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Cross Cutting Themes of Research
- Adolescence and Young Adulthood
- Child Maltreatment
- Cognitive Health
- Computational Methods for Developmental Systems Models
- Determinants and Promotion of Well-Being
- Development and Family Processes in International Contexts
- Developmental Neuroscience
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- Gender and Development
- Health and Family Processes
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- Influences of Stress on Development and Aging
- Longitudinal Methodologies/Designs for Studying Change and Variability
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, and Child Outcomes
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Planning Your Courses
As part of a traditional degree path, you will take 120 credits before you graduate, about 40 courses. This gives you 40 opportunities to strategically choose courses that help you explore your interests and maximize the amount of career-relevant information you learn in college.
There are many opportunities in Human Development and Family Studies to specialize your education, including general education requirements, supporting courses, and HDFS electives. As you engage in career exploration, you will be able to take advantage of these course selections to explore a topic and build marketable skills in your areas of interest.
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- Supporting Courses in your HDFS Major
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