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MA Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.

Coursework Requirements

There is no terminal degree in Human Development and Social Policy. Students pursuing the PhD may receive the MA at their discretion; those leaving the program may receive the MA if they qualify.

Courses
Units
HDSP 401 Proseminar in Human Development and Social Policy 1
HDSP 413 Theories of Human Development 1
HDSP 430 Economics of Social Policy 1
HDSP 432 Field Methods and Social Policy 1
SOCIOL 404 Designs for Descriptive Causal Research in Field Settings 1
STAT 330-1 Applied Statistics for Research I 1
STAT 330-2 Applied Statistics for Research II 1
Two of those listed below
2
     HDSP 402 Child Development  
     HDSP 403 Adolescent Development  
     HDSP 404 Adult Development and Aging  
Two of those listed below
2
     HDSP 429 Social-Community Interventions  
     HDSP 433 Modern Theories of the State and Social Policy  
     HDSP 440 The Politics of Public Policy  
Elective
1
Total required units:
12

Other MA Degree Requirements

  • Examinations: none specified
  • Research/Projects: see Master's Thesis below
  • Master's Thesis: thesis may be paper integrating research findings for social agency, hospital, government agency, or corporation; or may be empirical study in human development or social policy carried out under guidance of faculty member-similar to doctoral-level trial research
  • Other: none