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Graduation Requirements :

Degree Requirements at a Glance

PhD Program – Required Courses : 

3 of the Following Core Content (9 hours)

• HDF 395 Topic 1: Child and Adolescent Development
• HDF 395 Topic 2: Contextual Influences on Individual and Family Development
• HDF 395 Topic 3: Adult Development and Aging
• HDF 395 Topic 4: Intimate Relationship Formation and Development

All 4 Methods and Statistics Courses (12 hours)

• HDF 380K.1 Research Methods in Human Development and Family Science
• HDF 380K.2 Intermediate Statistics for Behavioral Science
• HDF 380K.3 Analyzing Development and Change
• HDF 480K.4 Advanced Regression and Structural Models

Electives (12 hours)

• Four 3-credit organized courses are required.
• At least two of the four should be HDFS seminars (HDF 394)
• One of the four courses may be a methods or statistics course

Research (variable)

• Individual Research (192,292,392,692) – to be taken each semester when not otherwise enrolled for at least 9 credits
• Master’s thesis (if completing M.A.) 698A and 698B (6 credits total)
• Dissertation 399R/W, 699 R/W, 999 R/W (at least 2 semesters). “R” section is taken only during the first semester after the student is accepted into candidacy. Thereafter, the “W” section is taken each additional semester until the student graduates.

Teaching hours

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