Degree Requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Human Development

Graduation Requirements for Human Development:

Unit Types Number of Units Required
General Education Units 51
Upper Division Major Requirement Units 18
Upper Division Area of Emphasis Requirement Units 18
Upper Division Elective Units 21
Total Required Units for Degree: 120


Portfolio Guidelines for Human Development and Child Development Special Fields

Lower Division Requirements - Preparation for the Major:

Discipline Number Course Title Units
ANTH 200* Cultural Anthropology 3
PSYC 100* Introduction to Psychology 3
PSYC 220 Introductory Statistics in Psychology 3
PSYC 230 Research Methods in Psychology 3
TOTAL 12

* Also satisfies a lower division General Education requirement

Upper Division Major Requirements:

Discipline Number Course Title Units
HD 301 Theory of Human Development 3
HD 300 Management & Administration 3
HD
 495 Field Experience in Human Development 3
HD 497 Research in Human Development 3


Three Units of Multicultural Perspectives selected from:

ANTH 301 Healers & Healing Practices 3
ID 340 Intro to American Ethnic and Multicultural Studies 3
PSYC 341 Multicultural Perspectives in Psychology 3
SOC 313 Race/Ethnic Relations 3


Three Units of Capstone Seminar (Taken in last year of study)

HD 490 Human Development in Perspective 3
Eighteen Units in One Area of Emphasis: Children's Services, Counseling Services,Health Services, Adult/Gerontology Services 18