Recommended Academic Plan
Human Development & Family Studies (HFSAL)
Life Span Human Services Option (LSHS)
Freshman Year
| Fall |
| HDFS 129 | 3 |
| GS | 3 |
| GN | 3 |
| English 015 (GWS) | 3 |
| GQ | 3 |
| FYS (or spring) | 1 |
| Total credits | 16 |
|
| Spring |
| HDFS 229, or 239. or 249 | 3 |
| CAS 100 (GWS) | 3 |
| GA | 3 |
| Stat 200 (GQ) | 4 |
| GH | 3 |
| Total credits | 16 |
|
Sophomore Year
| Fall |
| HDFS 229, or 239, or 249 | 3 |
| HDFS 311 (or spring) | 3 |
| HDFS 312W and/ or HDFS 315Y | 3 |
| HDFS supporting | 3 |
| GN | 3 |
| GHA | 1.5 |
| Total Credits | 16.5 |
|
| Spring |
| Engl 202 (GWS) | 3 |
| GS | 3 |
| HDFS 315Y and/or HDFS 312W | 3 |
| HDFS supporting | 3 |
| GH | 3 |
| GHA | 1.5 |
| Total Credits | 16.5 |
|
Junior Year
| Fall |
| HDFS 455 | 3 |
| HDFS 414 | 3 |
| HDFS 418 | 3 |
| HDFS 445 and/or 433 | 3 |
| Supporting course 400-level | 3 |
| Total credits | 15 |
|
| Spring |
| Other supporting | 3 |
| HDFS 301 (or fall) | 3 |
| HDFS 428, and/or 429 | 3 |
| HDFS 411 (or fall) | 3 |
| GN | 3 |
| Total credits | 15 |
|
Senior Year
| Fall |
| HDFS 401 | 3 |
| supporting course 400-level | 3 |
| Supp/elective | 3 |
| Other US cultures | 3 |
| GA | 3 |
| Total credits | 15 |
|
| Spring |
| HDFS 402 | 4 |
| HDFS 495C | 9 |
| Total credits | 12 |
|
Bold Type indicates courses in which the student must earn a 'C' or better to count for the major.
Bold and Italics type indicates courses that are required for the major, and full fill a General Education requirement , and in which the student must earn a 'C' or better for the course to count for the major.
- GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, GS, and FYS are codes used to identify General Education Requirements.
- US and IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy university United States/International Cultures requirements.
- W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy university Writing Across the Curriculum requirements.
- Y is the code used to designate courses that satisfy both university US/International cultures requirements, and Writing Across the Curriculum requirements.
This major requires 6 credits of US courses; 3 credits is covered by the required course HDFS 315Y. Students must full fill the IL requirement and the additional US requirement by picking courses on their own; these may be supporting courses, a Gen Ed or an elective.
DEPARTMENT NOTES:
The following upper division required courses are offered only once a year:
Fall term: HDFS 414, 418, 433, 445, 455 and 401
Spring term: HDFS 429 and 428.
Suggestions for supporting courses are included with suggestions for courses in support of different occupations, on pages 8-10 of the Altoona HDFS BS Degree Handbook. A list of supporting courses for the major may be found at http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/undergrad/supporting_courses.html
The Internship is made up of three courses: HDFS 401, which includes the preparation for the internship, HDFS 495C, the internship itself, and HDFS 402, the department's capstone course, a professional seminar. Students are expected to have satisfactorily completed all their required courses before they do the internship. Students should take HDFS 401 the fall term before the year they expect to do the internship. HDFS 495C and HDFS 402 are currently (Fall 2007) offered in the spring and in the summer.
For further information contact:
Dr. Margaret S. Benson, Program Coordinator
Office: 122 Hawthorn
Phone: 814-949-5289
E-mail:
Last updated 8/28/2007
