Colorado State University
About the Program
The primary mission of the department of Human Development & Family Studies is to generate knowledge about the development of individuals and families within the broader social context and to expand understanding of professional applications of such information that are aimed at promoting resiliency, preventing dysfunction, and optimizing individual and family development. HDFS provides an exciting mix of research and applied opportunities. The department is known for its work on gender and diversity; risk, resiliency, and effective prevention; program evaluation; social & emotional development; and adult development and aging. Students gain hands-on experience through internships in the local area and in pediatric hospitals around the country (for students in child life), and in service learning classes. HDFS and its 14 faculty (plus instructors and Extension Specialists) are housed in a building with an NAEYC-accredited lab school, the Center for Couple and Family Therapy, and a computer lab.
Program Overview
| Area | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Human Development | 67% | |
| Family Therapy | 20% | |
| Family Science | 13% |
Address & Contact Information
Undergraduate Program
- Individual & Family Development
- Creative Experiences for Children
- Practicum-Professional Skills
- marriage & Family Relationships
- Infant & Child Devleopment in Context
- Adolescent/Early Adult Development in Context
- Adult Development-Middle Age & Aging
- Cognitive & Language Development
- Death, Dying and Grief
- Parenting Across the Lifespan
- Programming for Children & Families
- Childhood Socialization
- Family Studies
- Families in the Legal Environment
- Child Life Theory & Practice
- Professional Skills Development
- Supervised College Teaching
- Field Placement
- Seminar-Program Proposal Development
- Independent Study
- Group Study
- Research
- Thesis
Human Development & Family Studies provides students with knowledge & skills to assist individuals and families in their development across the lifespan. Students are involved in developing appropriate activities for educational or therapeutic settings; helping families adjust to change; aiding in avoiding substance abuse and delinquent behavior; helping adults with transitions; and easing the pain of grief at any age. Licensure in early childhood education (ages 0-8) is available through a collaborative program with the School of Education. Students are prepared for professional work with individuals and families in a broad range of contexts.
Graduate Program
- Issues in HDFS
- Readings in the Discipline
- Family Theory
- Child and Family Assessment
- Risk & Resilience
- Socioemotional Development
- Research Design
- Statistics
- Grant Writing
- Grief and Loss
- Intimacy and Human Sexuality
- Program Planning and Evaluation
- Parenting
- Adolescent Development
- Adult Development and Aging
- Aging & the Family
- Cognitive Development
- Professional Skills Development
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Skills and Techniques in Family Therapy
- Foundations in Family Therapy
- Supervised College Teaching
- Research
- Internship
- Family Therapy Practice
- Ethical and Legal Issues, Thesis
- Dissertation
Master's Level
Doctoral Level
This doctoral program offers graduate training in research and its application to issues that affect the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities. Specific areas of expertise include (1) Risk, Resilience, and Developmental Psychopathology; (2) Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention Science; (3) Emotion, Regulation, and Relational Processes; and (4) Adult Development and Aging.
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The two M.S. specializations are marriage and family therapy (the only AAMFT-accredited graduate program in Colorado) and family and developmental studies, which includes child life specialists, interventionists, policy analysts, educators, and researchers or program evaluators.