作为宾州州立大学的HDFS专业学生，您将研究人们在整个人生过程中以及在家庭和社会背景下的身体，情感和社交发展情况。您将深入研究人类发展和成长的惊人过程，获得有关家庭和社区对生活质量的影响的宝贵见解，并在各种关系，社会和文化背景下沉浸于人类发展中。HDFS是此类同类计划中的一项重要计划，它提供了涵盖从儿童和青少年发育到成人发育和衰老，人类发展的生物学方面，家庭研究，干预研究以及发展研究方法等各个方面的全方位课程。作为HDFS专业的学生，​​您将在核心学位课程的基础上，选择两个选项-“生命跨度人类服务”或“生
This major 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 coursework and undergraduate internships or research projects, students develop skills relevant to career objectives, such as counseling, human assessment, program planning and evaluation, and research.