Explore how biological, cognitive, social and emotional factors affect development at every stage of life. The Human Development track of the Ph.D. in Learning and Developmental Sciences offers you a multidisciplinary perspective on individual development within families, schools, communities, and cultural contexts.
Many of our graduates leave the program with published work in peer-reviewed journals and experience with teaching and presenting at national conferences, making them competitive for a variety of opportunities as professors, research scientists, and roles in private and non-profit research institutes.
Careers
Our students enter the job market with at least two years of teaching experience, presentations at national conferences, and publications in refereed journals. They are competitive for a variety of positions in academic institutions, private or non-profit institutions such as research foundations, and government agencies.
Many of our graduates are working as professors of human development in departments of educational psychology, human development and family studies, and psychology. Others have worked for departments of education or become directors of research at national research institutes.