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Human Development and Family Sciences

Major

  1. Mathematics:
    1. Statistics and Data Sciences 302
    2. Mathematics 408C, 408N, 408R, or Statistics and Data Sciences 332
  2. Primary science:
    1. Human Development and Family Sciences 304 or 304H313 or 313H113L or 114H, 305 or 306315L, and 340
    2. Nine semester hours of upper-division human development and family sciences
    3. Six hours chosen from Human Development and Family Sciences 352, 652F, 352L, 652P, and 355R or 355H. Registration for Human Development and Family Sciences 352, 652F, 352L, 652P, and 355R  or 355H is restricted to students whose practicum applications have been approved. Students who want to participate in an early childhood field experience/field practicum (Human Development and Family Sciences 352L or 652P) must also complete Human Development and Family Sciences 338, 266C and 266L with grades of at least C-. Practicum applications are available in the School of Human Ecology advising office; application deadlines are May 1 for enrollment the following spring semester and December 1 for enrollment the following fall semester. If either May 1 or December 1 falls on a weekend or an official University holiday, the application is due the next business day.
  3. Secondary science:
    1. Chemistry 301 or 301H
    2. Biology 311C
    3. One of the following courses: Biology 311D, Chemistry 302, or 302H

Psychology 304, 333D, and 339 may not count toward the Bachelor of Science and Arts, with a major in Human Development and Family Sciences.