Duke University
Center for the Study
of Aging and Human
Development |
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Duke University
Center for the Study
of Aging and Human
Development |
THE CLASS OF 2007
Laura FuhrmanTHE CLASS OF 2006
Patrick CacchioKUO WINS AWARD
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Patricia Kuo (Psychology, 05; Human
Development Certificate, 05) was recently awarded the American Society on
Aging's Undergraduate Paper Award. Patricia, under the guidance of Professor Judith C. Hays of the School of Nursing and the Aging Center, did research using the Duke EPESE data and submitted her paper, Life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among highly religious and non-affiliated elderly persons of the North Carolina community. Her award was presented at the 2005 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and The National Council on the Aging in Philadelphia in March 2005. For more information about Patricia and this award, see the ASA Awards page. |
HOLMAN WINS DEPARTMENTAL HONORS FOR PAPER
Regi Holman (Sociology, 05; Human development certificate, 05) won the Ida Harper Simpson Undergraduate Writing Award from the Department of Sociology for 2005. Regi's paper was entitled, My Daddy Wants Tenure: Academic Family Men, the Normative Expectations of Today's Family, and Implications for Current University Family Policy. Regi completed her human development research with Professor M.E. Hughes of the Sociology Department, and her research apprenticeship paper was entitled, the rich get richer: a study of education differentials in marriage.
Duke University offers an undergraduate certificate in human development which involves the following:
Note: The Undergraduate Program in Human Development offers a
certificate. It does not offer a major.
The goals of this interdisciplinary program are to broaden and enhance the perspectives of students interested in human development. Program objectives include the following: fostering an understanding and appreciation of how biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors act together in development throughout the life course; highlighting how different disciplines conceptualize and study development; demonstrating the complementarity of disciplinary perspectives; and facilitating dialogue among faculty and students to illustrate the necessity of multidisciplinary perspectives.
Program goals and objectives are achieved through the following: an integrated curriculum of required and elective courses in multiple disciplines; a research apprenticeship; curriculum planning meetings; and special events. Students meet frequently with faculty for assistance in planning their learning opportunities.
Students who complete program requirements earn a certificate. However, initial program courses and access to the advisory system are available to all interested undergraduates. Enrollment in HDV 190 (Research Apprenticeship) and HDV 191S (Senior Seminar) is only available to students pursuing the HDV certificate.
The research apprenticeship provides an unusual opportunity for students to develop skills and participate in a research experience. The HDV Program identifies and matches students and mentors. Research findings are reported in the Senior Seminar.
Pre-medical and pre-law students as well as majors in the social and behavioral sciences have worked successfully on developmental research in labs, clinics, and programs at Duke and elsewhere. Previous topics include the following: abortion, addiction, adult cognitive styles, aging, cell change, depression, divorce, health services, immune system change, moral judgment, premature infants, retirement, self-concept, sickle cell anemia, and talented youth.
Students should register for HDV 124 during their sophomore year and begin planning for their apprenticeships at that time as well. Research papers from the apprenticeship are sometimes revised for presentation at scholarly meetings or publication in scientific journals.
PROGRAM CURRICULUM
A total of six (6) courses is required to complete the curriculum for the Certificate in Human Development. These courses are described in the Undergraduate Bulletin and are listed below as well.
5 and 6: Two (2) elective courses from the list of biological, psychological, and
sociological courses affiliated with the HDV Program and listed below.
ILLUSTRATIVE ELECTIVES
Biological Anthropology 93 or 93D: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology 132: Human Evolution
Biological Anthropology 132S: Human Evolution Seminar
Biological Anthropology 144L: Primate Field Biology
Biology 46 and 46D: AIDS and Emerging Diseases
Biology 118: Genetics/Cell Biology I
Biology 119: Genetics/Cell Biology II
Economics 156: Health Economics (cross-listed with Public Policy 156)
Education 121: Infancy, Early Childhood and Educational Programs
Education 123: Motivation of At-Risk Students
Political Science 145: Political Analysis for Public Policy Making
Psychology 100CS: Psychology of Adolescence/Ideals
Psychology 132B: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Development
Psychology 137: Adolescence
Psychology 157S: Life Span Analysis
Public Policy 156: Health Economics
Public Policy 157: Health Policy
Religion 180: Ethical Issues in the Life Cycle
Sociology 132: Methods of Social Research
Sociology 149: Sexuality and Society
Sociology 150: The Changing American Family
Sociology 161: Adulthood and Aging
Sociology 163: Aging and Health
Sociology 164: Death and Dying
Statistics 110: Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
**NOTE: Students may count ONLY two (2) courses toward both their major and their Human Development Certificate.
FACULTY STEERING COMMITTEE and ADVISORS
Program Director
Deborah T. Gold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medical Sociology
Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
Sociology, and Psychology and Neuroscience
Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center
Room 1507, Blue Zone, Hospital South
Phone: 660-7530
Fax: 684-8569
E-Mail: dtg@geri.duke.edu
Faculty Steering Committee
Linda K. George, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Departments of Sociology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Psychology and Neuroscience
Associate Director, Duke Aging Center
Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center
Room 1511, Blue Zone, Duke Clinics Building
Box 90088, Duke University
Room 253, Soc-Psych Building
Phone: 660-7530 OR 660-5605
Fax: 684-8569 OR 660-5623
E-Mail: lkg@geri.duke.edu
Kathryn E. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Box 3527 Duke University Medical Center
718 Rutherford St. Durham, NC 27705
Phone: 416-2441
Fax: 416-9789
E-Mail: gusta002@mc.duke.edu
Keith E. Whitfield, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Box 90086 Duke University
Room 235, Soc-Psych Building
Phone: 660-5769
Fax: 660-5726
E-Mail: kwhit1@duke.edu
For more information, download and complete the application available at the following link:
Information Request