
Option: Child and Family Services Specialization
126 credit hours required for graduation
A. General Education Requirements (54-61 credits)
_____ ENGL 10000 and/or 10400-10500 or 10800
_____ COM 11400
_____ MA/SCI/STAT/CIS/CS/F&N 30300, or Logic
_____ MA or STAT
_____ Lab Science
_____ MA/SCI/STAT/CIS/ CS/F&N 30300 or Logic
_____ Literature
_____ Philosophy (not Logic)
_____ History
_____ Aesthetics
_____ ECON 21000
_____ Political Science
_____ PSY 12000
_____ SOC 10000
CIS 20400 strongly recommended
A&D 25500, ENGL 40500, 38600 or 38700, MUS 25000, PHIL 10600 or THTR 20100
Foreign Language
12-hr sequence: FR, GER, SPAN, or JPNS
____ 10100 ____ 10200 ____ 20100 ____ 20200
C. Requirements for Human Development and Family Studies Core (49 cr. hrs)
1. All of the following:
____ BHS 10300 Freshman Seminar in Behavioral Sciences
____ BHS 20100 Statistical Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
____ BHS 20500 Introduction to Family Dynamics
____ CDFS 21000 Introduction to Human Development
____ SOC 35000 Social Psychology of Marriage
____ SOC 38300 Research Methods
____ PSY 48000 Practicum (Satisfied w/SOC 30700 or SOC 46000)
____ PSY 48000 Practicum (Satisfied w/SOC 30700 or SOC 46000)
____ PSY 43300 Theories in Human Development
Prerequisite to PSY 43300: PSY 12000, BHS 20500 and PSY 36100 or BHS 20500 and CDFS 21000
denotes Experiential Learning course
2. All of the following – Child and Family Services Specialization:
____SOC 22000 Social Problems5
____SOC 26100 Basic Helping Skills/Human Services
____SOC 30600 Methods in Human Services
____SOC 36400 Child and Family Welfare
3. Choose two course from the following – Child and Family Services Specialization:
____PSY 36100 Human Development I: Infancy & Early Childhood
____PSY 36200 Human Development II: Adolescence
____PSY 36300 Human Development III: Adulthood
4. Choose two courses from the following:
____COM 31000 Family Communications
____PSY 35500 Child Abuse and Neglect
____PSY 43500 Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
____PSY 53200 Psychological Disorders of Childhood
____PSY 55000 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
____SOC 36100 The Institution of Social Welfare
____SOC 44000 Sociology of Health and Illness
____WOST 12100 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Electives or Minor (16-23 cr. hrs)
