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2025-2026 General Catalog

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2025-2026 General Catalog

Human Development, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan

Freshman Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

HD 200 - Introduction to Human Aging Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area 1A: English Composition
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 1C: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

ANTH 200 - Introduction to Language Studies Unit(s): 3 OR
ANTH 203 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Unit(s): 3
Lower Division GE Area 1B: Critical Thinking
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
American Institutions: U.S. Constitution
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 3

Sophomore Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
, Credits/Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
, Credits/Units: 3
American Institutions: U.S. History
, Credits/Units: 3
University Electives, Credits/Units: 6

Spring Semester (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities
, Credits/Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
, Credits/Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5C: Lab
, Credits/Units: 3
University Electives, Credits/Units: 8

Junior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (15 Units)

ANTH 318 - Human Development in Evolutionary Perspective Unit(s): 3
HD Topical Area 1 Course Credits / Units: 4
University Elective Credits / Units: 8

Spring Semester (15 Units)

HD 321 - Social Science Theory and the Life Course Unit(s): 4
HD Topical Area 2 Course Credits / Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area 3: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
University Elective Credits / Units: 4

Senior Year: 30 Units

Fall Semester (14 Units)

HD 322 - Politics and Ethics of Service in the Helping Professions Unit(s): 4
HD Topical Area 3 Course Credits / Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3
HD Elective Credits / Units: 4

Spring Semester (16 Units)

HD 450 - Producing Research on the Life Course Unit(s): 4
HD Topical Area 4 Course Credits / Units: 4
University Electives Credits / Units: 6
HD Elective Credits / Units: 1

Total Units: 120