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Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in Human Development
The bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees offered through the Department of Human Development are designed to prepare students for careers working with people, communities and organizations where they will address complex social problems such as poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, victimization, equity and justice. Students design their own plans of interdisciplinary study within the general program requirements based on their individual goals. The two degrees differ only in the number of liberal arts credits required – 90 for the bachelor of arts and 60 for the bachelor of science.
Undergraduate Degree requirements
To qualify for a baccalaureate degree from the Department of Human Development in the College of Community of Public Affairs, students must meet the following conditions:
- Earn a minimum 124 credit-hours, including transfer credits (with a maximum of two credits of physical education), with an average of at least C overall (2.0 GPA) and a minimum of a C average in the major program.
- Complete the specified requirements in the major program in which they are candidates for a degree.
- Complete a minimum of 40 credit-hours of upper-level (junior and senior) courses in the department
- Earn a minimum number of credit-hours in the liberal arts and sciences: 90 for the BA and 60 for the BS
- Satisfactorily complete at least nine courses (36 credit-hours) in the Department of Human Development. (To maintain flexibility, these courses need not be the last nine taken toward the degree, nor do they need to be taken when the student has matriculated status.
- Apply no more than eight credit-hours in internships/independent study toward the 124 credit-hours required for a degree.
- Not be on probation or under disciplinary action
- Have paid or made satisfactory adjustment of all tuition, fees or other bills incident to their attendance at Binghamton University
- Be recommended by the faculty of the College of Community and Public Affairs
- Be admitted by formal action to the degree by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
The University reserves the right to make changes in the requirements listed above for graduation, except that no increase in total credit-hours required for graduation shall retroactively affect any student already matriculated in the College of Community and Public Affairs when the change is made.
Major course requirements
- Three lower-level social science courses within the Department of Human Development: an introductory course in psychology, an introductory course in sociology and at least one other lower-level social science course outside of psychology or sociology.
- HDEV 200 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in Social Sciences
- HDEV 300 - Social Science Research Methods
- Two upper-level courses within the Department of Human
Development (three or four credits each) in each of the four curriculum areas:
1. Developmental Processes: HDEV courses numbered 301-339, 380A-M, 381A-M , HDEV 382 A-M
Designed to provide students with knowledge of multidisciplinary theories of human development that may reflect individual and social group processes of development, socio-historical constructions of development and/or cultural distinctions in the concept of development.
2. Social Structures: HDEV courses numbered 340-379, 380N-Z, 381N-Z , HDEV 382 N-Z
Designed to examine various social, political and economic frameworks within which individuals and social groups are situated which may include particular institutions or contexts, such as schools, neighborhoods or the workplace, as well as communities of color and class.
3. Service Systems: HDEV courses numbered 401-439, 480A-M, 481A-M
Designed to explore program models and agencies that address human problems, barriers to service delivery and the outcomes of interventions. Other courses examine the development of social policy to address complex human problems.
4. Practice: HDEV courses numbered 440-474, 480N-Z, 481N-Z
Designed to prepare students to work effectively with people and to include program delivery models, counseling, group dynamics, organizational behavior, leadership and social change, and program evaluation.
· HDEV 475. Practicum in Human Development
See also: Human Development Internships, HDEV 475 Guidelines and HDEV 475 Cover Sheet
