Core Curriculum

Core Curriculum
Semester(s) Offered Courses
Includes all of the following three courses (credits are listed in parentheses):
2/Y - Fall, Spring PSYX 230S (3) Child and Adolescent Development (Prereq.- PSYX/PSYC 100S) (PSYC 240S)
or
PSYX 233 (3) Adult Development and Aging (Prereq.- PSYX/PSYC 100S) (PSYC 245)
Y - Fall HFD 494 (1) Seminar in Human Development (at least 1 cr.)
All HFD 498 (2) Internship (Variable cr.; 2 required)
All Cooperative Education Experience (3) for Education majors - register for C&I 367.
Plus one of the following research courses:  
Y - varies COMX 311 (Prereq. -- COMX 115) (COMM 311) (3) Family Communication
Y - varies SOCI 332 (3) Sociology of Family (Prereq.- SOCI 101 (SOC 110)) (SOC 300)
Intermittent HFD 412 (3) Family Development/Families of Young Children with Disabilities
Plus one of the following research courses:  
All PSYX 120 (3) Intro to Psychological Research Methods (Prerq.- PSYX/PSYC 100S) (PSYC 120)
-OR-
PSYX 320 (3) Advanced Psychological Research Methods (Prereq: PSYX 100, (PSYC 320) 120, 220 or PSYC 100, 120, 220)
All SOCI 318 (3) Social Science Methods (SOC 201)
All COMX 460 (Prereq. -- statistics course) (COMM 460) (3) Communication Research Methods (Prereq. - statistics course)
2/Y SW 400 (3) Social Work Research (Prereq. - SW 360)
All C&I 520 (3) Educational Research and Program Evaluation (must be a senior)