Bachelor of Arts in Human Development:
CHILD DEVELOPMENT TRACK
Fall 2015
Requirements (95 units)
Total units required for university graduation: 180
Lower Division
1. BIO 100. Topics in Biology (5)
2. HD 240. Introduction to Child Development (4)
3. Two units chosen from
a. HD 245. Observation and Methods in CD: Early
Childhood (2)
b. HD 246. Observation and Methods in CD:
Middle Childhood (2)
c. HD 247. Observation and Methods in CD:
Adolescence (2)
4. HD 270. Infant and Toddler Development (4)
5. HD 280. Early Childhood Development (4)
6. Four units chosen from:
a. HD 271. Group Education and Care of Infants
and Toddlers (4)
b. HD 281. Guidance of Young Children (4)
7. Four units chosen from
a. HD 272.* Curriculum and Programs for Infants
and Toddlers (4)
b. HD 282.* Early Childhood Curriculum and
Programs (4)
8. HD 291. Interactions with Young Children: Lab (2)
9. HD 292. Curriculum and Programs: Lab (2)
10. PSYC 100. Introduction to Psychology (4)
Upper Division
11. Four units chosen from
a. ANTH 325. Human Biological Variation and
Race (4)
b. ANTH 327. Primate Evolution & Ecology (4)
c. HD 205. Diversity in Child Development (4)
d. HD 215. School, Family and Community (4)
e. HD 302. History of Childhood (4)
f. HD 304. Theories of Play (4)
g. HD 520. Intergenerational Aspects of HD (4)
h. SOC 339. Socialization (4)
12. Four units chosen from
a. ANTH 330. Cross-Cultural Child Rearing (4)
b. ANTH 331. Anthropology of Human
Development (4)
13. HD 324. Developmental Psychobiology (4)
14. HD 400. Childhood Assessment (5)
15. HD 480. Advanced Human Development (4)
16. Four units chosen from
a. HD 575. Internship (4)
b. HD 585. Student Teaching in Early Childhood
Education (4)
17. Four units chosen from
a. PSYC 303. Parent and Family Relations (4)
b. SOC 340. Sociology of the Family (4)
18. Eight units chosen from
a. PSYC 305. Language Development (4)
b. PSYC 358. Cognitive Development (4)
PSYC 384. Personality and Social Development
(4)
19. Four units chosen from
a. PSYC 320. Psychology of Middle Childhood (4)
b. PSYC 328. Psychology of Adolescence (4)
20. Four units chosen from
a. PSYC 350. Development of Exceptional
Children (4)
b. PSYC 391. Psychopathology of Childhood (4)
21. Statistics/Methodology
Must complete A, B, and C
A. PSYC 210. Psychological Statistics (5)
B. HD 310. Applied Research Methods (4)
C. PSYC 311. Introduction to Experimental Psychology (6)
*If HD 271 is taken to satisfy #3 then HD 272 must be
taken to satisfy #5.
*If HD 281 is taken to satisfy #3 then HD 282 must be
taken to satisfy #5.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please visit the Psychology Peer Advising Center in
SB-426 or go to the Psychology Department office in
SB-425. You can also check out our web page at
http://psychology.csusb.edu/ or review university and
program requirements in the Bulletin of Courses at
http://bulletin.csusb.edu/.