Human Development Specialization

Underlying all Warner School programs and the educating professions of teaching, administration, and counseling is a fundamental understanding of human growth and development. Whether we are working to build healthy families, to create an effective social studies curriculum, or to reform schools through improved leadership and organization, the development of human beings and the ability of individuals to adapt and grow through social change in organizations and communities is an issue of paramount interest and concern at the Warner School.

Through the study of human development, Warner faculty and students are leading the way in understanding and promoting the healthy development of individuals from birth through old age. Warner’s programs emphasize the social patterns that cause behavior changes as people progress through the life course.

Students of human development acquire a firm grounding in developmental and social theory, action-oriented research, and the nurturing of leadership skills. Human development is studied from philosophical, historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives. The programs in human development focus on processes of growth and change rather than on static concepts of individuals, and on the linkage between developmental processes and the contexts in which they occur.

Choose a degree to learn more:

Master's Degrees
M.S.- Human Development (general)
M.S.- Human Development (with a concentration in Early Childhood)
M.S.- Human Development (with a concentration in Family Studies)
M.S.- Human Development (with a concentration in Developmental Differences)
M.S.- Human Development (with a concentration in Gerontology)
M.S.- Human Development (with a concentration in Research)
M.S.- Human Development (3+2 program for UR undergrads)

Doctoral Degrees
Ed.D.- Human Development
Ed.D. - Human Development (accelerated option)
Ph.D.- Human Development in Educational Context