Requirements

Credits Required

Total credits in the minor: 12-14

Credits at CSUMB: 12

Outcomes, Courses and Assessment

There are two pathways for the Human Development minor: one tailored for students in the Liberal Studies Major, and one tailored for students in other majors.  Please follow the information listed below that corresponds to your appropriate pathway.

You must achieve each of the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing the listed courses or alternative assessment options.

LO I Theories of Development ~ Students understand and utilize the major theories of human development and distinguish major psychological, cognitive, emotional, physical and environmental changes that take place over the lifespan.

Students in the Liberal Studies Major:

  • Complete HDEV 260: Intro to Child Development or community college equivalent.

Students in Other Majors:

  • Complete HDEV 360: Child Development  or HDEV 351: Lifespan Dev: Transit & Chng (non-Liberal Studies majors only.)

Note: Students in Majors other than Liberal Studies who completed HDEV 260: Intro to Child Development or the community college equivalent from LO I will be required to complete three courses in LO II.

Students may not complete HDEV 360: Child Development or HDEV 351: Lifespan Dev: Transit & Chng for LO I, if HDEV 260: Intro to Child Development was completed.

LO II Focused Developmental Application ~ Students refine theoretical understanding of developmental inquiry to a specific phase in the lifespan, and explore the influences of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, personal history and socioeconomics on individual development.

Students in the Liberal Studies Major:

Students in Other Majors:

  • Complete two of the following:
    HDEV 340: Close Relations & Fam Dev
    HDEV 342: Human Devel, Tech & Media
    HDEV 353: Cross-Cultural Human Devel
    HDEV 355: Behav Disorders of Childhood
    HDEV 356: Infancy & Early Childhood
    HDEV 365: Adolescence
    HDEV 366: Observation & Assessment
    HDEV 371: Adulthood & Aging
    HDEV 380S: Service Learning Human Dev
    HDEV 395: Special Topics 
    (Note: Students who completed HDEV 260: Intro to Child Development or community college equivalent from LO I will be required to complete three courses in LO II)

LO III Situated Environments of Development ~ Students contextualize developmental issues within a cross-disciplinary and macro-level framework.

Students in the Liberal Studies Major:

Students in Other Majors: