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Baccalaureate Degree in HDFS
The baccalaureate (4-year)
degree in HDFS at DuBois is a multidisciplinary program that examines
the development of individuals and families across the life span. It
enables students to prepare for professional, managerial, or scientific
roles in health and human services professions, in public and nonprofit
agencies, and in business and industry, as well as for advanced
professional or graduate study. Students obtain a broad background in
individual and family development across the life span. Courses
emphasize biological, psychological, social/cultural, and economic
aspects of development. Through course work and undergraduate
internships or research projects, students develop skills relevant to
career objectives, such as counseling, human assessment, program
planning and evaluation, and research.
Two options are available
within the major:
(1) Life Span Human Services Option and
(2) Life Span Developmental Science Option.
The Life Span Human Services
Option of the baccalaureate degree in HDFS is available in its entirety
at Penn State DuBois.
Life Span Human Services
Option: This option focuses on the acquisition and application of
scientific knowledge about development and family functioning across the
life span for the purposes of enhancing personal and family
development. Courses emphasize: (1) understanding the biological,
psychological, and social development across the life span, and the
structuring and functioning of families; (2) understanding basic
theoretical and methodological issues; and (3) the development of
applied skills in intervention and evaluation, prevention, and in the
formulation of social policy. An approved internship field experience
in a setting that serves children, youth, adults, or the aged is
required for this option. Typical employment settings include
preschools, daycare centers, hospital programs for children, youth, and
families, institutional and community mental health program for
individuals and families, programs for abused or neglected children and
adolescents, women’s resource centers, human resources programs,
employee assistance programs, nursing homes, area agencies on aging and
other community settings for older adults, and public welfare and family
service agencies. Typical postgraduate pursuits of students completing
this option include graduate study in human development, family studies,
psychology, or sociology, or advanced professional training in
psychology, law, behavioral health, counseling or social work.
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