Human Development And Learning

[Danielle Just]

Toearn a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Learning from UIC, students must complete university, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of Educational Psychology requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Education section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies.

HDL students choose at least one focus area to guide their course of study or an optional concentration to guide their course of study. In addition to HDL concentrations, HDL students can also earn a university minor or credentials from an external accrediting institution to prepare students for specific careers. Additional information is available on the College of Education focus areas and credentials page.

Courses appearing in concentration requirements may be used for HDL electives and core program requirement categories, when applicable. Students can refer to the specific program requirements for lists of required courses.

Students will have the option to declare up to two concentrations that enable them to gain advanced knowledge in a particular area of emphasis. Students will use hours of HDL electives toward concentration requirements. Students in good standing with a minimum 2.00/4.00 grade point average can declare a concentration any time after their first semester in the program.

In this concentration, students will learn the emotional, physical, social, and intellectual development within context from infancy through childhood up to age 12. Students have the option to take additional courses toward the Illinois Gateways Level 5 Early Childhood Education Credential. Minimum semester hours: 9

Students in this concentration will learn about the role of families in human development and how to collaborate and work with families. Students have the option to take additional courses toward the Illinois Gateway Family Specialist Credential. Minimum semester hours: 9

Students in this concentration will learn to make effective interactive experiences, educational products, and technology-based approaches that promote learning across the lifespan. Students who select this concentration cannot also earn the Instructional Design and Technology minor. Minimum semester hours: 12

In this concentration, students will learn the emotional, physical, social, and intellectual development within context of children and adolescents aged 10-25 years as well as asset-based approaches to create and support spaces, programs, and organizations that facilitate health youth development. Minimum semester hours: 9

Human Development, Culture, & Learning Sciences (HDCLS), as a core academic area of specialization, represents the scientific and theoretical bases for research and practice within the field of Educational Psychology.

In order to prepare graduate students for careers in teaching and research, we train students in theories of: human cognition, culture, development, language, learning, motivation, social psychology and personality psychology.

Goal 5: Stimulate discussion, inquiry, and curiosity concerning issues of psychology as applied to education at all levels, in both online and face-to-face contexts, in both formal and informal settings.

HDCLS receives approximately 80 applications each year and admits about 6-10 students annually. There is no established minimum GPA, although students with weakness in this or any other area would need to show outstanding performance in other areas in order to be given serious consideration. Selection of students is based on multiple factors including undergraduate grades, letters of recommendation, demonstrated interest and productivity in research, apparent match between student and faculty interests, and evidence from the recommendation letters and personal statement of intellectual curiosity, tenacity, open-mindedness, interpersonal sensitivity, and integrity.

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Human Development and Learning gives students a strong grounding in research and theory centered around learning and development. Students learn how to apply this knowledge to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds in a variety of learning contexts and educational environments.

Do you want to work with people? Are you interested in facilitating hope, engagement and justice for others? Are you interested in psychology, sociology and how people think, behave and learn? If so, the Human Development and Learning program is the right path for you! In our Human Development and Learning program, you are the architect of your education. The program includes a core curriculum that is supplemented with a focus area of coursework that you choose from a variety of fields based on your interests such as communities, social justice, early childhood, youth development and family studies.

Whether you are interested in working with young children, youth, adolescents, or adults, the BA in Human Development and Learning program will prepare you to work with people in various settings. Our graduates work in child care centers, community organizations, higher education, in leadership positions and in advocacy groups, corporations and anywhere that people work and thrive.

Grounded in a liberal arts education, the BA degree in Human Development and Learning aims to provide students with strong grounding in research and theory concerning cognitive, social, emotional, and language development across the lifespan, as well as how to apply this knowledge to working with diverse individuals in a variety of formal and informal learning contexts and educational environments. The program will achieve these aims by providing students with coursework in five key areas:

The Human Development and Learning degree prepares students for careers working with individuals in a variety of settings including but not limited to early childhood centers, elder care centers, out-of-school programs, not-for-profit and community based organizations, higher education, industry, or adult education. In addition, the degree also provides students with the foundation to pursue graduate coursework in a variety of fields such as education, human development and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology, or anthropology.

Yes, and it is best to apply as soon as you know you want to live on campus, because applications are prioritized by date of application. Visit campus housing to find out more and submit your application.

The College of Education is a close knit community and committed to the success of its students. If you have concerns or questions you can stop by the Office of Student Services, or make an appointment to see an advisor. The College encourages a strong bond between students and their advisors. You can also find support from your professors and fellow students. UIC offers many support programs and opportunities that encourage academic success. Your advisor can help you connect to UIC resources.

Learning Sciences and Human Development is a graduate study option that focuses on the nature and interaction of learning, development, and culture in a variety of settings. We study learning and development where they happen: in families, communities, workplaces, and schools from pre-school to college.

We are an interdisciplinary group working at local, state, national, and international levels with a shared focus on equity. Our research approaches are diverse, from ethnography to design-based research to survey and experimental methods.

Despite this diversity, we are unified in our interest and commitment to how our work can improve the lives of real people in real places. We involve students in innovative research around these issues, supported by federal, state, and private funding sources.

Our students gain technical and intellectual foundations for practice in a variety of research and educational settings. Graduates of the master's program can be found working as educators in settings such as museums and nonprofit organizations and as researchers and consultants in public and private sector positions ranging from schools to software design. Graduates of the doctoral program often take university faculty positions.

Master's degree students experience a unique blend of two specializations within the field of education research, both with a strong focus on issues of equity. The program comprises an articulated sequence of courses and experiences designed to allow full-time students to graduate in two years.

Ph.D. students in work closely with their advisors to create highly tailored programs of study that include intermediate and advanced coursework in LSHD as well as outside coursework to gain broader perspective and deeper insight into specialized topics.

Students must have a specialization (3-4 courses in one major strand), plus at least one course in two other supplemental strands. Additional courses in research methods are recommended, tailored to the interests and goals of individual students. See the above course of study for suggested courses in each strand.

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