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Family & Human Development Minor

Availability

This program is available at the Uintah Basin Campus via the following Instruction Type(s):

Interactive Broadcast

Courses are delivered via state of the art video conferencing technology. Students meet at a designated time and location.

Requirements

Required Courses (6 credits)

  • FCHD 1500 (BSS) Human Development Across the Lifespan
  • FCHD 2400 (BSS) Marriage and Family Relationships

Elective Courses (9 credits)

  • FCHD 2610 Child Guidance
  • FCHD 31001 Abuse and Neglect in Family Context
  • FCHD 31102 Human Sexuality
  • FCHD 35103 Infancy and Early Childhood
  • FCHD 35203 Children in the Middle Years
  • FCHD 35304 Adolescence
  • FCHD 35404 Adult Development and Aging
  • FCHD 42205 Family Crises and Interventions
  • FCHD 42305 Families and Social Policy
  • FCHD 42406 Social and Family Gerontology

All courses listed are 3 credit courses.

FCHD 2500, 2600, 2630, 3130, 3210, 4550, 4800, 4940, 5550; practica (FCHD 4900, 4950, 4960, 4970, 4980); and Readings and Conference (FCHD 4990) cannot be used to fulfill requirements for the minor.

  • 1Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, FCHD 1500, 2400.
  • 2Prerequisites: FCHD 1500, 2400.
  • 3Prerequisites: Junior standing, FCHD 1500, 2610.
  • 4Prerequisites: Junior standing, FCHD 1500.
  • 5Prerequisites: Junior standing, FCHD 2400.
  • 6Prerequisites: Junior standing, FCHD 2400, 3540.

More Info

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Contact Us

For specific questions regarding this program including admissions, courses, and requirements contact:

Denise Taylor
Phone:435-797-0375
denise.taylor@usu.edu

The minor in FHD is designed to provide a knowledge base for understanding families and human development in order to enhance the training of majors in other academic disciplines. A 3.00 GPA is required for this minor. No more than 6 transfer credits may be used toward the FHD minor. Students applying for an FHD minor at USU, but transferring courses from other universities, must complete a minimum of three USU FCHD courses in order to earn an FHD minor. Courses counted toward the minor may not be taken pass-fail.