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School of Education - Undergraduate
www.education.miami.edu
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES - DEPT.
CODE: EPS
MAJOR
The major in Human and Social Development (HSD) focuses
on the promotion of healthy development and well-being. It
prepares students to work with people in multiple contexts
and settings:
• health and human services
• schools, universities, and community programs
• government and non-government agencies
• grass-roots movements
By exploring the scholarly and practical interconnections
among individual, interpersonal, social,
and community approaches to change, students
learn to identify barriers to well-being and to implement
effective change-oriented strategies and policies. HSD coursework
emphasizes theory, research, and skills.
It culminates in a practicum in a setting
related to students’ area of interest and prepares them
for both graduate studies and careers.
Students choose between two areas of concentration (tracks).
Track I: Individual and Relational Development (Track
Code: HSDI)
This track emphasizes individual, relational, and family
well-being. Focusing on context and diversity in mental health
and on strength-based, preventive, and empowering approaches,
courses cover counseling theories and techniques, interviewing
skills, and the basics of human service work. Students are
well-prepared for graduate study in the helping professions
and careers in health and human services.
Track II: Community and Program Development (Track
Code: HSDC)
This track promotes healthy individual and community development
by emphasizing how social, institutional, and community dynamics
affect personal well-being. Stressing the role of non-government
agencies in fostering well-being for people with diverse backgrounds,
HSDC prepares students to diagnose institutional and community
challenges and offer strategies for positive change. Courses
include community-focused planning, needs assessment, and
change strategies and non-profit program development, implementation,
and evaluation. Students are well-prepared for graduate study
in community psychology and public policy and careers in community
organizations.
HSD students must declare an approved second major or a minor
in the School of Education (Elementary Education, Exercise
Physiology or Sport Administration) or through any other school
or college.
The following Education courses are required for the Human
and Social Development major:
Electives are available to bring total to 120 credits.
MINOR IN HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT – Code
for Minor: HSDM
• The requirements of the minor are 15 credits with
a grade of C or better.
• Nine of these 15 credits must have been completed
at UM; with prior approval, 3 of these 9 may be taken through
the UM Study Abroad Program.
• EPS 201—Psychosocial Change and Well Being
is required
• Two courses must be upper division courses (at or
above the 300 level)
• The undergraduate coursework in Human and Social
Development is open to all qualified University of Miami
students.
• Determination for using these courses as a minor,
as a specialization, and/or as electives in any program,
is made by the individual student’s degree granting
college or school.
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
I. Candidates for B.S.Ed. in the School of Education must
complete the credit hours of work and achieve the quality
point average specified for students in the University at
large as stated in the section ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES,
subject to regulations concerning the major specified in departmental
and program sections of this Bulletin. Exempted is interpreted
to refer exclusively to those exemptions provided under the
following headings:
A. Advanced Standing and Placement (Credit Granted);
B. Credit by Examination;
C. Advanced Placement (by proficiency examination);
D. Statement of Foreign Language Requirements;
II. Except where a required course is one designated to correct
a deficiency in his/her college preparation, the student may
apply the credit hours of any required course from which he
is exempted toward the hours specified for that subject as
a general requirement for graduation and, upon payment of
a recording fee, toward the 120 credits required for graduation.
(See Departmental Proficiency Examinations.) An exemption
may be granted for English 105, but these credits may not
be applied toward the 120 credits required for graduation.
III. Credit Only
Only free electives may be taken under this option. Courses
which satisfy the major, minor, the distributions of the School,
the General Education Requirements of the University or any
course for which a C or better is required may not be taken
for credit only.
IV. Transferred credit may not count toward the completion
of a major without the written approval of the Associate Dean
of the School of Education.
V. Required Areas of Study
A. English Composition.
Students must take English 105 and 106 (or their equivalent)
during the first year of enrollment in the School. Admission
to English 105 requires a placement score acceptable to
the Department of English. Students whose placement scores
are deemed unacceptably low will be required to take ENG
103 before taking ENG 105 and 106. Students whose placement
scores are high may be exempt from ENG 105 but not from
ENG 106 or its equivalent.
B. Mathematics
B.S.Ed. degree candidates in the Department of Educational
and Psychological Studies are required to take EPS 351 –
Introduction to Statistics and Research Design. This course
fulfills a Math requirement for the HSD major. Prior to
taking EPS 351, students must complete MTH 101 or be exempt
from MTH 101 based on any of the following tests: AP, IB,
or an examination administered by the Department of Mathematics.
C. Foreign Languages (not applicable)
Areas of Knowledge
D. People and Society
B.S.Ed. Degree candidates must earn 6 credits in the social
sciences.
E. Arts and Humanities
B.S.Ed. degree candidates must earn 12 credits in the areas
of 1) Fine Arts; 2) Literature, Philosophy, and/or Religion.
A minimum of 3 credits must be earned in the Fine Arts and
a minimum of 3 credits in the Humanities. COS 211: Public
Speaking is recommended for HSD majors.
F. Natural World
B.S.Ed. degree candidates may fulfill the Natural Sciences
requirement by taking 6 credits in the following disciplines:
Biology, Chemistry, Exercise Physiology, Geological Sciences,
Marine Sciences, Physics, and Physical Sciences.
Note: No more than six credit hours may be taken
in any one department to satisfy the areas of knowledge requirement.
VI. Writing
Every student must complete five writing-oriented (W) courses
beyond ENG 105 and 106. Students must take one approved writing
course section per academic year for a minimum of five writing
intensive course sections, or their equivalents. A student
is required to write at least 4000 words in each W course.
Writing assignments will be assessed for both content and
style. A W course listed in section VII (Required Areas of
Study) may be used to satisfy both the writing and Required
Areas of Study criteria. Foreign language courses that meet
the criteria above may be used to satisfy the writing requirement.
Transfer students must satisfy at least 3 courses of the writing
requirement at the University of Miami.
VII. Major in Human and Social Development
• Every candidate for the B.S.Ed. degree in the Department
of Educational and Psychological Studies must choose a major
in Human and Social Development.
• Students choose between two areas of concentration:
Track I – Individual and Relational Development (HSDI)
or Track II – Community and Program Development (HSDC).
To find the requirements for the major, consult this Bulletin
under the discipline concerned, and confer with the designated
departmental representative.
• HSD majors must maintain a minimum overall grade
point average of 2.0 with a grade of C or better in all
courses in the major.
• HSD students must declare an approved second major
or a minor in the School of Education (Elementary Education,
Exercise Physiology and Sport Administration) or through
any other UM school or college.
VIII Electives
Electives may be chosen from any courses offered by the University.
The student should consult an advisor before selecting elective
courses. At least six credits must be at the 300 level or
above.
For further information, address all inquiries to: Associate
Dean; School of Education; P. O. Box 248065; University of
Miami; Coral Gables, Florida 33124; Telephone: (305) 284-3415.
See the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies
for list of courses.
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