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  • Human and Community Development
    1303 Hart Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 754-4109
    Fax: (530) 752-5660
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Human Development

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Dec. 15
  • Final: Mar. 15

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • Ph.D. Plan A

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Copy of scholarly paper
  • Photocopy of transcripts
  • Writing sample of up to 25,000 words
  • A CV will be required

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

The group studies theories, methods, and accumulated research of human behavioral development across the life span. Each student will focus on a developmental domain (biological, cognitive, or social-emotional) and the contexts within which human development occurs (families, schools, hospitals, etc.), including factors that shape these contexts via social policy. Students may also choose to emphasize a life-cycle phase (i.e., infancy, adolescence, adulthood) within their primary domain. Applicants with prior work in human development, psychology, or physiology are particularly suited to the program. The degree prepares students for college teaching, research, administration of programs, consultation, program development, etc., in educational, medical and clinical settings.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Human Development Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Lawrence V. Harper Human & Community Development (530) 752-3624
Academic Advisers
Katherine J Conger Human & Community Development 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 754-7518
Lawrence V. Harper Human & Community Development 9/1/07 - 8/31/09 (530) 752-3624
Rosemarie H Kraft Human & Community Development 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-7452
Ann Mastergeorge Human Development 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 530-754-9629
Katherine Masyn Human & Community Development 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-7069
Lisa A Miller Human & Community Development 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-3955
Adrienne Nishina Human & Community Development 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-7003
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Denise Besser Human and Community Development 530-754-4109
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Jean Telford Graduate Studies (530) 752-9292