学士学位人类发展与学习（HDL）计划为学生在整个生命周期内有关学习与发展的研究和理论奠定了坚实的基础。此外，学生在与来自不同背景，处于各种正式和非正式学习环境以及教育环境中的个人一起工作时，将学习如何应用这些知识。人类发展和人类学习是复杂且相互关联的现象，它们嵌入特定的社会，历史和文化环境中，不仅影响和指导学习与发展的过程，而且与个人的整体成功，成就，生产力和蓬勃发展的能力。
The BA Human Development and Learning (HDL) program provides students with a strong grounding in research and theory concerning learning and development throughout the lifespan. In addition, students learn how to apply this knowledge when working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and in a variety of formal and informal learning contexts and educational environments. Human development and human learning are complex and inter-related phenomena that are embedded within particular social, historical, and cultural contexts that not only shape and direct the course of learning and development, but are linked to an individuals? overall success, achievement, productivity, and ability to thrive.