Academic Year:
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: HUMAN SERVICES
CONCENTRATION: ADMINISTRATION AND FAMILY POLICY
| CURRICULUM |
CREDITS |
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| UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS |
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| ENGL 110 |
Critical Reading and Writing (minimum grade C-) |
3 |
Some University requirements may be met by your major requirements.
See your advisor for a planning guide.
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
CREDITS |
| English course |
3 |
| Communication course |
3 |
Creative Arts and Humanities or
Foreign Language courses (including: CHIN, FREN, GREK, GRMN, HEBR, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, PORT, RUSS, SPAN) if Creative Arts and Humanities requirement is fulfilled by English Literature course) |
3 |
| History and Cultural Change |
3 |
| MATH 114 or higher, or CISC course |
3 |
| Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (One science elective must be a laboratory science) |
10 |
| SOCI 201 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
| PSYC 100 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| POSC 220 |
Introduction to Public Policy |
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| or |
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| UAPP 225 |
Crafting Public Policy |
3 |
| ECON 100 |
Economic Issues and Policies |
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| or |
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| ECON 151 |
Intro to Microeconomics: Prices and Markets |
3 |
| Leadership course |
3 |
| Human Relationships elective (HDFS 330, HDFS 333, HDFS 401, HDFS 409 or HDFS 427) |
3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Breadth courses |
6 |
| HDFS 201 |
Life Span Development |
3 |
| HDFS 202 |
Diversity and Families |
3 |
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(fulfills University multicultural requirement) |
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| HDFS 230 |
Families and Their Communities |
3 |
| HDFS 235 |
Survey in Child and Family Services |
3 |
| HDFS 328 |
Introduction to the Research Process |
3 |
| HDFS 334 |
Experiential Education |
3 |
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(HDFS 334 requires a 50 hour field placement. Placements need approval of instructor before class begins.) |
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| One "Individuals and Families at Risk" course chosen from: |
3 |
| HDFS 270 |
Families and Developmental Disabilities |
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| HDFS 331 |
Youth-at-Risk |
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| HDFS 403 |
Adult Disability Issues |
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| HDFS 408 |
Domestic Violence Policy/Prevention |
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| HDFS 410 |
The Hospitalized Child |
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| HDFS 472 |
Substance Abuse and the Family |
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| Two developmental electives chosen from: |
6 |
| HDFS 220 |
Child Development I: Prenatal to Age 3 |
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| HDFS 221 |
Child Development II: 3-10 |
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| HDFS 329 |
Adolescent Development |
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| HDFS 339 |
Adult Development and Aging |
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| HDFS 349 |
Aging & Society (crosslisted with SOCI 349) |
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| HDFS 405 |
Aging and the Family |
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| HDFS 427 |
Parenting Through the Lifespan |
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(HDFS427 may be taken as a developmental elective OR a human relationships elective) |
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One developmental elective must be related to the "area of interest" and approved by the advisor.
May be fulfilled with a minor. Minors may include, but are not limited to, legal studies, public policy, criminal justice, disability studies, leadership, women's studies, public administration; related electives may be necessary to complete 18 credits. Restricted electives may also have an applied family research emphasis, and may include, but are not limited to, HDFS 466, HDFS 615, and UNIV 401/UNIV 402 Senior Thesis.
A minimum grade of C- is required in all HDFS courses and restricted electives.
ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credits required for the degree.
Only four credits of Music ensemble and four credits of 100- and 200-level courses in Military Science/Army ROTC may be counted toward the degree.)
| CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF |
120 |
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