HDFS Advising

Advising Guides

Major Checklists

For students who enrolled at the U of A after Spring 2022.

For students who enrolled at the U of A between 2020 — 2021.

Graduation Planning Tools

• Creating a Graduation Plan: Step By Step Instruction Guide

Minor advising

All HDFS major students are required to complete a minor. You may complete any minor on campus to fulfill this requirement. Explore the Minor Advising Directory to get connected with a minor that suits your interest areas. Or, create your own HDFS Thematic Minor.

• Arizona Transfer Tools: Course Equivalency Guide

Steps for Identifying Preceptor Opportunities

1. Talk with the instructor that you are interested in being a preceptor for. This should be a professor who teaches a course that you have taken/are currently taking and have done well in. Talk with them about your interest in being a preceptor, if they're in need of preceptors, and what the requirements/expectations are of being a preceptor for them in their class.
2. Complete the preceptor application with your professor.
3. Turn the signed and completed form in to your academic advisor for enrollment.

Steps for Identifying Research Opportunities

1. Learn More about HDFS Faculty Research Interests & Current Projects.
   • Use the Norton School directory to get familiar with faculty interests and research areas.
   • Browse HDFS research labs on the Frances McClelland Institute Website. Go to the “faculty research labs” tab.
   • Browse projects with the Norton School’s Community Research, Evaluation & Development (CRED) team.
2. Once you’ve identified a faculty member who is doing research that you are interested in, send them an email! Introduce yourself, let them know who you are and why you are interested in the research they are doing, and ask if you can set up a time to talk more about any research opportunities they have available. If they don’t have any research opportunities available, ask them to point you in the direction of other faculty members who might have openings instead!
3. Complete the Independent study form with your faculty member
   1. Document

      Independent Study Form, Policies, Guidelines.pdf
4. Turn the signed and completed form in to your academic advisor for enrollment
   1. 1 unit = 45 hours of work, 2 units = 90 hours of work, 3 units = 135 hours. To have the class fulfill your applied skills requirement for the HDFS major, you will want to enroll in 3 units total.
   2. 499 is independent study (Pass/Fail, not included in GPA), and 492 is research (letter graded, will go toward GPA). Talk with your faculty member about what course you want to enroll in, and what works for both of you!

1. Discuss your thesis ideas with some of your HDFS professors. Once you find a professor who seems like a good fit to serve as your mentor, ask if they will be your Honors thesis advisor.
2. Complete the Honors College Thesis Prospectus
3. Complete the Research and Independent Study Application to enroll in the HDFS 498H Units
   • On this form, you will want to indicate you wish to enroll in 3 units of HDFS 498H, attach information about your thesis project & information you included in the Honors College Prospectus
   • Have the independent study form signed by the professor you are working with for your thesis
   • Turn the form into Liz Collins to get enrolled.

Visit the Registrar for a list of university dates & deadlines.

Registration Information

Human Development and Family Science majors have first access to register for HDFS courses in the fall and spring semesters. If seats are available after HDFS majors have time to enroll we will then open registration to HDFS minors, and then to non-HDFS students. Minors and non-majors are encouraged to take HDFS summer classes, which are available to all students.

• HDFS Minors can begin enrolling into Fall 2024 HDFS classes on April 17th*
• All other majors can begin enrolling in Fall 2024 starting on April 22nd* if seats are available

*tentative dates, subject to change

Review these UAccess tutorials to learn how to enroll in courses

• Starting March 1st the Fall and Summer Schedule of classes will be available, and shopping carts will become available for planning your courses
  • Adding classes to your shopping cart makes it easier to register when your enrollment appointment begins.
  • You can also check your enrollment eligibility, like if you meet the enrollment requirements like prerequisites or placement.
  • Be prepared to have some backup classes in your cart in case your first choices are not available on your enrollment date.
• Starting mid March, your priority registration date for Fall 2024 will be listed at the top of your UAccess Student Center. Remember that your enrollment date is based on your class standing, which is based on units completed as of the beginning of this semester, not how many years you’ve been a student.
  • Seniors: 90 or more earned units
  • Juniors: 60 or more earned units
  • Sophomores: 30 or more eared units
  • Freshmen: fewer than 30 earned units
• Remember that your enrollment appointment will begin on your assigned date, and registration will remain open to you until the first week of the spring semester!
  • April 1 - AZ Online and Distance Campus, athletes, Foster Care scholarship, students using the GI Bill, and Junior and Senior Honors Students
  • April 4 - First-Year and Sophomore Honors Students and Seniors (90+ units)
  • April 8 - Juniors (60-89 units)
  • April 11 - Sophomores (30-59 units)
  • April 15 - First-Year (0-29 units)
  • All students can enroll in Summer courses starting April 1
• Take care of any holds that will restrict you from registering! You can find information about your holds at the top of your student center.
• Unit Limit: Students may add a maximum of 19 units for a fall or spring semester course load. Students must request permission from their academic advisor to enroll more than 19 units. Summer and winter sessions have different maximum units that are allowed - View Maximum Number of Units Allowed Per Semester.
• Open registration begins on or around April 20th
  • When registering for courses like SOC 101, PSY 230, PSY 290A, or many other courses outside of the HDFS department, you may be unable to register during your priority registration week. This is also true for any SOC, PSY, CHS, etc. classes you may want to take for a thematic minor. These courses are often restricted to students majoring in these areas. If unable to register, you can try to enroll in these courses beginning on or around April 20th
  • If interested in enrolling in Statistics or Research Methods through the Sociology Department (SOC 374 or SOC 375), you will need to get permission from the Sociology Department in Social Sciences Room 400, or by calling 520-621-3531.

If you're having trouble enrolling in a class, please read the error message carefully before asking an advisor. Make sure you look at the listed enrollment requirements for each class to understand the requirements to enroll!

• Are you trying to enroll in a course that is restricted only to Honors students?
• Do you need a placement for the class? (common for math and science classes)
• Does the class require a certain pre-requisite?
• Are you trying to enroll in a course that is restricted only to certain majors? If so, you may need to wait until open registration to enroll.
• Is the class full?
• Is there a time conflict with a class in which you’re already enrolled?
• Are you trying to enroll in more than 19 units? You need advisor permission to take more than 19 units!

Enrollment Support

1. View Enrollment Tutorials for more assistance.
2. Searching for Classes Video Tutorial
   1. Class Search Field Guide PDF
3. Add and Enroll in Classes Video Tutorial
   1. Add Classes Tutorial PDF
4. Drop, Swap and Edit Classes Video Tutorial
   1. Drop Classes Tutorial PDF
   2. Swap Classes Tutorial PDF

• Complete the necessary applications and submit them to Student Services, McClelland Park 203 for review and to get enrolled in your units.
• Practicum is offered in the summer (open to both HDFS majors & minors)
• Internship is offered in the fall and spring (open to HDFS majors only)
• The priority date for both of these applications is always the last day of classes before the semester you intend to enroll in the course.
• Research and Preceptor opportunities are also offered in the fall and spring

Prerequisites

• We recommend that all HDFS students complete certain HDFS lower division courses (100-200 level) before starting many of the HDFS upper division courses (300-400 level).
• To ensure you are prepared for your upper level courses, please follow the recommended pre-requisites listed on the guide. You will feel the most prepared and will succeed academically in your 300-400 level classes if you successfully complete the recommended lower level courses first.

Typical Course Offerings

• Some HDFS courses are only offered in a specific semester (Fall, Spring, or Summer). As you are planning, make sure you plan your classes in the semesters they are offered, so you stay on track for your intended graduation timeline.
• To see how HDFS students commonly sequence their courses, view the sample plan.
• Course rotations and offerings are subject to change, check with HDFS academic advising for updated semester course offerings