Nov 24, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Human Development Minor

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

The minor consists of a minimum 15 units.

Take one of the following courses:

HDEV 180 - Lifespan Human Development (3 units)
ANTH 120 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 units)
PSY 100 - General Psychology (3 units)
SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology (3 units)

Take the following courses:

HDEV 307 - Approaches to Childhood (3 units)
OR
HDEV 327 - Approaches to Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (3 units)
AND
HDEV 357 - Adulthood and Aging in a Diverse World (3 units)

Take two of the following courses:

HDEV 190 - Elementary Statistics (4 units)
HDEV 300 - Death and Dying (3 units)
HDEV 305 - Life Course and Generation in the Arab World (3 units)
HDEV 307 - Approaches to Childhood (3 units)
HDEV 320 - From Data to Insights: Quantitative Methods in Human Development (4 units)
HDEV 327 - Approaches to Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (3 units)
HDEV 340 - Families and Work: Life Course Processes (3 units)
HDEV 360 - Cultural Foundations for Human Development (3 units)
HDEV 375 - Everyday Ruptures: Risk & Resilience in Human Development (3 units)
HDEV 402 - Development of Thought: Structure, Process and Cultural Influences Across the Life Span (3 units)
HDEV 403 - The Acquisition of Culture: Socialization in Cross-cultural Perspective (3 units)
HDEV 404 - Living and Dying in a Digital Age (3 units)
HDEV 405 - Latin American Childhoods (3 units)
HDEV 406 - Personal Narrative & Storytelling: Emotion, Cognition, & Culture (3 units)
HDEV 407 - Cultural Perspectives on Child & Adolescent Mental Health (3 units)
HDEV 416 - Society to Synapses: Relationships, the Brain, and Shaping the Human Mind (3 units)
HDEV 470 - Seminar/Practicum (3 units)
HDEV 490 - Selected Topics in Human Development (3 units)

Note

Students must earn a grade of at least “C” or better in all courses.

A minimum of 12 units must be taken in Human Development.