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Masters Program - Required Courses

The master's degree requires completion of at least 36 semester hours of coursework to be distributed as shown below.


3of the FollowingCore Courses (9hours)

  •  HDF 395Topic 1:Child and Adolescent Development
  •  HDF 395Topic 2: Contextual Influences onIndividual and Family Development
  •  HDF 395Topic 3:Adult Development and Aging
  •  HDF 395Topic4:Intimate Relationship Formation and Development

3of the FollowingMethods Courses (minimum9hours)

  •  Research Methods (HDF380K.1)
  •  Advanced statistics, HDF380K.2, HDF 380K.3, HDF 380K.4
  •  Outside methods or statistics elective

2Substantive orElectives(minimum6hours)

  •  HDF 395orHDF 394orElective
  •  Other (minimum12hours)
    Individual Research courses (192, 292, 392, 692)
  •  NSC 088L
  •  Thesis 698A and698B


Info

Note: Students must takeNSC 088Lbefore their firstAIassignment.Six semester hours of credit are granted for researching and writing the Master’s thesis. Course 698A (research project) must precede course 698B (writing period); 698A may not be repeated for credit. Both 698A and 698B must be taken on a credit/no credit basis. The student must register for 698B the semester he or she intends to graduate. The thesis cannot be accepted before the semester in which the student applies for graduation.




PhD Program - Required Courses

2of the FollowingCore Content (6hours)

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

All 4 of the Following CoreMethodsand Statisticsor 3 of the 4 plus an Elective(12 hours)

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

Electives (12 hours)

  •  At least two HDF 395 orHDF 394
  •  Out of departmentelective
  •  Four3-credit organized courses are required.
  •  One of thefourcoursesmay beamethodsor 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 and698B(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” sectionis taken each additional semester until the student graduates.
  •  Teachinghoursor a professional development class in NSC
    NSC088L


Sample Course Schedule for First Three Years of PhD


Fall SemesterSpring Semester
Year 1HDF 395.1
HDF 380K.1
HDF394(elective)		HDF 380K.2
HDF 394 (elective)
HDF 392 (research hours)
Year 2HDF 394 (elective)
HDF 380K.3
HDF 398A (thesis)		HDF 395.3
HDF 380K.3
HDF 398B (thesis)
Year 3HDF 380K.4
Elective outside HDFS
HDF 392 (research hours)		HDF 395.4
HDF 392(elective)
HDF 392 (research hours)


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This is a sample only.The particular semesters in which various courses are offered may vary, and the electives other than HDF 394 are unrestricted in content.