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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Human Learning and Development, B.I.S.


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The Human Learning and Development concentration is an interdisciplinary program in the College of Education and Human Development. Courses are taught by faculty from the Departments of Counseling and Psychological Services; Educational Policy Studies; Learning Sciences; and Middle and Secondary Education.

This concentration provides students an opportunity to acquire a career-oriented range of skills and knowledge of this important field by choosing from the coursework in behavior and learning disabilities; counseling; deaf studies; educational psychology; family and community literacy;  learning technologies; and research methods and problem solving.

Students should contact an advisor in the University Advisement Center or the College of Education and Human Development Office of Academic Assistance to declare the major. Students should declare their major by the time they have earned 42 credit hours to avoid a delay in graduation.

Degree Requirements


Areas A-E: Core Curriculum (42-43 Hours)


(see University Core Curriculum Requirements  in the undergraduate catalog)

Area F. Preparation for the Major (18 Hours)


Area G. Area of Concentration: Human Learning and Development (36-42 Hours)


Students must complete all courses in Area G with a grade of “C-” or higher unless otherwise noted for specific courses.

Choose two of the disciplines below (30 Hours)


Behavioral and Learning Disabilities (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.
Counseling (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.
Deaf Studies (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.
Educational Psychology (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.
Choose Five Courses (15 Hours)

Family and Community Literacy (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.
Choose Four Courses (12 Hours)

Learning Technology (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.
Research Methods and Problem Solving (15 Hours)

Note: Other courses may be substituted with approval of the HLD program Coordinator and the discipline representative from the department.

Internship (3 Hours)


Students must complete a minimum of 3 hours of internship related to one or more of the disciplines chosen above.

Choose from the following repeatable courses.

Area H. Electives (11-18 Hours)


Students may choose courses from one of the disciplines listed above which were not previously selected or take courses numbered 1000 level or above to fulfill the elective requirement.

Reminder


Students must earn 39 semester hours at Georgia State University in courses numbered 3000 or above with an average grade of at least a C (2.00 GPA).

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