Human Development and Family Studies, B.S. - 4-Year Degree Map

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First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
HDFS 1000 - Family Perspectives	3	HDFS 1100 - Children in Families	3
COMP 1000 - Composition	3	HUEC 2100 - Consumer Resource Management	3
DRGN 1000 - Red Dragon Seminar	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
Gen Ed Quantitative Reasoning	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
Gen Ed Elective	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
HDFS 2100 - Adolescents in Families	3	HDFS 2000 - Marriage and Family Relationships	3
HDFS Elective	3	HDFS 3000 - Research Methods in Human Development & Family Studies	3
Liberal Arts Elective	3	Liberal Arts Elective	3
Liberal Arts Elective	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
Gen Ed Elective	3	Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
HDFS 3200 - Helping Skills in Human Services	3	HDFS 3100 - Family Policy	3
Upper Division Elective	3	HDFS Upper Division Elective	3
Upper Division Elective	3	Upper Division Elective	3
Elective	3	Upper Division Elective	3
Elective	3	Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
HDFS 4000 - Professional Practice in Human Development & Family Studies	3	HUEC 4097 - Internship in Human Ecology	3
HDFS 4100 - Issues in Family Life Education	3	HDFS Upper Division Elective	3
Upper Division Elective	3	Liberal Arts Elective	3
Upper Division Elective	3	Upper Division Elective	3
Elective	3	Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Elective Key and Math Course Guidance

Dragon Academy Elective: a course carrying one or more General Education area attribute(s): Oral Communication (OCOM), Written Communication (WCOM), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice (DESJ), Quantitative Reasoning (MAT), Scientific Reasoning (NSCI), Humanities (HUMA), Social Sciences (SOSC), Arts (ARTS), US History & Civic Engagement (UHCE), World History & Global Awareness (WHGA), World Languages (WLAN), Critical Thinking and Reasoning (CTR), Information Literacy (IL), and Global Literacy (GL). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

Liberal Arts Elective: any course that carries a Liberal Arts (LA) attribute. SUNY Oneonta’s minimum LA requirements vary by degree award.

Upper Division Elective: any elective course numbered 3000 and above. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course numbered 3000 and above that carries an LA attribute.

Elective: any course outside the major. Electives apply toward the total credits required by a degree program. Electives may also be needed to satisfy other degree requirements , including the minimum number of credits outside the department of the major.

Math Course Guidance

SUNY Oneonta recognizes that students enter college with different math backgrounds. For guidance on the math course(s) most suited to your preparation and program of study, visit the Math Pathways site.