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HDEV PREREQUISITES

Students please review the prerequisites before registering for

SPRING 2012 Click here for "PREREQUISITES" and "PERMIT instructions".

 

Degree Requirements: Major

The following program of courses is required for the B.A. degree.  A grade of “C” or better in all upper division major courses is required for graduation in Human Development.  A total of 120 units is required for the B.A. in Human Development.

Lower Division Background Courses:  ANTH 120, PSY 100, SOC 100 (or replace one with HDEV 180)

Human Development Courses (24 units):

HDEV 180Lifespan Human Development
HDEV 250
Elementary Statistics in Social and Behavioral Sciences ***(PSY 210 or SOC 250 are the ONLY official equivalent courses).***
HDEV 307IApproaches to Childhood and Adolescence
HDEV 320Research Methods in Human Development (obtain a permit the semester before see instructions above).
HDEV 357IApproaches to Adulthood and Aging
HDEV 360Cultural Foundations for Human Development
HDEV 402Development of Thought: Structure, Process and Cultural
Influences Across the Life Span or HDEV 403The Acquisition of Culture: Social Processes in Cross-cultural Perspective
HDEV 470Seminar / Practicum (must apply and attend an orientation the semester before).

Upper Division Foundation Courses (12 units from the following list, including at least one course from each foundation areas):

Biological Foundations:
ANTH 318  Human Genetics
ANTH 319  Human Growth and Development
BIOL 301    Biology of Human Aging
H SC 420I  International Health (D2/ E)
H SC 421   Health Behavior
H SC 425I  Human Sexuality and Sec Education (E)
WGSS 440   Issues in Women’s Health

Psychological Foundations:
ED P 302  Adolescent Development
ED P 305  Educational Psychology
CDFS 311 Prenatal Development and Infancy 
CDFS 312I  Family and Personal Development (D2/E)
CDFS 314  The Older Child
CDFS 411  Individual Child Study and Guidance
CDFS 412  Family Interaction
GERN 400I  Perspectives on Gerontology (D2/E)
GERN 485  Mental Health and Aging
HDEV 300I  Death and Dying (D2/E)
PSY 331  Sensation and Perception
PSY 332  Cognition
PSY 333  Psychology of Learning
PSY 336  Psychology of Emotion
PSY 351  Social Psychology (D2)
PSY 356  Personality (D2)
PSY 368  Asian American Personality and Mental Health
PSY 370  Abnormal Psychology (D2)

PSY 378  Health Psychology
PSY 438  Psycholinguistics
PSY 463  Social and Personality Development

Sociocultural Foundations:
ANTH 351  Sex Roles and Culture
ANTH 413  Language and Culture
ANTH 419  Concepts and Theories of Ethnic Identity
ANTH 421  Education Across Cultures
ANTH 454  Culture and Aging
ANTH 475  Language and Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective
ASAM 340 Asian American Family
ASAM 381  Asian American Women
AFRS 410  The Black Family (E)
CHLS 340  Latino Education in the United States
CHLS 350  The Latino Population in the United States
CHLS 415  Latina Women in the United States
CDFS 413  Child and Family in the Community
CWL 315I Literature and Medicine

GERN 400I  Perspectives on Gerontology (D2/E)
HDEV 300I  Death and Dying (D2/E)
HDEV 340  Families and Work
LING 329  Introduction to Language Acquisition
LING 379  Sociolinguistics and Schooling
SOC 320  The Family
SOC 325  Sociology of Women
SOC 335I  Social Psychology (D2)
SOC 345  Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 346  Race, Gender and Class (D2)
SOC 423  Child Abuse and Prevention
SOC 464  Aging and Society
WGSS 401I  Women in Global Perspective (D2)
WGSS 420  Mothers and Daughters

MINOR in Human Development

The minor in Human Development may be combined with any major at CSULB except Human Development and Liberal Studies, Track II-Human Development Concentration. The minor in Human Development offers students an opportunity to supplement their education with an interdisciplinary study of lifespan development within societal and cultural contexts.

Requirements

A minimum of 7 courses, chosen in consultation with the Human Development Program Advisor, which must include:

1. HDEV 180 or ANTH 120 or PSY 100 or SOC 100
2. HDEV 250, 307I, 320, 357I, 360
3. One additional Human Development course chosen from
        HDEV 300I, 340, 402, 403, 470.

All students in this minor must take at least 6 courses in Human Development. All students who complete another course as part of their major that is equivalent to a Human Development course (such as a statistics course equivalent to HDEV 250) must substitute another HDEV course for that one.