Human Development and Family Relationships Option
Bachelor of Science
BT BS 1407
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major = 47
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9 including:
- PHIL 120GS, Introduction to Ethics - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 11 including:
- Take ONE of the following options
- Take 2 courses:
- BIOL 225GS, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 226GS, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- OR take 2 courses:
- BIOL 103GS*, General Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 211GS*, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- FCSC 351GS, Marriage and Family Relationships - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- ECON 271GS*, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics -
3 hours
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours (Choosing
this course will increase General Studies hours.)
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- FCSC 151GS, Human Sexual Behavior - 3 hours
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 35
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other
requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 106
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 19
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Human Development & Family Relationships =
125
- UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all
UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at
a 4-year college or university.
- A. Human Development and Family Relationships Requirements (22 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- FCSC 104, Family and Consumer Sciences Orientation - 1
hour
- FCSC 150, Lifespan Development and the Family - 3
hours
- FCSC 361, Families During Adulthood and Middle Age - 3
hours
- FCSC 402, Selected Readings in Marriage and Family
Relationships - 3 hours
- FCSC 450, Gerontology - 3 hours
- FCSC 475, Internship - 3 hours
- FCSC 481, Cross-Cultural Family Patterns - 3 hours
- FCSC 486, Families in Crisis - 3 hours
- B. Human Development and Family Relationships Electives (13 hours required)
- Take 1 course from:
- FCSC 253, Child Development - 3 hours
- SOWK 170, Introduction to Social Welfare - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- FCSC 280, Field Experience - 1 hour
- PSY 192, Death and Dying - 1 hour
- Take 1 course from:
- FCSC 340, Family Life Education - 3 hour
- SOWK 185, Human Behavior in the Social Environment - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- FCSC 371, Parent Education - 3 hours
- SOWK 377, Aging Services - 3 hours (Prereq: SOWK 276)
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 455, Adolescent Psychology - 3 hours
- SOWK 403, Medical Social Work - 3 hours (Prereq: SOWK 276)
The following additional classes are necessary for CFLE certification: - SOWK 170, Introduction to Social Welfare - 3 hours
- SOWK 276, Social Welfare Policies & Services - 3
hours
- FCSC 406, Family Resource Management - 3 hours
16 May 2005
