
Bachelor of Arts - Human Development - Health Services
333 South Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos, USA
273889
Last updated: 24/09/2024







About Bachelor of Arts - Human Development - Health Services
The Human Development Major is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on human growth and development throughout the lifespan, and on the familial, social, cultural, and political networks in which individuals develop. A degree in human development provides students an understanding of the social, cultural, psychological and biological understanding of human beings from birth to death. Course offerings are interdisciplinary, drawing knowledge from psychology, sociology, biology, anthropology, ethnic, racial and gender studies. The Human Development Major is designed to prepare undergraduates to succeed in increasingly diverse cultural, ethnic, economic, and political environments. Respect for those differences in the context of human services settings is an integral part of the program.
The Health Services Concentration prepares students for work in the healthcare field by teaching them to mobilize developmental and social science concepts, theories and methods to examine how social and environmental factors impact health across the life course from infancy to later life. This concentration particularly helps students understand how individual characteristics, such as gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation, but also genetic vulnerabilities, interact with social-structural, institutional, and cultural realities – particularly in healthcare institutions and beyond – to shape an individual’s physical and mental health.
Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development will be able to:
- Use theory and research to explain lifespan development in individual, family, and/or community contexts.
- Critically evaluate evidence-based practices, programs, or policy solutions to address real-world problems related to human development.
- Analyze structural inequities related to lifespan development to identify strategies for promoting social justice.
- Assess needs and evaluate the delivery of human services.
- Use research methods in Human Development to design, analyze, and conduct research, and present research findings.
- Apply professional ethics, knowledge, awareness, and/or skills for health and human services settings.
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