Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Development |
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The graduate emphasis in human development may be added by students completing doctoral training in Anthropology, Communication, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, or Sociology. Courses to be offered within the program are taught by participating faculty within Anthropology, Black Studies, Communication, Counseling, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology. Graduate training is concerned with biological influences, changing cognitive capacities, and sociocultural influences across the lifespan. Coursework included in the program has 3 major points of focus:
| AREA A | Social-emotional development; development of interpersonal relationships. |
| AREA B | Development of complex communication processes, including language acquisition |
| AREA C | Cognitive development; acquisition of knowledge |
Within each area, initial coursework includes general theoretical and conceptual issues in studying human development. Advanced coursework focuses on variability in development as influenced by biological, sociocultural, and ethnic/racial variables, and methodological concerns in conducting research within the field of human development. The program includes seminars, speaker series, and conferences that maximize the opportunity for communiction of interests and knowledge across disciplines.
Back to the topThe core courses in each of three areas:
AREA A: SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AREA B: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
AREA C: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE
BREADTH COURES
ELECTIVE COURSES
PROSEMINAR
Interdisciplinary 592 (Interdisciplinary Research Seminar in Human Development) is a seminar consisting of informal presentations by participating faculty, students, visiting scholars, and speakers invited from other campuses. Participants in the seminar receive 1 unit of credit per quarter.
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III. WHAT ARE THE PROGRAM'S REQUIREMENTS?
Students completing the emphasis in human development must fulfill the basic requirements of their home departments in addition to two general IHD requirements, as follows:
1. Completion of 6 quarters of INT 592
2. Completion of at least 4 IHD courses (at least 2 of which must be outside the student's home department). No more than 1 elective will count towards completion of requirements. In selecting courses, there are also breadth requirements that can be accomplished in any of the following ways:
A) Completing 1 core course from each content area (Area A, B and C - courses listed above) and one additional elective course (from any part of the above list).
Example:
B) Completing 2 breadth courses from any 2 of the 3-quarter sequence, Education 211 B-C-D, and 2 cources outside Education (one of which must be a core course).
Example:
C) Completing Sociology 246, at least 2 core courses (from any content area) and one additional course from any part of the above list.
Example:
To help you keep track of your progress a program requirement checklist has been created. In addition, some prototypical examples of how to complete the program requirements are offered below:
Students who are currently enrolled in graduate programs within participating departments can petition to apply for the emphasis at any time (using the general petition form for adding a class). The petition should be given to the their departmental graduate advisor for approval and then be sent to Graduate Division. Once Executive Committee gives an approval, the petition will be forwarded to Lynn Wilcoxon at Graduate Division.
COMPLETION OF THE IHD PROGRAM
After reading the requirements for IHD listed here, start keeping a record of the classes that you take that will fulfill these requirements. If you are unsure about any course, please contact the IHD staff representative or one of IHD's co-directors. Before each quarter, the IHD staff representative will email all IHD students letting them know about relevant courses they may take during the upcoming quarter. In addition these course are listed on the IHD webpage.
When you have completed the requirements, email the IHD staff representatiive (and copy the co-director). You should list the courses you have completed that fulfill IHD requrements, and the number of quarters you have signed up for the IHD seminar (6 quarters are required). The IHD staff reprsentative will verify these records. If everything is accurate, Lynn Wilcoxon at the Graduate Division will be notified that you have completed IHD, and this information will be recorded in your graduate records. The IHD staff representative will reply to you, verifying your completion of IHD (or letting you know if soemthing is missing). You will receive a completion certificate at the next IHD meeting.
Because IHD is interdisciplinary, its adminsitration rotates between departments. As a result, it is always wise to make sure that the right person receives your emails. If you receive no email reply in a few days, you can always call or email Daphne Bugental and/or Hsiu-Zu Ho.
V. INTEGRATING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIS WITH DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
All students will meet the graduate requirements of their home departments. Written doctoral qualifying examination procedures within departments should be adapted to include representation of the student's focus on developmental issues.
Back to the topStudents who complete requirements will receive documentation that they have completed the doctorate in their home area, with an emphasis in human development. Transcripts received from the Registrar will list the students' major area and the developmental emphasis.
On a practical level, completion of the emphasis will substantially increase the range of post-doctoral employment opportunities for participating students. There is a large and continuing demand for professionals with expertise in the field of human development--both from the standpoint of academic hiring and positions available within the public domain.
Of the 20 students who have completed IHD: 12 are now in tenure-track faculty positions, 5 have research positions, 1 has a clinical position (information was not located on 2 students).
VII. WHERE TO GO WITH QUESTIONS
For general questions about the program, please e-mail Jessica Hehman (Psychology IHD staff representative) or Rose Wong (Education IHD staff representative).
Faculty members in your home Department to contact (e-mail or phone) for information are:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
| Last updated: 10/12/07 Web site questions or comments? Contact:.hehman@psych.ucsb.edu |