Sue Forest (Director, Rural Early Intervention Training Program, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education), Chair, Human and Family Development Minor Committee
The Human and Family Development
minor is an interdisciplinary minor
concerned with the study of life-span
human development and family
relations, and the impact of biological,
environmental and socio-cultural factors
on both. The HFD minor encompasses a
broad range of areas: Early Intervention,
Gerontology, Early Childhood, Normal
Development, Family Development, and
Exceptional Development. The minor is
designed to supplement the knowledge
base of students by providing a human
and family development specialty
orientation to their fields of major
interest. Students with career goals that
include communications, psychology,
education, social work, sociology,
anthropology, pre-medical sciences,
nursing, and physical therapy will
benefit from the specialty orientation in
human and family development.
Students with other career goals also will
find the program rewarding; a business
major interested in family service
administration or consumer economics; a
radio-television major interested in
children's programming; a forestry major
interested in recreational management
appropriate for a particular population.
Human and family development
encompasses a broad range of topics, all
of which share the view that human
growth is a valid subject of scientific
study. Knowledge of the processes and
contents of psychological, social and
biological growth of the individual
separately and within the family context
will benefit the quality of life of both the
student/investigator and the public. The
purpose of this program is to equip
students with a general knowledge of
issues relevant to normal and atypical
patterns of human and family
development and to provide them with
some practical skills and insights which
will enhance their abilities in a variety of
professions which deal with
developmental and family issues. The
minor has general, early intervention,
and gerontology tracks.
The interdisciplinary curriculum
reflects four specific goals: (1) to
provide students with an extensive
knowledge base of theory and research
concerning lifespan development and the
role of the family in development; (2) to
train students to be critical consumers of
research and evaluation results in the
human and family development areas;
(3) to provide students with practical
experience in at least one applied service
discipline in the human development
areas; and (4) to provide students with
the opportunity to take topical courses in
normal and atypical development of the
individual and family.
All students seeking a minor must
formally enroll in the minor and select a
faculty advisor from the Human and
Family Development Committee.
Requirements for a
Minor
To earn a minor the student must
complete 24 credits, with 11 at the 300
level or above. All students are required
to take a 12-credit core curriculum and,
with the help of a faculty advisor, to
develop a written statement of goals and
interests along with a planned
curriculum that includes 12 additional
credits of electives consistent with the
stated goals and interests. At least 6
credits of electives must be outside of
the student's major.
Core Curriculum:
Psyc 240S Developmental Psychology
(3 cr.)
HFD 494 Seminar in Human
Development (at least 1 cr.)
HFD 490 Practicum (Variable cr.; 2
required)
One of the following:
HFD 412 Family Development (3 cr.)
Comm 411 Family Communication (3
cr.)
C&I 358 Family Management Systems
(3 cr.)
Soc 300S The Family (3 cr.)
Plus one of the following
research courses:
Psyc 120 or 320 Research Methods (3
cr.)
Soc 201 Social Science Methods (4
cr.)
Comm 460 Communication Research
Methods (3 cr.)
SW 400 Social Work Research (3 cr.)
C&I 520 Educational Research (3 cr.)
Electives:
The following list of electives is
categorized to assist the student wishing
to focus on one of these areas. Students
may plan curricula which do not
correspond to these categories, but
should choose among courses from this
list. Occasionally "special topics" courses are offered. Students may use these as
electives with the consent of their
advisors.
Normal Development
Biol 223 Genetics and Evolution
Comm 410S Communication in
Personal Relationships
C&I 303 Educational Psychology and
Measurements
C&I 330 Early Childhood Education
C&I 495 Intergenerational Experiences
in Schools
HHP 246 Nutrition
Psyc 337 Principles of Cognitive
Behavior Modification
Psyc 345 Social and Emotional
Development
Psyc 346 Cognitive Development
SW 300 Human Behavior and Social
Environment
SW 322 Explorations in Gerontology
SW 430S Adult Development and
Aging
HS 325 Clinical Issues in Ceriatrics
Soc 495-Sociology of Aging
Early Intervention
HFD 411 Infant and Toddler
Development and Variability
HFD 412 Family Development
HFD 413 Assessment and Program
Planning
HFD 414 Community Service Delivery
I
HFD 415 Program Implementation
and Evaluation
HFD 416 Community Service Delivery
II
HFD 490 Practicum in Early
Intervention
Exceptional Development
C&I 357 Introduction to Exceptionality
C&I 410 Exceptionality/Classroom
Management
C&I 461 Teaching Gifted Pupils
C&I 495 Special Topics
Psyc 335 Fundamentals of Clinical
Psychology
Psyc 336S Child and Adolescent
Psychological Disorders
Soc 324 Family Deviance
Soc 330S Juvenile Delinquency
SW 420S Child Abuse and Neglect
Family Development
BUED 286 Personal and Family
Economics
BUED 352E Ethics and Consumer
Economics
Comm 411 Family Communication
C&I 355 Child in the Family
C&I 358 Family Management Systems
Psyc 115S Psychology of Loving
Relations
Psyc 116S Psychology of Parent/ Child
Relations
Psyc 495 Special Topics
SW 422 Services to Changing Families
Soc 300 The Family
Soc 324 The Family and Deviancy
Early Childhood
C&I 330 Early Childhood
Education/Curriculum
C&I 355 Child in the Family
C&I 367 Preschool Practicum
HFD 498 Internship
HFD 413 Assessment & Program
Planning
Gerontology
C&I 495 Intergenerational Experiences
in Schools
HS 325 Clinical Issues in Geriatics
HS 495 Special Topics: Health
Aspects of Aging
Psyc 495 Special Topics: Psychology
of Aging
SW 322 Explorations in Gerontology
SW 395 Death, Dying, and
Bereavement
Soc 395 Sociology of Aging
Human and Family
Development Committee
Dan Doyle (Professor, Sociology)
Chris Fiori (Associate Professor,
Psychology
Sue Forest (Associate Professor,
Psychology, Chair)
Mike Jakupcak (Associate Professor,
Education)
Lynne S. Koester (Professor,
Psychology)
Ted Maloney (Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Education)
Audrey Peterson (Associate Professor,
Education)
Alan Sillars (Associate Professor,
Communication Studies)
Paul Silverman (Associate Professor,
Psychology)
John Spores (Professor, Social Work)
Richard van den Pol (Associate
Professor, Education)
Philip Wittekiend (Adjunct Instructor,
Education)
Courses
U = for undergraduate credit only, UG
= for undergraduate or graduate credit, G
= for graduate credit. R after the credit
indicates the course may be repeated for
credit to the maximum indicated after the
R.
UG 411 Infant and Toddler
Development and Variability 3 cr.
Offered autumn even-numbered years.
Foundation of knowledge and practical
experiences in infant and toddler
development and its variability.
Development of the child within the
family and social context.
UG 412 Family Development 3 cr.
Offered autumn even-numbered years.
Foundation of knowledge and practical
experiences in family development from
an ecological, family systems
perspective. Focus on families who have
children with disabilities.
UG 413 Assessment and Program
Planning 4 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq., consent of
instr. Foundation of knowledge and
practical experiences in child
assessments and family information
gathering. Primary focus on birth
through two years of age.
UG 414 Community Service
Delivery I 2 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Foundation of
knowledge and practical experiences in
early intervention service models and
their theoretical orientation, roles of
other agencies and professional
disciplines, teaming models and
techniques, support coordination models
and techniques, community
collaboration, and current early
intervention trends and models.
UG 415 Program Implementation
and Evaluation 4 cr. Offered autumn
odd-numbered years. Prereq., consent of
instr. Foundation of knowledge and
practical experiences in program
planning, implementation and
evaluation. Focus on birth through two
years of age.
UG 416 Community Service
Delivery II 2 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., consent of
instr. Foundation of knowledge and
practical experience in professional
ethics and standards, early intervention
research techniques and designs,
efficacy research, characteristics of
quality environments, funding,
advocacy, professional resources,
proposal writing, and supervision of
paraprofessionals and volunteers.
UG 490 Practicum in Human
Development Variable cr. (R-4)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., 12
creditsin HFD. Supervised fieldwork in
settings relevant to developmental
topics, including school classrooms;
child/family welfare agencies; various
institutions and programs for children,
juveniles, or the aged.
UG 494 Seminar in Human
Development 1 cr. (R-3) Offered
autumn. Discussion of selected problems
in human development. Emphasis on
integrating theory and practice.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr.
(R-9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, new courses, or one-time
offerings of current topics.
UG 498 Cooperative Education
Experience Variable cr. (R-4) Prereq.,
consent of chair. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical
application of classroom learning during
placements off campus. Prior approval
must be obtained from the faculty
supervisor and the Cooperative
Education Office.
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