Human Development

interdisciplinary majors

The HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR offers three areas of focus and is available as a second major to students in the Lynch School of Education who are pursuing Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education, in fulfillment of their arts and sciences program requirements for certification. This interdisciplinary major is not an option for students majoring in Secondary Education. The interdisciplinary major is intended to provide students with a background in the fields of developmental counseling and educational psychology focusing on three areas:

Human Services
Organization Studies/Human Resources
Community, Advocacy and Social Policy

Six Required Courses:		FALL	SPRING
PY030	Child Growth and Development	X
PY031	Family, School and Society		X
PY032	Psychology of Learning	X	X
PY242	Personality Theories: Behavior/Context	X	X
PY216	Research Methods and Analyses	X	X
Choose One
PY041	Adolescent Psychology	X	X
PY244	Adult Psychology	X	X

CHOOSE a FOCUS IN EITHER A, B or C. - FOUR COURSES ARE REQUIRED

A. HUMAN SERVICES FOCUS		FALL	SPRING
Required Courses:
PY041 or PY244	Adolescent Psychology Adult Psychology (whichever was not taken above)	X	X
	Electives: Choose Any Three
PY241	Interpersonal Relations & Family Dynamics	X	X
PY230	Abnormal Psychology	X	X
PY243	Counseling Theories	X	X

B. ORGANIZATION STUDIES/HUMAN RESOURCES		FALL	SPRING
Required Course:
MB021	Organizational Behavior	X	X
Electives: Choose Any Three
PY244	Adult Psychology (assuming it was not taken)	X	X
PY241	Interpersonal Relations & Family Dynamics	X	X
PY397	Social Issues and Social Policy (every other Spring)
PY348	Culture, Community & Change	X	X
PY248	Gender Roles		X
SC041/BK151	Race Relations	X

C. COMMUNITY, ADVOCACY & SOCIAL POLICY		FALL	SPRING
Required Course:
PY348	Culture, Community & Change	X	X
Electives: Choose Any Three
PY241	Interpersonal Relations & Family Dynamics	X	X
PY248	Gender Roles		X
PY397	Social Issues & Social Policy (every other Spring)
SC041/BK151	Race Relations	X
PY244	Adult Psychology	X	X

Students in the Human Development major are not required to do field work but are encouraged to consider at least one of the Human Development Field Practicum courses. Field practicum courses include 10 hours a week of volunteer work in community or human service agencies or programs and a weekly seminar:

In the Sophomore or Junior year, students may enroll in the Field Practicum PY 152.
In the Senior year, students may enroll in the Senior Field Practicum PY 245.

Note on Focus A:

The following courses are additional electives for students interested in non-school settings:
PY152 AND PY245 – Human Development Practica

Note on Focus B:

Students with a focus in Organization Studies-Human Resources are encouraged to pursue the Minor in Organization Studies-Human Resource Management offered collaboratively with the Carroll School of Management. Students may obtain more information and an application form to declare the minor in Campion 104 or 106D.

This interdisciplinary major is the same as the Human Development primary major. Students majoring in Early Childhood or Elementary Education are eligible to declare Human Development as a second major.

3/2008