Iowa State University
College of Human Sciences


Human Development & Family Studies


FFHP Program Requirements


 

Minor Requires 15 total semester credits:

HDFS 239, HDFS 283, and HDFS 395. Select 6 additional credits from core and emphasis courses.

Major Requires 121.5 total semester credits as listed below:

20 Credits Required in Core for FFHP:

HD FS 239 Housing and Consumer Issues
HD FS 283 Personal and Family Finance
HD FS 341 Housing Finance and Policy
HD FS 370 Communication in Family Dev.
HD FS 395 Children, Families & Public Policy
HD FS 489 Financial Counseling
HD FS 489L Financial Counseling Lab
HD FS 416 Senior HD FS Seminar

Select 15 Credits for Area of Emphasis from:

ACCT 284 Financial Accounting
HD FS 360 Housing & Services for Families
HD FS 380 Family Law
HD FS 448 Economics of Aging
HD FS 463 Environments for the Aging.
HD FS 483 Adv. Personal & Family Finance
HD FS 488 Families in the Economy

Select 24 credits of ELECTIVES from:

Accounting, Architecture, Art and Design,
Community and Regional Planning, Economics,
Family and Consumer Sciences Education,
Finance, Gerontology, Interior Design, Journalism,
Management, Marketing, Psychology,
Political Science, & Sociology

40.5 credits of University General Requirements:

  12.5 Communications and Library

    Engl 150 (3), Engl 250 (3), Sp Cm 212 (3), Lib 160 (.5)

    Select 3 credits from Engl 302, 309 or 314

  10 Natural Sciences and Mathematical Disciplines

    Stat 101 (4)

    Select 3 credits from Computer Science

    Select 3 credits from Math, Stat, or Natural Sciences

  9 Social Sciences

    Econ 101 (3), Soc 134 (3)

    Select 3 credits from Anthr, Econ, Pol S, Psych, or Soc

  9 Humanities

    Select 9 credits from: AESHM 342; Af Am 201, 334, 347, 348, 353, 354; Am In 210, 240, 328, 342, 346; Arch 221, 222, 420; Art 272; Art History; Classical Studies; CmDis 286; Dance 270, 360; Dsn S 181, 371; Foreign Languages; History; HRI 260; LAS 211, 381, 385; Literature (offered by English Dept.); Music 102, 302, 304, 383, 384; Philosophy; Religious Studies; T SC 343; TC 257, 342, 354, 356; Thtre 106, 110, 465, 466; W S 336, 338, 340, 345, 370, 374, 386.

  

22 credits of Departmental Requirements:

  2 HD FS Orientation

   HD FS 110 (2)

  20 Human Development and Family Studies Core

  HD FS 102 (3), HD FS 269 (3), HD FS 449 (3), HD FS 491(8)

  Select 3 credits HD FS from outside of major
 

For more information, contact a FFHP faculty member

Dr. Chris Cook
cccook@iastate.edu
Dr. Cynthia Fletcher
cynthia@iastate.edu
Dr. Craig Gundersen
cggunder@iastate.edu
Dr. Pat Swanson
pswanson@iastate.edu
Doug Borkowski
dbork@iastate.edu
Dr. Steve Garasky
sgarasky@iastate.edu
Dr. Mary Yearns
yearns@iastate.edu