人类发展与家庭研究系（HDFS）致力于在人类发展和整个生命周期的紧密关系方面提供卓越的教学，研究和服务。我们的目标是教育下一代HDFS专业人士和学者，产生新知识，并促进个人和家庭在日常生活中的福祉。作为HDFS的首要部门，我们致力于早期护理和教育，儿童，青年和家庭发展以及衰老，同时致力于跨学科研究，多样性和国际化。
This program is committed to excellence in teaching, research, and service regarding human development and close relationships across the lifespan, with the bachelor's degree: Human Development and Family Studies in the Human Development and Family Studies Department.<br><br>The Princeton Review recently reported that UNCG's HDFS programs receive enthusiastic praise from current students.<br>UNCG's on-campus child care program provides a lab setting for you to gain hands-on experience working with young children in an educational setting.<br>HDFS is ranked #1 Best Human Development and Family Studies colleges in North Carolina 2021 by Universities.com, and #1 Best Online Bachelor's in Human and Family Development Programs by BestColleges.com.<br>Faculty are renowned experts in early childhood development, care, and education, parent-child relationships, adolescence, close relationships, marriage, and divorce, and human development and family diversity in sociocultural context.