Inspiring Healthy Families, Empowering Human Potential
Welcome to the department of Human Development and Family Science. The major emphasis in HDFS programs is family and human development over the life span. Students gain an understanding of the development of children and adults and their interaction in the family within society.
HDFS Online Programs
You can earn a wide range of credentials from HDFS entirely online. Set your own schedule and go at your own pace, taking one class at a time or a fulltime load. Classes are asynchronous, so you can log in and complete the work at times that fit your schedule.
Undergraduate Options
At the undergraduate level, the department offers a curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree through five options: Adult Development and Aging; Child and Adolescent Development; Elementary Education/Child Development; Family Science; and Social Work in family science or Social Work in adult development and aging.
The HDFS minor is a great complement to majors in psychology, nursing, communications, business, sociology, and many other fields.
Human Development and Family Science offers two undergraduate certificates. Students earn these certificates in conjunction with their majors and minors from any area of study.
Graduate-Level Options
There are Master's and certificate options through HDFS are Family Financial Planning; Gerontology; and Youth Development. Also a graduate certificate in Youth Program Management and Evaluation.
HDFS also offers a PhD program in Developmental Science and a dual-major PhD in Gerontology.
