HDFS at Colorado State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HDFS coursework.

• HDFS 250Introduction to Research Methodsopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• HDFS 350Applied Research Methodsopens 9 courses (4 directly)
• HDFS 310Infant and Child Developmentopens 8 courses (7.3 directly)
• HDFS 550Research Methods IIopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• HDFS 477AProfessional Preparation: Local Internship Placementsopens 5 courses (2.5 directly)
• HDFS 477BProfessional Preparation: Distance Internship Placementsopens 5 courses (2.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HDFS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 67 HDFS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 55 more HDFS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on HDFS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HDFS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at HDFS 488A

  1. HDFS 101Lifespan Development (GT-SS3)
  2. HDFS 250Introduction to Research Methods
  3. HDFS 350Applied Research Methods
  4. HDFS 477AProfessional Preparation: Local Internship Placements
  5. HDFS 488AInternship: Human Development and Family Studies

• 5 courses deep, ending at HDFS 755

  1. HDFS 549Research Methods I
  2. HDFS 550Research Methods II
  3. HDFS 650Multivariate Research Methods I

• 4 courses deep, ending at HDFS 434

  1. HDFS 101Lifespan Development (GT-SS3)
  2. HDFS 310Infant and Child Development
  3. HDFS 375Lifespan Intervention and Prevention Science

• 3 courses deep, ending at HDFS 411

  1. HDFS 101Lifespan Development (GT-SS3)
  2. HDFS 311Adolescent and Emerging Adult Development
  3. HDFS 411Developmental Transitions in Adolescence

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HDFS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HDFS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

HDFS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Colorado State campus feed.