Human Services, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Major Requirements (45 credits)

• HDFS 10000 - Orientation To Current Issues In Human Development And Family Studies
• HDFS 20100 - Introduction To Family Processes [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
• HDFS 21000 - Introduction To Human Development [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
• HDFS 28000 - Diversity In Individual And Family Life [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]
• HDFS 34600 - Research Design And Program Evaluation
• HDFS 45400 - Career Assessment And Professional Development

Required Courses in Other Departments (41 - 47 credits)

• CS 11000 - Introduction To Computers

• or

• CNIT 13600 - Personal Computing Technology And Applications
• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition [Written Communication Core]

• or

• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition [Written Communication Core]

• or

• COM 20400 - Critical Perspectives On Communication [Written Communication Core]

• (IF ENGL 10600  selected, fulfills Written Communication and Information Literacy Cores)

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• 10100 Foreign Language - Credit Hours: 3.00 (Total of 9 credits - must be from one language)
• 10200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Global Perspectives & International Cultures Selective - select from list - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Health Selective - select from list - Credit Hours: 3.00

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• STAT 11300 - Statistics And Society

• or

• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

• or

• SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology

• or

• PSY 20100 - Introduction To Statistics In Psychology

• (IF STAT 11300  selected, fulfills Information Literacy and Science, Technology, & Society Cores. IF STAT 30100  selected, fulfills Information Literacy Core)

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• [Humanities Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
• [Information Literacy Core] - select from University list (IF ENGL 10600 , STAT 11300  or STAT 30100  is selected for other requirements, this requirement is fulfilled) - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 4.00
• [Oral Communication Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
• [Quantitative Reasoning Core] - select course numbered 15300 or above from University list (MA 15555  is recommended) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• [Science Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
• [Science Core] - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
• [Science, Technology & Society Core] - select from University list (IF STAT 11300  is selected for other requirements, this requirement is fulfilled) - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00

Electives (28 - 34 credits)

Human Health Selective List

• ANTH 33700 - Human Diet: Origins And Evolution
• ANTH 34000 - Global Perspectives On Health
• HDFS 32500 - Health And Health Care For Children And Families
• HK 21500 - Basic Public Health Studies
• HK 22600 - Contemporary Women’s Health
• HK 23100 - Substance Abuse And Health
• HK 23300 - Stress And Human Health
• HSCI 20100 - Principles of Public Health Science
• NUTR 30300 - Essentials Of Nutrition
• NUTR 31500 - Fundamentals Of Nutrition

Global Perspectives & International Cultures Selective List

• ANTH 23000 - Gender Across Cultures
• ARAB 23900 - Arab Women Writers
• ARAB 28000 - Arabic Culture *
• ARAB 28100 - Introduction To Islamic Civilization And Culture
• CHNS 23000 - Chinese Literature In Translation
• CHNS 28000 - Topics in Chinese Civilization and Culture
• CLCS 18100 - Classical World Civilizations
• CMPL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A D To The Present *
• FR 23000 - French Literature In Translation
• FR 33000 - French Cinema *
• GER 23000 - German Literature In Translation *
• GER 33000 - German Cinema *
• HDFS 22500 - Human Development Across Cultures
• HIST 34000 - Modern China *
• ITAL 28000 - Italian Culture And Civilization *
• ITAL 33000 - The Italian Cinema *
• JPNS 23000 - Japanese Literature In Translation
• JPNS 33000 - Japanese Cinema
• LC 23500 - East Asian Literature In Translation
• LC 23900 - Women Writers In Translation *
• PHIL 11400 - Global Moral Issues *
• PHIL 23000 - Religions Of The East *
• POL 13000 - Introduction To International Relations
• PTGS 33000 - Brazilian, Portuguese, And African Cinema
• RUSS 33000 - Russian And East European Cinema *
• SPAN 33000 - Spanish And Latin American Cinema *

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

• For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Note

Upper division (300 and 400 level) credits needed for graduation: 32

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

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