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

Students in Other Majors:

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

Note: Students in Majors other than Liberal Studies who completed HDEV 260HDEV 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 360HDEV 360: Child Development or HDEV 351HDEV 351: Lifespan Dev: Transit & Chng for LO I, if HDEV 260HDEV 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:

  • Complete three of the following:
    HDEV 340HDEV 340: Close Relations & Fam Dev
    HDEV 342HDEV 342: Human Devel, Tech & Media
    HDEV 353HDEV 353: Cross-Cultural Human Devel
    HDEV 355HDEV 355: Behav Disorders of Childhood
    HDEV 356HDEV 356: Infancy & Early Childhood
    HDEV 365HDEV 365: Adolescence
    HDEV 366HDEV 366: Observation & Assessment
    HDEV 371HDEV 371: Adulthood & Aging
    HDEV 380SHDEV 380S: Service Learning Human Dev
    HDEV 395HDEV 395: Special Topics

Students in Other Majors:

  • Complete two of the following:
    HDEV 340HDEV 340: Close Relations & Fam Dev
    HDEV 342HDEV 342: Human Devel, Tech & Media
    HDEV 353HDEV 353: Cross-Cultural Human Devel
    HDEV 355HDEV 355: Behav Disorders of Childhood
    HDEV 356HDEV 356: Infancy & Early Childhood
    HDEV 365HDEV 365: Adolescence
    HDEV 366HDEV 366: Observation & Assessment
    HDEV 371HDEV 371: Adulthood & Aging
    HDEV 380SHDEV 380S: Service Learning Human Dev
    HDEV 395HDEV 395: Special Topics 
    (Note: Students who completed HDEV 260HDEV 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:

  • Complete one of the following: 
    CHHS 450CHHS 450: Intro to Policy Analysis
    PH 417PH 417: Global Women's Health Issues GS 350GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life
    HCOM 306HCOM 306: Gender & Communication
    HCOM 348HCOM 348: Race, Colonialism & Film
    HCOM 328HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories
    HCOM 338HCOM 338: Multicultural Adolescent Lit
    KIN 360KIN 360: Nutritional Science / KIN 360LKIN 360L: Nutritional Science Lab
    KIN 363KIN 363: Human Sexuality / KIN 363LKIN 363L: Human Sexuality Lab
    KIN 376KIN 376: Prin of Mov for Ind w/ Disab
    KIN 377KIN 377: Neurological Impairment
    MPA 301MPA 301: Music for Children
    PSY 310PSY 310: Biological Psychology
    PSY 320PSY 320: Psychopathology 
    SBS 345SBS 345: Cultural Anthropology
    VPA 307VPA 307: Diverse Hist Contemp Art 
    VPA 312VPA 312: Vis Arts Ed For Teachers

Students in Other Majors:

  • Complete one of the following: 
    CHHS 450CHHS 450: Intro to Policy Analysis
    PH 417PH 417: Global Women's Health Issues GS 350GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life
    HCOM 306HCOM 306: Gender & Communication
    HCOM 348HCOM 348: Race, Colonialism & Film
    HCOM 328HCOM 328: Latina Life Stories
    HCOM 338HCOM 338: Multicultural Adolescent Lit
    KIN 360KIN 360: Nutritional Science / KIN 360LKIN 360L: Nutritional Science Lab
    KIN 363KIN 363: Human Sexuality / KIN 363LKIN 363L: Human Sexuality Lab
    KIN 376KIN 376: Prin of Mov for Ind w/ Disab
    KIN 377KIN 377: Neurological Impairment
    MPA 301MPA 301: Music for Children
    PSY 310PSY 310: Biological Psychology
    PSY 320PSY 320: Psychopathology
    SBS 345SBS 345: Cultural Anthropology
    VPA 307VPA 307: Diverse Hist Contemp Art
    VPA 312VPA 312: Vis Arts Ed For Teachers