Undergraduate Course Requirements
Once students successfully complete the pre-major coursework they are eligible to apply for the Human Development and Family Studies major. The application process is not competitive. Students should come to Room 304 White Hall to switch from the pre-major to the major.
Listed below is the required coursework for the Human Development and Family Studies major. Additional concentration coursework is required.
Program Requirements:
| Program Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Math and Critical Reasoning (Kent Core course) | 3 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts (Kent Core course) | 9 | ||
| Arts & Sciences and Fine Arts (Kent Core course) | 6-7 | ||
| Must include at least 1 Basic Sciences Lab | |||
| SOC | 32210 | Researching Society | 3 |
| SOC | 32220 | Data Analysis | 3 |
| SOC | 32221 | Data Analysis Lab | 1 |
| Major Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| GERO | 44030 | Adult Development and Aging | 3 |
| HDFS | 25512 | Management of Family Resources | 3 |
| HDFS | 34031 | Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| HDFS | 44018 | Professional Development | 3 |
| HDFS | 44020 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| HDFS | 44023 | Building Family Strengths | 3 |
| HDFS | 44028 | Parent-Child Relationships | 3 |
| HDFS | 44029 | Family Policy | 3 |
| 6 Hours of Major Electives (choose from the following list): | |||
| GERO | 14029 | Intro to Gerontology | 3 |
| GERO | 41095 | Special Topics in Gerontology | 1-4 |
| GERO | 44031 | Social Policy/Community Resources | 3 |
| HDFS | 24013 | Early Adolescence | 3 |
| HDFS | 41095 | Special Topics in HDFS | 1-4 |
| HDFS | 41096 | Individual Investigation | 1-3 |
| HDFS | 44019 | Intergenerational Experiences | 3 |
| HDFS | 44021 | Family Intervention | 3 |
| HDFS | 44022 | Changing Roles of Men & Women | 3 |
| HDFS | 44032 | Nonprofit Fundraising & Grantwriting | 3 |
| HDFS | 44033 | Nonprofit Management I | 3 |
| HDFS | 44034 | Nonprofit Management II | 3 |
| HDFS | 44035 | Assessment and Strategies | 3 |
| HDFS | 44036 | General Case Management Methods | 3 |
| HDFS | 44037 | Positive Youth Development | 3 |
| HDFS | 44039 | Bereavement, Trauma, and Other Losses | 3 |
| HED | 14020 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| HST | 21000 | Dynamics of Helping Relationship | 3 |
| NUTR | 23511 | Science of Human Nutrition | 3 |