Human Development and Family Science, Minor

The minor in Human development and Family Science (HDFS) is designed to offer students an introduction to family science courses in addition to a broad understanding of human development across the lifespan as well as focused coursework in a specific development age. Students gain a greater understanding of contemporary family systems, development, and challenges through a strengths-based perspective. Courses in the minor cover topics such as diversity, resource management, sexuality, and family challenges. The minor also emphasizes human development within context.

Students learn how families function and interact with other societal systems making the minor helpful for undergraduates who wish to work with families in the future. The minor is open to non-HDFS majors across the university and may be particularly useful for those in behavioral and health science, as well as education and human service majors.