Degree: B.A. in Human Development and Family Studies
Option: Early Childhood Specialization
126 credit hours required for graduation
A. General Education Requirements (54 – 61 cr. hrs.)
_____ ENGL 10000 and/or 10400-10500 or 10800
_____ COM 11400
_____ MA/SCI/STAT/CIS/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
B. Requirements for Human Development and Family Studies Core (49 cr. hrs.)
1. All of the following:
____ BHS 10300 Freshman Seminar in Behavioral Sciences (1 cr.)
____ 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
____ CDFS 35400 Practicum I4
____ CDFS 45501 Practicum II4 (Pre or Coreq: CDFS 35400) OR
____ CDFS 45601 Practicum with Infants & Toddlers or CDFS 46001 (37000) Alternative Practicum
____ PSY 43300 Theories in Human Development3 (Pre req: PSY 12000, BHS 20500 and PSY 36100 or BHS 20500 and
CDFS 21000)
Prerequisite to CDFS 35400 and 45501: CDFS 30800, 30501, and 31001
denotes Experiential Learning course
2. All of the following – Early Childhood Specialization:
____ PSY 36100 Human Development I: Infancy and Childhood
____ CDFS 21600 Introduction to Early Childhood Development
____ CDFS 21700 Applied Developmental Child Care5 (Preq: CDFS 21600 or equivalent)
____ CDFS 22800 Development: Infant & Toddler Care
____ CDFS 30501 Art, Music & Movement in Early Childhood Development
____ CDFS 30800 Language & Literacy in Early Childhood Development (Pre or Coreq: CDFS 21600)
____ CDFS 31001 Math, Science & Social Studies in Early Childhood Development 5 (Preq: CDFS 21600, 30800,
PSY 36100 & 1 lab science)
____ CDFS 33201 Administration in Early Childhood Development Programs (Preq: CDFS 21600 & 21700, OR PSY 36100)
____ CDFS 34000 Teaching Very Young Children with Special Needs
____ CDFS 42100 Children’s Social Development (Preq: PSY 36100)
____ CDFS 43101 Assessment in Early Childhood Development Classrooms5 (Preq: PSY 36100)
A grade of “C” or better is required for these courses.
3. Choose one course from the following:
____ EDPS 26000 Introduction to Special Education
____ F&N 26000 Food & Nutrition in Early Childhood Development Classrooms
____ PSY 34400 Human Sexuality
____ PSY 36200 Human Development II: Adolescence
____ WOST 12100 Introduction to Women’s Studies _____ CDFS 12500 Children in Family Care
C Electives or Minor (4 – 11 cr. hrs.)
