Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies - Child Life

If you plan to work with children in a medical setting this emphasis is for you Learn how to meet the social and emotional needs of young children and their families in medical settings. This emphasis is great for pre-med and pre-nursing students and fulfills all the educations requirements for those who want to become Child Life Specialists.
The Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) major is housed in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies (FCS). The objective of the HDFS major is to provide students with a broad and detailed understanding of the processes of personal development in the context of the family, and as impacted by community and societal forces beyond the family. More specifically, students with a HDFS major will acquire an understanding of:

The key features of development through each stage of life (infants, children, adolescents and adults),
How these key features of development are impacted by experience to account for the ways that each of us is unique,
How family members develop and maintain relationships within and across generations,
The decisions people make about managing resources such as time, money, and material assets,
The ways that individual and family well-being are impacted by community and societal forces,
The impact of local, national, and international policies and laws on individual, family and community well-being,
How research in these areas is conducted and evaluated, and how the findings from these works may be applied to enhance the well-being of individuals (at every age) and families.

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