FHD - Family and Human Development
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Program Code
FHD
Program Attributes
Minor, Major
Program Description
The family and human development major prepares students for careers serving families and children. The major also prepares students for graduate programs in the social sciences. Courses emphasize research-based knowledge about marriage, contemporary families and human development. Family and human development majors learn about families in society, internal family dynamics, human growth and development over the life span, human sexuality, interpersonal relationships, family resources management, parent education and guidance, family law and family policy, ethics, and family life education methodology.
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Society
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Society
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Basic knowledge of families in society
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Dynamics
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Dynamics
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Basic knowledge of internal family dynamics.
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Development
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Development
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Basic knowledge of child and adolescent development
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Parenting
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Parenting
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Basic knowledge of parent education and guidance.
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Methodology
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Methodology
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Basic knowledge of family life education methodology.
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Research
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Research
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Ability to locate, understand, interpret, evaluate, properly cite, and write about family and human development research.
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Education
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Ability to create and deliver effective research-based outreach education products and presentations in family life education settings.
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Ability to create and deliver effective research-based outreach education products and presentations in family life education settings