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Undergraduate Degree

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.

 

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 (8) 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

 

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science

  • 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 Human Development
    • HDEV 300 - Social Science Research Methods
    • HDEV 400 - Social Justice
  • Two upper-level courses within the Department of Human Development (three or four credits each) in each of the three curriculum areas:

    • 1. Theories of Human Development: HDEV courses numbered 301-339.
      • These courses draw on interdisciplinary theories to study development across the lifespan and in relation to social constructions of development. They focus on a broad range of contexts and social positions. They also incorporate aspects of individual and family development, historical and cultural constructions of development that include nation building and reconstruction.


    • 2. Social Action and Policy: HDEV courses numbered 340-379.
      • The courses in this area examine various social, political, economic and global frameworks within which individuals and social groups are situated, and include overarching socio-political/economic and cultural structures; institutions and organizations; resistance and structural changes


    • 3. Working with Individuals and Groups: HDEV courses numbered 401-479.
      • These courses examine socio-historical influences on policy making, program development, barriers to service delivery and outcomes of intervention in an array of service-oriented institutions and organizations. Service systems may range from local to global. Courses encourage a critical analysis of the strengths and limitations that exist within service institutions. Particular attention is given to relations of power between those institutions and the people they serve.

      HDEV 475. Practicum in Human Development

See also: Human Development Internships , HDEV 475 Guidelines and HDEV 475 Cover Sheet