Human Development and Family Studies Major

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(51 semester hours)

This interdisciplinary major provides student with course work that will prepare them for a career in the human development and/or human services field. Completion of two semesters of practicum is required. Students must maintain a 2.25 grade point average in all major course work.

Required Family and Consumer Sciences Core:

FCS 107 - Contemporary and Historic Perspectives 1 credits
FCS 109 - Human Systems in Family and Consumer Sciences 3 credits
FCS 410 - Family and Consumer Sciences Capstone Seminar 3 credits
This course satisfies the General Education capstone course requirement.

Required Courses:

FCS 140 - Family Life Education in School and Community 2 credits
FCS 237 - Child Development 3 credits
FCS 238 - Adolescent Development 3 credits
FCS 301 - Family Resource Management 3 credits
FCS 336 - Family Relationships 3 credits
FCS 436 - Parent Education 3 credits
FCS 441 - Family Life Education Methods 3 credits
FCS 448 - Human Development and Family Studies Practicum 3 credits
FCS 449 - Internship in Human Development and Family Studies 3 credits
PSY 100 - Psychology of Human Sexuality and Sexual Responsibility 3 credits
SOC 280 - Principles of Sociology 3 credits
SOWK 240 - Family and Child Welfare 3 credits

Choose one from the following:

SOC 421 - Sociology of Aging and Retirement 3 credits
SOC 472 - Families in Later Life 3 credits

Required General Education Courses:

HLTH 111 - Personal Health Science and Wellness 3 credits
PSY 101 - General Psychology : Understanding Human Behavior 3 credits

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