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BS-HDFS-CFAM - Bachelor of Science in Human Development/Child-Family Services

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Curriculum and PedagogyUndergraduateBaccalaureate

Free Form Requirements

General Education

 

Semester Hours

ACAD 101

Principles of the Learning Academy

1

Shared Skills and Proficiencies

 

 

Writing and Critical Thinking

 

 

WRIT 101

Composition

3

HMXP 102     

Human Experience

3

CRTW 201

Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing

3

Oral Communication

Met in major with HDFS 573

0

Technology

 

 

CSCI 101 & 3 from 101A-N

Intro to Comp Info Processing & labs

3

 Intensive Writing

See approved list

3

Constitution Requirement

See approved list; may be met with other requirement

0-3

Physical Activity

See approved list

1

Thinking Critically Across Disciplines

 

 

Global Perspectives

Met in major with ECED 310

0

Historical Perspectives

See approved list

3

Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives

 

Social Science

 

 

SOCL 201

Principles of Sociology

3

PSYC 101

General Psychology

3

Humanities and Arts

See approved list

6

Quantitative Skills and Natural Science

(3 courses)

9-12

Quantitative Skills

See approved list

(3-8)

Natural Science

See approved list; [Must include a lab science.  If 2 courses taken, must be in 2 different groups:  Life, Physical, Earth.]

(3-8)

Subtotal

 

41-47

Professional Courses

(C or better in each course required and cannot be taken on the S/U basis)

45

ECED 310

Home-School Comm Partnerships with Diverse Families

3

HDFS 101

Intro to Human Development and Family Studies

3

HDFS 350

Parenting Through the Lifespan

3

HDFS 370

Research in Human Development and Family Studies

3

HDFS 450

Family Stress and Resilience

3

HDFS 500

Family Life Education

3

HDFS 502

Family Resource Management

3

HDFS 506

Human Sexuality Across the Lifespan

3

HDFS 573

Career Education

3

HDFS 594

Internship I in Human Development and Family Studies

3

HDFS 595

Internship II in Human Development and Family Studies

3

NUTR 221

Human Nutrition

3

PSYC 206

Developmental Psychology

3

SOCL 305 or HDFS 490

Marriage and the Family, Contemporary Trends & Issues in Fam Studies

3

SCWK 523

Family and Children:  Policies & Services

3

Child and Family Services Specialization
 

15

EDCO 200

Developmental Sci and Context of Poverty

3

PSYC 213 or 305

Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology

3

SPED 281

Intro to Special Education

3

SPED 561 or 382

Children with Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities

3

SCWK 306

Working with Multicultural Populations

3

Electives

 

13-19

Total

 

120

  1. Entering freshmen can declare Human Development and Family Studies as a major.

  2. All Human Development & Family Studies students must select a specialization—Child and Adolescent Studies, Child and Family Services) or minor in Gerontology. 

  3. Students may elect to do a minor in a related field as part of their free electives.

  4. Students must have maintained a C or better in concentration classes.

  5. Students must have maintained a C or better in HDFS Professional courses.

  6. HDFS 101 (Intro), 500 (Family Life Education), and 573 (Career Education) are pre-requisites for the internship.

  7. A maximum of 15 credit hours (including the internship) are allowed during the semester in which the internship is taken.

  8. The internship site must be approved by the HDFS program in the semester preceding the internship. An application must be filled out by the stated due date.

  9. Students who successfully complete the HDFS program are eligible to apply for the Certified Family Life Educator Credential. Students are required to complete the HDFS Professional Core at Winthrop to be recommended for certification.

Additional Requirements:

  1. Students must meet all University requirements and earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.25 or greater in order to graduate.

  2. The following courses are restricted to Human Development and Family Studies majors or minors in good standing (a 2.25 minimum cumulative grade point average) or with permission of the instructor:

    • HDFS 350, 370, 450, 500, 594, and 595.

  3. Complete a minimum of 40 hours of courses numbered above 299. In order to meet this University requirement, students may have to take courses above 299 as their electives.