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Marriage, Family and Human Development Marriage, Family and Human Development

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS for students enrolled Fall 2004 or later

See also the MAPs.

  1. At least 15 hours of major course work taken in residency at BYU.
  2. Complete the following courses (total of 48 credit hours):

School of Family Life Core: 3 hrs Required

FAMLF 100: Strengthening Marriage & Family: Proclamation Principles and Scholarship

Lower-Division Core: 12 hrs Required

MFHD 160: Introduction to Family Processes
MFHD 210: Human Development
MFHD 290: Critical Inquiry & Research Methods
STAT 221: Principles of Statistics

Upper-Division Core: 12 hrs Required

MFHD 329: Marriage Formation
MFHD 331: Infant Dev. in the Family
MFHD 333: Adolescence Dev. in the Family
MFHD 334: Adult Development and Aging
MFHD 335: Family Adaptation & Resiliency
MFHD 351: Socialization Across Childhood

Upper Division Electives: 15 hrs Required

MFHD 349:

Biological Foundations of HD MFHD 355: Language Development
MFHD 352: Cognitive Development MFHD 410: Advanced Issues in Human Dev.
MFHD 353: Adv. Issues in Soc./Moral Dev. MFHD 451: Theories in the Family
MFHD 354: Cross-Cultural Fam. & HD MFHD 465: Marr. & Fam. Enrich/Therapy
MFHD 498: Family Life Education

Other Electives: 3 hrs Required

MFHD 221: DAP Foundations HFL 223: Marriage Preparation
MFHD 222: Preschool Practicum HFL 224: Marriage Enhancement
MFHD 240: Parenting & Child Guidance HFL 350: Family Finance
MFHD 356: Interact. Interviewing Skills HFL 370: Family in Communities
MFHD 395R: Special Topics in Fam. Sc. HFL 371: Work and Relationships in the Home
MFHD 420: ECE Administration HFL 461: Family and the Law
HLTH 436: Human Sexuality HFL 472: Temporal Welfare in Families
RMYL 301: Family Recreation HFL 489: The Family and Public Policy

Capstone Experience: 3 hrs Required

MFHD 399R, 403R, 492R: Internship/Research Practicum. or
MFHD 480: Moral Foundations in Family Life

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