Human Development, B.A.

Lower Division:

Take 6 units from the following:

• HDEV 180 - Lifespan Human Development (3 units)

• * “C” or better required

• ANTH 120 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 units)

• * “C” or better required

• PSY 100 - General Psychology (3 units)

• * “C” or better required

• SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology (3 units)

• * “C” or better required

Take all of the following courses:

• HDEV 190 - Elementary Statistics (4 units)
• HDEV 307 - Approaches to Childhood (3 units)
• HDEV 310 - Qualitative Methods in Human Development (4 units)
• HDEV 320 - Quantitative Methods in Human Development (4 units)
• HDEV 327 - Approaches to Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (3 units)
• HDEV 357 - Approaches to Adulthood Through Aging (3 units)
• HDEV 470 - Seminar/Practicum (3 units)

Take 3 units from the following electives:

Taking additional upper-division HDEV electives is recommended. 

• HDEV 300 - Death and Dying (3 units)
• HDEV 303 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health Disparities (3 units)
• HDEV 305 - Life Course and Generation in the Arab World (3 units)
• HDEV 331 - STEP into Human Development: Skills, training, experience, and purpose (1 unit)
• HDEV 333 - Professionals in Human Development (1 unit)
• HDEV 335 - Community STEPs: HDEV training and experience (1 unit)
• HDEV 337 - STEPs to Graduate Study: Preparation for HDEV graduate study (1 unit)
• 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 408 - Impacts of Race and Racism on Human Development across the Lifespan (3 units)
• HDEV 416 - Society to Synapses: Relationships, the Brain, and Shaping the Human Mind (3 units)
• HDEV 417 - Critical Perspectives in Successful Aging (3 units)

Take 3 units from the following courses:

HDEV 400-level elective courses cannot be counted twice. 

• 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 408 - Impacts of Race and Racism on Human Development across the Lifespan (3 units)
• HDEV 416 - Society to Synapses: Relationships, the Brain, and Shaping the Human Mind (3 units)
• HDEV 417 - Critical Perspectives in Successful Aging (3 units)

Biological:

• ANTH 315 - Human Variation (3 units)
• ANTH 319 - Human Growth and Development (3 units)
• ANTH 435 - Human Evolution (3 units)
• BIOL 300 - Human Immunology: In Self-Defense (3 units)
• BIOL 301 - Biology of Human Aging (3 units)
• GERN 401 - Human Aging (3 units)
• GERN 430 - Aging and Dementia (3 units)
• GERN 439 - Nutrition and Aging (3 units)
• GERN 482 - Health Assessment of the Aging Client (3 units)
• HDEV 303 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health Disparities (3 units)
• HDEV 416 - Society to Synapses: Relationships, the Brain, and Shaping the Human Mind (3 units)
• H SC 420 - Global Health (3 units)
• H SC 421 - Health Behavior (3 units)
• H SC 422 - Environmental Health (3 units)
• H SC 425 - Human Sexuality and Sex Education (3 units)
• NUTR 439 - Nutrition and Aging (3 units)
• PSY 241 - Psychobiology (3 units)