Human Development

Human Development is concerned with developmental change over time in individuals and groups across the human life span.
Human Development is available as a major for the BSocSc. Human Development may also be taken as a second major or as a supporting subject within other undergraduate degrees, subject to academic approval of the Faculty or School of Studies in which the student is enrolled.
To complete a major in Human Development, students must gain 120 points above 100 level in Human Development, including 60 points at 200 level, including 40 points from HDCO200, HDCO201, HDCO202 or HDCO210 and 60 points at 300 level, including 40 points from HDCO300, HDCO301, HDCO302, HDCO320, HDCO321, HDCO322 or HDCO340. It is recommended that students intending to major in Human Development include HDCO100 and one of PCSS101, PSYC102 or SOCP102 in the first year of their programme of study.
To complete a supporting subject in Human Development, students must gain 30 points at 100 level in Human Development, including HDCO100 and one of PCSS101, PSYC102 or SOCP102, and at least 40 points above 100 level in Human Development including one of HDCO200, HDCO201 or HDCO202.
Papers with the subject code HDCO are Human Development and Professional Education papers. Papers with the subject code TEHD are Professional Education papers and are only available to students enrolled in a Faculty of Education teacher education programme.
The Department of Human Development and Counselling also offers postgraduate programmes in counselling, disability and inclusive practice, and contributes papers to programmes in initial teacher education and postgraduate education.

Note: Candidates must gain at least 60 points at 100 level in any subject(s) before enrolling in Human Development papers above 100 level, and at least 90 points at 100 and 200 level before enrolling in Human Development papers above 200 level. The (NET) offerings may include an on-campus component.

100 level

HDCO100 - 12A (HAM) & 12B (TGA) - Human Development

PCSS101 - 12A (TGA), 12A (HAM) & 12B (HAM) - Educational Studies

PSYC102 - 12B (TGA) & 12B (HAM) - Social and Developmental Psychology

SOCP102 - 12A (TGA) & 12A (HAM) - Introduction to Social Policy

TEHD100 - 12A (HAM), 12B (TGA) & 12C (NET) - Human Development for Educators

200 level

HDCO200 - 12B (HAM) - Adolescent Behaviour

HDCO201 - 12A (NET) - Adult Development and Ageing

HDCO202 - 12B (HAM) - Child Development

HDCO210 - 12S (HAM) - The Teaching-Learning Process: Innovative Approaches

PCSS202 - 12A (HAM) - Education and Social Justice

PCSS206 - 12B (HAM) & 12C (NET) - Education and Sexuality

PCSS231 - 12A (HAM) - Planning Learning Opportunities for Adults

POPS201 - 12A (HAM) - Introduction to Population Studies

PSYC228 - 12A (TGA) & 12A (HAM) - Culture, Ethnicity and Psychology

SOCP206 - 12A (TGA) & 12B (HAM) - Social Policy and Social Issues

SOCY222 - 12A (TGA) & 12A (HAM) - Sociology of the Family

SSRP202 - 12A (HAM) & 12B (NET) - The Practice of Social Science Research

TEHD220 - 12A (HAM), 12B (TGA), 12B (HAM), 12B (BLK), 12C (TGA), 12C (NET) & 12C (HAM) - Developing Inclusive Practices

WGST209 - 12B (HAM) - Rethinking Women, Sex and Gender

300 level

ALED322 - 12B (NET) - Language and Cognition in Life

HDCO300 - 12B (NET) - Critical Developmental Psychology

HDCO301 - 12B (HAM) - Children's Development in Families

HDCO302 - 12A (HAM) - Ageing in an Ageing Society

HDCO320 - Educating Learners with Special Needs

HDCO321 - 12B (HAM) - Developing Talent in Young People

HDCO322 - 12S (HAM) - Motivation and Behaviour Difficulties: Methods and Strategies for Educators

HDCO340 - 12A (TGA) & 12A (HAM) - Perspectives on Counselling

HDCO390 - 12C (TGA) & 12C (HAM) - Directed Study

PCSS301 - 12B (HAM) - Education and Social Inequality

PCSS302 - 12B (HAM) - Maori Epistemology: Western Philosophers, Influences and Comparisons

PCSS304 - New Zealand Educational Policy

PCSS330 - 12B (HAM) - Adults Learning for Life

SOCP302 - 12A (TGA) & 12A (HAM) - Social Policy

SOCY311 - 12B (NET) & 12B (HAM) - Criminology: A Sociological Introduction

Prescriptions for the GradCert(HumDev) and GradDip(HumDev)

A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Human Development at an advanced level in their first degree. The Graduate Diploma consists of 120 points, including at least 80 points at 300 level or above. Each programme must include one of HDCO200, HDCO201 or HDCO202, and one of HDCO300, HDCO301, HDCO302, HDCO321 or HDCO340.
For further details, contact the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Prescriptions for the PGCert(HumDev), PGDip(HumDev), BSocSc(Hons) and MSocSc

To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in graduate Human Development papers, a student should normally have at least a B average in the best three of their 300 level Human Development papers or all their undergraduate Human Development papers. The requirements for admission to masters level study in Human Development are set out in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate Handbook.
To complete a BSocSc(Hons) in Human Development, students must gain 120 points at 500 level, including at least 30 points in research (normally HDCO591) and at least 60 points from papers listed for Human Development. Students who are intending to go on to an MSocSc must include an approved research methods paper in their BSocSc(Hons) degree.
To complete an MSocSc in Human Development, students must take a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and one approved 30 point 500 level paper, or a 60 point dissertation and 60 points in approved 500 level papers. MSocSc students who have not completed an approved research methods paper in their honours degree (or its equivalent) must include an approved research methods paper in their masters programme.

ALED520 - 12B (NET) - Literacy, Cognition and Neuroscience

DSOE557 - 12A (HAM), 12B (NET) & 12C (HAM) - Research Methods

DSOE589 - 12A (HAM) & 12C (NET) - Global Processes: Critical Pedagogy and New Media Cultures

DSOE590 - 12C (NET), 12C (HAM), 12D (NET) & 12D (HAM) - Directed Study

HDCO501 - Ageing and Society

HDCO502 - 12B (NET) - Educational Transitions: Changing Roles and Changing Contexts

HDCO503 - 12A (HAM) - Young People in Contemporary New Zealand Society

HDCO504 - 12B (HAM) - Difference and Diversity in Human Development

HDCO510 - 12A (HAM) - Advancing Learning

HDCO521 - 12A (HAM) - Contemporary Issues in Disability and Inclusion Studies

HDCO524 - Intelligence, Creativity and the Development of Talent

HDCO527 - 12B (NET) - Risk and Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence