HDFS at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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 262Development of the Young Childopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• HDFS 263Development from Adolescence to Old Ageopens 2 courses (2 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 11 HDFS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more HDFS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

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.

• 2 courses deep, ending at HDFS 425

  1. ED PSYCH 320Human Development in Infancy and Childhood
  2. HDFS 425Research Methods in Human Development and Family Studies

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.

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 UW–Madison campus feed.