犹他大学的人类发展和家庭研究（HDFS）计划为学生提供有关家庭关系和个人终生发展的综合知识和跨学科的理解。在该领域中，您将学习人类发展的原理，伴随每个发展阶段的关键任务以及影响这一发展的家庭内部过程。该计划有两个重点领域可供选择：“儿童生活（BA / BS）”和“幼儿教育（BA / BS）”，学生可以根据自己的长处和目标定制学位。无论重点是什么，该课程都包括研究方法，统计学，家庭经济状况，消费者和社区研究，人类终身发展以及现代家庭生活等核心课程。然后，学生在HDFS主题中选择选修课，例如家庭问题，家庭暴力
The Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) major is housed in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies (FCS). The objective of the HDFS major is to provide students with a broad and detailed understanding of the processes of personal development in the context of the family, and as impacted by community and societal forces beyond the family. More specifically, students with a HDFS major will acquire an understanding of:<br><br>The key features of development through each stage of life (infants, children, adolescents and adults),<br>How these key features of development are impacted by experience to account for the ways that each of us is unique,<br>How family members develop and maintain relationships within and across generations,<br>The decisions people make about managing resources such as time, money, and material assets,<br>The ways that individual and family well-being are impacted by community and societal forces,<br>The impact of local, national, and international policies and laws on individual, family and community well-being,<br>How research in these areas is conducted and evaluated, and how the findings from these works may be applied to enhance the well-being of individuals (at every age) and families<br>In addition to the breadth and depth of our HDFS major as summarized above, the major provides two opportunities for diving more deeply into specific areas of focus that are both relevant to the broader goals of our major and oriented toward specific career opportunities.<br> If you plan to work with children in a medical setting this emphasis is for you Learn how to meet the social and emotional needs of young children and their families in medical settings. This emphasis is great for pre-med and pre-nursing students and fulfills all the educations requirements for those who want to become Child Life Specialists