Human Development and Family Studies, B.S.

Communication Skills (9 credits)

• ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

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• ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.)

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• COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)

Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences (10 credits)

Courses must be from the areas of analytic reasoning and natural sciences. At least one mathematics or statistics course and a natural science course with a lab are required.

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Arts and Humanities (6 credits)

Courses must be from two or more areas including art history/music & theater appreciation, creative/performing arts, foreign language and culture, history, literature, and philosophy.​

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Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 credits)

• POLS-210 American Government (3 cr.)
• PSYC-110 General Psychology (3 cr.)
• SOC-110 Introductory Sociology (3 cr.)

Cross-disciplinary Issues (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved cross-disciplinary issues courses.

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Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved social responsibility and ethical reasoning courses.

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Selectives (3 credits)

Courses/credits may be selected from the Social and Behavioral Sciences category to meet the 40-credit requirement.

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Required Core (56 credits)

• HDFS-101 Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies (1 cr.)
• HDFS-115 Healthy Couple Relationships (3 cr.)
• HDFS-124 Human Development: Early Childhood (3 cr.)
• HDFS-215 Dynamics of Family Development (3 cr.)
• HDFS-225 Skill Training for Individual/Family Interventions (3 cr.)
• HDFS-257 Lifespan Sexuality (3 cr.)
• HDFS-270 Seminar on Self-Growth (3 cr.)
• HDFS-290 Introduction to Understanding Knowledge in HDFS (2 cr.)
• HDFS-330 Human Development: Adolescence/Emerging Adulthood (3 cr.)
• HDFS-335 Critical Cultural Competence (3 cr.)
• HDFS-336 Practice in Critical Cultural Competence (1 cr.)
• HDFS-340 Human Development: Middle to Late Adulthood (3 cr.)
• HDFS-345 Health Care Dilemmas & Decisions for Families (3 cr.)
• HDFS-365 Family Resource Management (3 cr.)
• HDFS-420 Family Research and Methodology (3 cr.)
• HDFS-450 Family Policy (3 cr.)
• HDFS-456 Abuse and the Family (3 cr.)
• HDFS-490 Professional Issues: Human Development and Family Studies (3 cr.)
• HDFS-491 Internship in Human Development and Family Studies (4-8 cr.)
• PSYC-361 Abnormal Psychology (3 cr.)

Electives (6 credits)

Select additional courses to fulfill the 120-credit requirement.

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Note(s):

The B.S. Human Development and Family Studies undergraduate degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout has been reviewed by the National Council on Family Relations. It has been recognized as an NCFR CFLE-approved program offering coursework covering the content required for the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation. Graduates of NCFR CFLE-approved programs qualify to apply for the CFLE designation via an Abbreviated Application process.