Undergraduate Academic Programs
Degree Programs
Acceptable Human Development and Family Studies Professional Electives
Professional Electives for Human Development and Family Studies Students
Students must complete 12 credits of professional electives from the list below to tailor their major. At least 9 of these credits must be at the 300 or 400 level, and each course must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.
School of Public Health Options (preferred):
SPH-B 310 Public Health in Diverse Communities
SPH-B 315 Health in the Later Years
SPH-B 335 Aging, Health, and Diverse Populations
SPH-B 350 Seminar in Public Health Education
SPH-B 354 Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology
SPH-B 366 Community Health
SPH-B 403 Public Health Program Planning
SPH-B 416 Introduction to Health Counseling
SPH-E 311 Introduction to Epidemiology
SPH-F 180 Introduction to Child and Youth Work
SPH-F 330 Leadership Theory and Practice in Youth Development
SPH-F 341 Today's Families: Understanding Change in Family Dynamics (if not completed for major)
SPH-F 350 Topical Seminar in HDFS
SPH-F 410 Positive Youth Development
SPH-F 457 Protective Factors, Resilience, and Stress in the Family (if not completed for major)
SPH-H 150 Children’s Health Up to Age 5
SPH-H 160 First Aid and Emergency Care
SPH-H 172 International Health and Social Issues
SPH-H 174 Prevention of Violence in American Society
SPH-H 180 Stress Prevention and Management
SPH-H 220 Death and Dying
SPH-H 235 Obesity and Health
SPH-H 263 Personal Health
SPH-H 305 Women’s Health
SPH-H 306 Men’s Health
SPH-H 315 Consumer Health
SPH-H 318 Drug Use in American Society
SPH-H 319 Global Health Promotion
SPH-H 320 Nature of Cancer
SPH-H 326 Sexually Transmitted Infections
SPH-H 334 Heart Health and Diabetes
SPH-H 350 Topical Seminar in Health Promotion
SPH-H 351 Complementary & Alternative Approaches to Health
SPH-H 418 The Nature of Addiction
SPH-H 464 Coordinated School Health Programs
SPH-K 290 Movement Experiences for Preschool and Elementary School Children
SPH-K 342 Foundations of Physical Activity Instruction for Older Adults
SPH-K 360 Determinants of Successful Active Aging
SPH-K 398 Adapted Physical Activity
SPH-K 405 Exercise and Sport Psychology
SPH-K 422 Physical Activity Programming for Older Adults
SPH-N 220 Nutrition for Health
SPH-P 309 Public Health Administration
SPH-R 142 Living Well
SPH-R 210 Inclusion in Health & Wellness Design
SPH-S 101 Introduction to Safety
SPH-S 151 Legal Aspects of Safety
College of Arts and Sciences Options:
AAAD-A 210 Black Women in the Diaspora
AAAD-A 425 The Black Family in 20th Century Rural America
AMST-A 202 U.S. Arts and Media
CJUS-P 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 200 Theories of Crime and Deviance
CJUS-P 290 The Nature of Inquiry
CJUS-P 300 Topics in Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 301 Police in Contemporary Society
CJUS-P 302 Courts and Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 303 Corrections and Criminal Justice
CJUS-P 304 Probation and Parole
CJUS-P 306 Drugs, Society, and Justice
CJUS-P 308 Gender and Crime
CJUS-P 312 Child Maltreatment and the Law
CJUS-P 314 Law and Social Science
CJUS-P 320 Foundations of Criminal Investigation
CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
CJUS-P 360 Psychology and the Law
CJUS-P 370 Criminal Law
CJUS-P 371 Criminal Procedure
CJUS-P 375 American Juvenile Justice System
CJUS-P 380 Dispute Management
CJUS-P 381 History of Social Control in the United States
CJUS-P 411 Criminal Justice Management
CJUS-P 412 Sex, Drugs, AIDS, and Criminal Law
CJUS-P 414 Adolescents and the Law
CJUS-P 419 Race, Class, and Crime
CJUS-P 420 Violence in the Black Community
CJUS-P 423 Sexuality and the Law
CJUS-P 425 Women and the Criminal Justice System
CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White Collar Crime
CJUS-P 460 Public Control of Deviant Behavior
CJUS-P 461 Lethality: Homicide and Self-Destruction
CJUS-P 462 Child Abuse and Neglect
CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice
GNDR-G 101 Gender, Culture, and Society
GNDR-G 102 Sexual Politics
GNDR-G 206 Gay Histories, Queer Cultures
GNDR-G 215 Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
GNDR-G 335 Explaining Sex/Gender Differences
HIST-H 231 Women, Men, and Family in History
PSY-P 303 Health Psychology
PSY-P 304 Social Psychology & Individual Differences
PSY-P 319 The Psychology of Personality
PSY-P 323 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
PSY-P 324 Abnormal Psychology
PSY-P 325 Psychology of Learning
PSY-P 327 Psychology of Motivation
PSY-P 329 Sensation and Perception
PSY-P 335 Cognitive Psychology
PSY-P 425 Behavior Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
SOC-S 210 The Economy, Organizations, and Work
SOC-S 215 Social Change
SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
SOC-S 230 Society and the Individual
SOC-S 302 Organizations in Society
SOC-S 305 Population
SOC-S 308 Global Society
SOC-S 312 Education and Society
SOC-S 313 Religion and Society
SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy
SOC-S 317 Social Stratification
SOC-S 320 Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control
SOC-S 321 Sexual Diversity
SOC-S 324 Sociology of Mental Illness
SOC-S 326 Law and Society
SOC-S 329 Women and Deviance
SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC-S 338 Sociology of Gender
SOC-S 344 Sociology of Childhood
SOC-S 358 Social Inequalities in Health
SOC-S 365 Health and Society
SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality
O'Neill Options:
SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions
SPEA-V 221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector
SPEA-V 263 Public Management
SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership
SPEA-V 366 Managing Behavior in Public Organizations
SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management
SPEA-V 432 Labor Relations in the Public Sector
SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
SPEA-V 436 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting
SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs
SPEA-V 462 Community Development
SPEA-V 463 Interpersonal Relations in the Workplace
School of Education Options:EDUC-E 330 Infant Learning Environments
EDUC-E 335 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
EDUC-F 203 Child & Adolescent Mental Health in Applied Settings
(variable-topic course: only this topic)
EDUC-G 203 Communication for Youth-Serving Professionals
EDUC-G 204 Asian American Mental Health
EDUC-G 206 Introduction to Counseling Psychology
EDUC-G 207 Introduction to Student-Athlete Counseling
EDUC-G 208 Prevention of Adolescent Risk Behavior
EDUC-G 302 Counseling with Youth
EDUC-G 310 Addictions Counseling
EDUC-G 352 Counseling for Career Issues
EDUC-G 355 Positive Psychology
EDUC-G 375 Multicultural Skills
EDUC-K 205 Introduction to Exceptional Children
EDUC-K 343 Education of the Socially & Emotionally Disturbed I
EDUC-P 313 Adolescents in a Learning Community
EDUC-P 403 Child & Adolescent Trauma in Applied Settings
EDUC-P 404 Behavioral Management in Youth
EDUC-P 465 Childhood Socialization
School of Social Work Options:
SWK-S 102 Understanding Diversity in a Pluralistic Society
SWK-S 141 Introduction to Social Work
SWK-S 221 Human Growth & Development in the Social Environment
SWK-S 300 Selected Topics in Social Work
SWK-S 322 Small Group Theory and Practice
SWK-S 352 Social Welfare Policy and Practice
Pre-healthcare profession students: please see your SPH-B academic advisor for course substitutions in professional electives.