Marriage, Family and Human Development

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS for MFHD majors enrolled prior to Fall 2004

See also the MAPs.

MFHD majors can take any combination of undergraduate MFHD R courses for a total of 12 hours toward graduation, but not to exceed 9 hours for any one course. The one exception is MFHD 492R (Teaching Assistance), which is limited to 6 hours.

At least 15 hours of major credit must be taken in residency at BYU.
Complete the following core courses (students are encouraged to take these early in their program):
FamLf 100.
MFHD 160, 210, 250, 300.
Complete 30 additional hours from MFHD courses. Students wanting to focus in a particular area may consider some of the possibilities listed below. (These are not separate degree tracks, but they are possible areas of focus):

Child and Family Services

Recommended Courses

MFHD 340, 356, 360, 430, 461, 465; some combination of 332, 333, 334, and/or 399R.

Early Childhood

Complete the following:

BusM 300.
MFHD 321, 322, 331, 332, 340, 354, 355, 420

Recommended Courses

MFHD 351, 352, 353, 399R.

Family Financial Services

Complete five courses from the following:

FL&HE 230.
MFHD 350, 356, 371, 399R, 450, 461, 472.

Human Development

Recommended Courses

MFHD 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 340, 351, 352, 353, 399R, 410.

Marriage and Family Life Educator

Complete the following in addition to the core:

MFHD 301, 302, 334, 340, 350, 360, 370, 371, 399R, 461, 480, 498.
(These courses will prepare students who want to apply for the Certified Family Life Educator certificate.)

Recommended Courses

Students interested in applying to graduate programs should consider enrolling in the following applicable courses:

Statistics: Stat 221 or Soc 306 or Psych 301.
Statistical packages: Soc 303R.
Research methods: MFHD 300.
Marriage and family therapy: Psych 342, 378.
Human development: MFHD 330, 351.
Family life: MFHD 371, 480.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.