Academic Year:
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: HUMAN SERVICES
CONCENTRATION: FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
| CURRICULUM |
CREDITS |
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| UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS |
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| ENGL 110 |
Critical Reading and Writing (minimum grade of C-) |
3 |
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Some University requirements may be met by your major requirements.
See your advisor for a planning guide.
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
CREDITS |
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| 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 |
| BISC 105 |
Human Heredity and Development |
3 |
| NTDT 200 |
Nutrition Concepts |
3 |
| Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (One science elective must be a laboratory science) |
7 |
| SOCI 201 |
Intro to Sociology |
3 |
| PSYC 100 |
General Psychology |
3 |
| EDUC 413 |
Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology |
3 |
| EDUC 414 |
Teaching Exceptional Adolescents |
3 |
| EDUC 420 |
Reading in the Content Areas |
1 |
| FASH 114 |
Fashion, Style and Culture |
3 |
| FASH 122 |
Apparel Product Assembly |
3 |
| HRIM 201 |
Food Principles |
2 |
| HRIM 211 |
Food Principles Laboratory |
1 |
| 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 220 |
Child Development I: Prenatal to Age 3 |
3 |
| HDFS 221 |
Child Development II: 3-10 |
3 |
| HDFS 222 |
Inclusive Curriculum: Birth - Grade 2 |
3 |
| HDFS 224 |
Praticum in Inclusive Curriculum: Birth - Grade 2 |
3 |
| HDFS 230 |
Families and Their Communities |
3 |
| HDFS 235 |
Survey in Child and Family Services |
3 |
| HDFS 470 |
Families and Children at Risk |
3 |
| EDUC 413 |
Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology |
3 |
| HDFS 402 |
Family and Child Policy |
3 |
| HDFS 411 |
Inclusive Curriculum: Birth to Preschool |
3 |
| HDFS 414 |
Guidance and Behavior Support: Birth - Grade 2 |
3 |
| HDFS 422 |
Family Relationships |
3 |
| HDFS 430 |
Family Life Education |
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| HDFS 427 |
Parenting Through the Lifespan |
3 |
| HDFS 431 |
Field Experience: Birth to Preschool |
1 |
| HDFS 452 |
Assessment of Children |
3 |
| HDFS 439 |
Instructional Methods in Family & Consumer Science |
3 |
| HDFS 334 |
Experiential Education (Fulfills University DLE Requirement) |
3 |
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(HDFS 334 requires a 50 hour field placement. Placements need approval of instructor before class begins. HDFS 334 must be taken concurrently with HDFS 430 or HDFS 490.) |
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| EDUC 400 |
Student Teaching |
10 |
| Students must pass the Praxis 1 exam before student teaching. Students must take the Praxis II prior to graduation to be endorsed for certification. |
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| HDFS 480 |
Student Teaching Seminar |
2 |
Praxis Test Requirements
Human Services students in the FCS concentration must complete the following Praxis test requirements:
Praxis I: Passing scores on the Praxis I test, all three subtests (reading, passing score = 175; writing, passing score = 173; and mathematics, passing score = 174), prior to enrollment in HDFS 480.
Praxis II: Proof of having taken an appropriate academic CONTENT area test or a state-designated academic content knowledge test. A copy of the Official score report must be submitted to the Delaware Center for the Teacher Education, 200 Academy Street, during enrollment in EDUC 400 Student Teaching or no later than November 1 for January graduates and May 1 for spring or summer graduates. An institutional recommendation for certification will not be issued until the candidate has presented the official score report.
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 100-200 level courses in Military Science/ Army ROTC may be counted toward the degree.
| CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF |
120 |
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