Human Development and Family Relations Minor

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Introduction

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The Human Development and Family Relations (HDFR) minor prepares students to effectively serve and understand culturally and linguistically diverse family systems. For students who are interested in becoming family therapist, work in community based organizations or work as a university or college advisor/administrator this minor will provide excellent foundational courses in these areas. It also provides students with a family systems and ecological systems theories foundation of families and how they interact with community and educational contexts.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program with a variety of delivery options for many of our courses including hybrid, evening, weekend and online courses.

Declaring This Minor

If you are currently a CU Denver student please contact the Undergraduate Advisor in the School of Education and Human Development to set up an appointment to discuss the process.

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

To earn a minor, students must complete 15 approved credit hours specific to the minor, maintain good academic standing in the courses, must complete their undergraduate degree concurrently, must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
To complete a minor in HDFR, a student will need to complete 15 semester hours of HDFR courses with a minimum grade of C (2.0) including 1 required and 4 electives.
Of those HDFR courses at least 9 credits must be completed at the University of Colorado Denver.
Transfer courses must be approved by faculty and/or advisor to apply to the minor.

Take one of the following courses:
HDFR 2000 - Introduction to Family and Community Services
HDFR 2200 - Love, Family and Human Development
Take four HDFR electives from the following list (or newly approved HDFR courses). Students will be encouraged to select courses that meet their interest and/or career aspirations. All course selections must be approved by an HDFR advisor or HDFR faculty. Please check the university catalog for when courses are offered. Other HDFR courses will be added to the list as they are designed and approved.
HDFR 1000 - Global Human Development & Learning
HDFR 1010 - Life Span Development in Ecological Settings
HDFR 1020 - Black and Latino Children
HDFR 2000 - Introduction to Family and Community Services
HDFR 2110 - Child Ecology
HDFR 2200 - Love, Family and Human Development (Core approved - Social Sciences)
HDFR 3100 - Adolescent Ecology
HDFR 3250 - Families in Global Perspectives (Core approved - International Perspectives)
HDFR 3500 - Introduction to Higher Education
HDFR 4000 - Human Sexuality
HDFR 4003 - Leadership and Organizations
HDFR 4004 - Family and Comm. Prog. II Grant Writing/Fundraising
HDFR 4040 - Latino Families in School and Communities
HDFR 4050 - Foundations of Student Affairs
HDFR 4090 - Helping Profession Skills in HDFR
HDFR 4200 - Adult Ecology
HDFR 4500 - Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice in Higher Education
EDFN 3000 - Undocumented Mexican Immigration
EDFN 4000 - Food Justice in City & Schools