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Family Life: Human Development (BS)

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Family Life Bachelors BS

Variable Credit Min

49

Variable Credit Max

49

Major Academic Plan

Title

Human Development Content and Theory

Learning Outcome

Demonstrate understanding of major concepts theories and research findings in substantive areas of human development.

Title

Research and Evaluation Methodologies

Learning Outcome

Critically evaluate and/or use the various methodologies used in human development research.

Title

Effective Writing and Analysis

Learning Outcome

Write professional research papers on human development questions that demonstrate an ability to synthesize and critically evaluate research related to specific theories and/or substantive areas.

Program Requirements

The School of Family Life requires a minimum of 18 hours of upper-division major course work to be taken in residency at BYU for this degree program. (This requirement includes taking at least 12 hours minimum of the human development core in residency at BYU.) These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.

Requirement 1 —Complete 1 of 2 Options

Complete one of the following tracks:

Option 1.1 —Complete 4 Requirements

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TRACK

Requirement 1.1.1 —Complete 12 Courses

course - Intro to SFL 1.0

course - Intro to Family Processes 3.0

course - Strengthening Marriage/Family 3.0

course - Human Development 3.0

course - Critical Inquiry&Research Meth 3.0

course - Applied Stats/Data Management 3.0

course - Effective Writing & Presenting 3.0

course - Infant Dev in the Family 3.0

course - Adolescent Dev in Fam & Soc 3.0

course - Adult Development & Aging 3.0

course - Social Development 3.0

course - Cross-Cultural Fam & Hum Dev 3.0

Requirement 1.1.2 —Complete 9 hours

Note: Courses taken beyond the required 9 credit hours may count towards the 3 credit hour elective requirement below.

course - Parenting & Child Guidance 3.0

course - Perception Cognition Language 3.0

course - Language Development 3.0

course - Gender Development in Families 3.0

course - Media, Fam & Human Dev 3.0

course - Biological Fndtns of Human Dev 3.0

Requirement 1.1.3 —Complete 1 Requirement

Requirement 1.1.3.1 —Complete 3 hours

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 1.0v

course - Rsrch/Creative Works Practicum - You may take once 0.5v

course - Moral Development 3.0

course - Adv Issues in Human Dev 3.0

Note 1: If SFL 453 is not used to fulfill the capstone requirement, it may be used to fulfill three credit hours of the nine credit hour requirement above. If SFL 490 is not used to fulfill the capstone requirement, it may be used to fulfill three credit hours of the nine credit hour requirement above.

Note 2: For SFL 399R and 403R, human development-related experiences are preferred. Only three credit hours of 399R or 403R may count toward the degree requirements. Additional credits may, however, count towards the overall 120 credit hour graduation requirement.

Requirement 1.1.4 —Complete 3 hours

Any course you complete in SFL may only be counted once. If you have any confusion about whether or not you have fulfilled your SFL major requirements, it is your responsibility to go to the advisement center.

course - Families and Public Health 3.0

course - Secondary Student Teaching - You may take once 12.0

course - Introduction to Interiors 3.0

course - Food Preparation in the Home 2.0

course - Basic Sewing Techniques - You may take once 3.0

course - Strengthening Marriage/Family 3.0

course - Design in the Home 3.0

course - Home and Family Living 3.0

course - Advanced Food Preparation 3.0

course - Foundations of DAP 2.0

course - DAP Practicum 2.0

course - Preparation for Marriage 3.0

course - Marriage Enhancement 3.0

course - Housing the Family 3.0

course - Parenting & Child Guidance 3.0

course - Family Finance 3.0

course - Consumerism and the Market 3.0

course - Exploration of Tchg-Fam & CS - You may take once 3.0v

course - Dynamics of Clothing 3.0

course - Intermed Sewing Techniques 3.0

course- Death and Dying 3.0

course - Effective Writing & Presenting 3.0

course - Marital Relationships 3.0

course - Hist of Interior Design&Arch 1 3.0

course - Hist of Interior Design&Arch 2 3.0

course - Pre-Prof Prep for MFT 1.0

course - Adolescent Dev in Fam & Soc 3.0

course - Family Adaptation&Resiliency 3.0

course - Theories in Fam Perspective 3.0

course - Family Meal Management 3.0

course - Family Life in World Religions 3.0

course - Perception Cognition Language 3.0

course - Language Development 3.0

course - Gender Development in Families 3.0

course - Therapeutic Play Foundations 3.0

course - Media, Fam & Human Dev 3.0

course - Child Life 3.0

course - Advanced Family Finance 3.0

course - Families in Communities 3.0

course - Consumer Sciences Technology 1.0

course - Healthy Sexuality in Marriage 3.0

course - Tchg Mthds in Fam&Cons Sci Ed 3.0

course - Practicum in Secondary Educ 1.0

course - Class & Lab management 1.0

course - History of Apparel 3.0

course - Textiles 3.0

course - Adv Sewing: Patternmaking 3.0

course - Special Projects in Clothing - You may take once 0.5v

course - Special Topics in Family Life - You may take once 1.0v

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 1.0v

course - Addiction Recovery Healing 3.0

course - Helping Relationships 3.0

course - Rsrch/Creative Works Practicum - You may take once 0.5v

course - Admin ECE Program 2.0

course - Biological Fndtns of Human Dev 3.0

course - Moral Development 3.0

course - Advanced Family Processes 3.0

course - The Family & the Law 3.0

course - Marr & Fam Enrichment/Therapy 3.0

course - Family Work & Relationships 3.0

course - Temporal Welfare in Families 3.0

course - Adv Sewing Studies: Constructn 3.0

course - Home-Based Entrepre - You may take once 1.0

course - Family & Public Policy 3.0

course - Adv Issues in Human Dev 3.0

course - Secondary Teaching Internship - You may take once 12.0

course - FLE: Theory,Rsch & Practice 3.0

Option 1.2 —Complete 4 Requirements

BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TRACK

Requirement 1.2.1 —Complete 6 Courses

course - Intro to SFL 1.0

course - Intro to Family Processes 3.0

course - Human Development 3.0

course - Critical Inquiry&Research Meth 3.0

course - Applied Stats/Data Management 3.0

course - Effective Writing & Presenting 3.0

Requirement 1.2.2 —Complete 9 hours

course - Infant Dev in the Family 3.0

course - Adolescent Dev in Fam & Soc 3.0

course - Adult Development & Aging 3.0

course - Social Development 3.0

course - Biological Fndtns of Human Dev 3.0

Requirement 1.2.3 —Complete 18 hours

Option 1.2.3.1 —Complete at least 14 hours up to 18 hours

Note: To fulfill this requirement, students may use either MMBio 121 or CELL 120; MMBIO 221 or MMBio 240; MMBio 222 or MMBio 241; and CELL 305 or a combination of CELL 362 and CELL 363.

course - Science of Biology 3.0

course - Human Physiology 4.0

course - Advanced Physiology 3.0

course - Adv Physiology Lab 1.0

course - Pathophysiology 4.0

course - Gen College Chem 1+Lab Integr 4.0

course - General College Chemistry 2 3.0

course - Gen Coll Chem Lab 1.0

course - Gen Biology: Health & Disease 3.0

course - General Microbiology 3.0

course - Gen Micro Lab 1.0

course - Molecular Biology 3.0

course - Molecular & Cellular Bio Lab 1.0

course - Nurs-Med Term 2.0

course - End-of-Life Care 3.0

course - General Physics 1 3.0

course - General Physics 2 3.0

course - General Physics Lab 1 1.0

course - General Physics Lab 2 1.0

course - Family Adaptation&Resiliency 3.0

course - Perception Cognition Language 3.0

course - Cross-Cultural Fam & Hum Dev 3.0

course - Language Development 3.0

course - Therapeutic Play Foundations 3.0

course - Media, Fam & Human Dev 3.0

course - Child Life 3.0

course - Adv Issues in Human Dev 3.0

Option 1.2.3.2 —Complete up to 4 hours

course - Human Anatomy (w/ virtual lab) 3.0

course - Human Anatomy (with lab) 4.0

Note: Any course listed in Group 1.2.2 that is not used to fulfill the 9 credit requirement for Group 1.2.2 may be used to fulfill the requirement for Group 1.2.3.

Requirement 1.2.4 —Complete 6 hours

Any course you complete in SFL may only be counted once. If you have any confusion about whether or not you have fulfilled your SFL major requirements, it is your responsibility to go to the advisement center.

course - Secondary Student Teaching - You may take once 12.0

course - Strengthening Marr & Family 3.0

course - Introduction to Interiors 3.0

course - Food Preparation in the Home 2.0

course - Basics of Clothing Constructn - You may take once 3.0

course - Strengthening Marriage/Family 3.0

course - Design in the Home 3.0

course - Home and Family Living 3.0

course - Advanced Food Preparation 3.0

course - Foundations of DAP 2.0

course - DAP Practicum 2.0

course - Preparation for Marriage 3.0

course - Marriage Enhancement 3.0

course - Housing the Family 3.0

course - Parenting & Child Guidance 3.0

course - Family Finance 3.0

course - Consumerism and the Market 3.0

course - Exploration of Tchg-Fam & CS - You may take once 3.0v

course - Dynamics of Clothing 3.0

course - Intermed Clothing Construction 3.0

course - Death and Dying 3.0

course - Marital Relationships 3.0

course - Hist of Interior Design&Arch 1 3.0

course - Hist of Interior Design&Arch 2 3.0

course - Pre-Prof Prep for MFT 1.0

course - Adolescent Dev in Fam & Soc 3.0

course - Adult Development & Aging 3.0

course - Family Adaptation&Resiliency 3.0

course - Theories in Fam Perspective 3.0

course - Family Meal Management 3.0

course - Family Life in World Religions 3.0

course - Perception Cognition Language 3.0

course - Cross-Cultural Fam & Hum Dev 3.0

course - Language Development 3.0

course - Gender Development in Families 3.0

course - Therapeutic Play Foundations 3.0

course - Media, Fam & Human Dev 3.0

course - Child Life 3.0

course - Advanced Family Finance 3.0

course - Families in Communities 3.0

course - Consumer Sciences Technology 1.0

course - Healthy Sexuality in Marriage 3.0

course - Tchg Mthds in Fam&Cons Sci Ed 3.0

course - Practicum in Secondary Educ 1.0

course - Class & Lab management 1.0

course - History of Apparel 3.0

course - Textiles 3.0

course - Adv Clothing: Patternmaking 3.0

course - Special Projects in Clothing - You may take once 0.5v

course - Special Topics in Family Life - You may take once 1.0v

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 1.0v

course - Addiction Recovery Healing 3.0

course - Helping Relationships 3.0

course - Rsrch/Creative Works Practicum - You may take once 0.5v

course - Admin ECE Program 2.0

course - Moral Development 3.0

course - Advanced Family Processes 3.0

course - The Family & the Law 3.0

course - Marr & Fam Enrichment/Therapy 3.0

course - Family Work & Relationships 3.0

course - Temporal Welfare in Families 3.0

course - Adv Sewing Studies: Constructn 3.0

course - Home-Based Entrepre - You may take once 1.0

course - Family & Public Policy 3.0

course - Secondary Teaching Internship - You may take once 12.0

course - FLE: Theory,Rsch & Practice 3.0