人类发展哲学博士

人类发展研究生课程的目的是为人类发展和学习的基础知识做出贡献，并将其应用于各种场合。课程和研究涵盖的人类发展的一般领域包括婴儿和幼儿发展，儿童发展和青少年发展。专门的专业知识和研究领域包括成就动机，认知发展，神经科学发展，幼儿政策，语言发展，识字能力发展，同伴关系，师生关系，道德发展，社会发展，性情，养育子女，偏见和歧视，以及文化在发展的许多方面的作用。
The purposes of the Human Development graduate programs are to contribute to basic knowledge about human development and learning and apply this knowledge in various settings. The general areas of human development covered in courses and research include infant and early childhood development, child development, and adolescent development. Specific faculty areas of expertise and research include achievement motivation, cognitive development, developmental neuroscience, early childhood policy, language development, literacy development, peer relationships, teacher-student relationships, moral development, social development, temperament, parenting, prejudice and discrimination, and the role of culture on many aspects of development.Graduate programs in Human Development lead to the Master of Education, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The research-oriented M. A. (with thesis) and the Ph.D. degree programs in human development are designed to develop students' scientific knowledge of human development and ability to carry out original research projects. The M.Ed. and M.A. without thesis programs are designed to develop competencies in identifying implications of the scientific knowledge of human development for specific situations and contexts, particularly elementary and secondary schools.