About the Department of Human Development and Family Studies
The department offers UG, PG and Ph.D programmes. The curricula facilitate students to learn and gain practical, transferable skills that will prepare them to interact with a wide variety of people throughout their career. Students find opportunities to study a wide range of human services and diverse populations while attaining an understanding of human development across the life span and the influences of the family and the community on development. In addition to this, students do acquire knowledge on advocating for new social policies and programs and also developing new models to prevent and treat social, emotional, and behavioural problems. They also learn to develop better interpersonal skills with constant interaction with their micro and macro environments such as within families, schools, communities and work place. They can explore evidence-based interventions to improve better quality of lives.
Infrastructure facilities
- Lab Crèche
- Lab Nursery School
- Lab Kindergarten Sections
- Child Guidance and Family Counselling Centre
- Celebrity Counselling Centre
- Psychological Test Material
Courses offered
In Under-graduation: Fundamentals of Human Development, Life-Span Development, Marriage and Family Dynamics, Developmental Challenges in Children, Family Counseling and Welfare, Educational Psychology and Early Childhood Education, Methods and Materials for Teaching Young Children, Education and Counselling for Parents and Community, Early Childhood Care, Education and Management and Developmental Assessment of Young Children.
In Post-Graduation:Family Guidance and counselling, Gerontology, Theories of Human development, Advances in Life span development, Methods and Techniques of Assessment in Human Development, Children with developmental challenges, Gender Issues In Human Development and Family Relations
In Ph.D.: Advances in family studies, Adulthood dynamics, Programme development for vulnerable families, Women studies, Trends and Issues in Human development
Skills taught to the students
- Curriculum Planning for Pre-Schools
- Preparation of Teaching Material for Children
- Early Childhood Care
- Assessment of Developmental Milestones in Children
- Assessment of Developmental Challenges in Children
- Family and Individual Counselling etc.
Career opportunities
Students who study human development and family studies become
- Early childhood educators
- Entrepreneurs
- Counsellors
- Educationists
- Social workers
- Child development programme officers
- Extension officers
- Instructors in AWTC
- Teaching faculty
- Content developers
- Academic managers
- Research associates
- Project managers
- Executive directors of NGOs
- Social enterprises