Human Development, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan

Fall Semester (15 Units)

• HD 200 - Introduction to Human Aging Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development)
• Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
    , Credits / Units: 3
• Lower Division GE Area A2: Written Communication
    , Credits / Units: 3
• University Elective Credits / Units: 6

Spring Semester (15 Units)

• ANTH 200 - Introduction to Language Studies Unit(s): 3 (Meets Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities) OR
• ANTH 203 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Unit(s): 3
• Lower Division GE Area A3: Critical Thinking
     Credits / Units: 3
• Lower Division GE Area B1: Physical Sciences
     Credits / Units: 3
• Lower Division GE Area B4: Quantitative Reasoning
     Credits / Units: 3
• University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Fall Semester (15 Units)

• Lower Division GE Area A1: Oral Communication
    , Credits / Units: 3
• Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
    , Credits / Units: 3 
• Additionally: 
  Lower Division GE Area C1: Arts
    OR
• Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
     , Credits / Units: 3
• Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
   ​ , Credits / Units: 3​

*Must take American Institutions Constitution/Government

• Lower Division GE Area C2: Humanities
   (If not previously completed) , Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

• Lower Division GE Area B2: Life Sciences
   +Lab,  Units: 4 
• Lower Division GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
      Units: 3
• Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
     Units: 3 

*Must take American Institutions History

• University Elective, Units: 5

Fall Semester (15 Units)

• HD 321 - Social Science Theory and the Life Course Unit(s): 4
• Topical Area 1 Course Credits / Units: 4
• University Elective Credits / Units: 7

Spring Semester (15 Units)

• ANTH 318 - Human Development in Evolutionary Perspective Unit(s): 3 (Meets Upper Division GE Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning)
• Topical Area 2 Course Credits / Units: 4
• Upper Division GE Area C: Arts and Humanities
     Credits / Units: 3
• University Elective Credits / Units: 5

Fall Semester (14 Units)

• HD 450 - Producing Research on the Life Course Unit(s): 4
• Topical Area 3 Course Credits / Units: 4
• Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
     Credits / Units: 3
• HD Elective Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (16 Units)

• HD 322 - Politics and Ethics of Service in the Helping Professions Unit(s): 4
• Topical Area 4 Course Credits / Units: 4
• University Elective Credits / Units: 8