Professionals in human service jobs serve people throughout their lifespans, from conception to the late stages in life. This Human Development and Family Sciences minor will prepare you to interact with individuals and families from diverse sociocultural backgrounds. You will gain cultural competence and understand the importance of diversity, which are necessary for employment with governmental, private, and nonprofit human service organizations.

Required Courses

• HDFS 1403 - Life Span Development
• HDFS 2413 - Family Relations
• HDFS 2433 - Child Development

Choose 9 hours from the following  (6 hours must be upper division credit)

• HDFS 2483 - Family Financial Management
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 2413 or HDFS 2413H )
• HDFS 2603 - Rural Families and Communities
• HDFS 3423 - Adolescent Development
  (Prerequisites: HDFS 1403 or PSYC 2003)
• HDFS 3443 - Families in Crisis
  (Prerequisites: HDFS 2413 or HDFS 2413H)
• HDFS 3453 - Parenting and Family Dynamics
  (Prerequisites: HDFS majors or minors majors and( HDFS 1403 or PSYC 2003)and COMM1313)
• HDFS 3463 - The Hospitalized Child: Child Life Programming
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 2433)
• HDFS 4313 - Building Family and Community Relationships
• HDFS 4353 - Play as Development in Childhood
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 2433)
• HDFS 4413 - Infancy: Brain, Learning and Social Cognition
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 2433 - or PSYC 3093)
• HDFS 4423 - Adult Development
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 1403 - or PSYC 2003 and Junior Standing)
• HDFS 4473 - Multicultural Families
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 2493 and Junior or Senior Standing)
• HDFS 4493 - Public Policy Advocacy for Children and Families
  (Prerequisite: HDFS 2603 or SOCI 2013)