Advising Instructions

Students interested in a Human Development and Family Studies minor

• Coursework required for an Students interested in a Human Development and Family Studies minor is listed in the University Catalog.
• Important information for Students interested in a Human Development and Family Studies minor is provided.

Students interested in an major with the Human Development and Family Studies Department

• Information on career paths associated with our different concentrations is located on the their respective program pages.
  • Human Development and Family Studies Careers
  • Birth Through Kindergarten Teacher Licensure Concentration Careers
  • Early Care and Education Concentration Careers

  ONLINE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION (ECDE; DEGREE COMPLETION) MAJORS

  • Students in the online degree completion program are advised through the [email protected] email address.
  • Watch your e-mail and the Online Birth through Kindergarten-Early Childhood Education Canvas Organization for information about how to participate in advising.

  MAIN CAMPUS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION (ECDE) MAJORS

  • Main campus Early Childhood Development & Education majors are advised through the [email protected] email address.
  • These students also attend in-person advising meetings once each semester during pre-registration. Watch your e-mail for information about departmental Advising Days and how to sign up for an advising appointment.

  ONLINE CAMPUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES (HDFS) MAJORS

  • Online Human Development & Family Studies majors are advised through the [email protected] email address.
  • Watch your e-mail and the Online Human Development & Family Studies Canvas Organization for information about how to participate in advising.

  MAIN CAMPUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES (HDFS) MAJORS

  • Main campus Human Development & Family Studies majors with fewer than 55 hours of coursework completed receive advising through the Health and Human Sciences Advising Center. You may contact the center at [email protected] .
  • Main campus Human Development &Family Studies with 55 or more hours of coursework completed receive advising through the HDFS department. If you have an advising question, you may contact an advisor at [email protected] . These students also attend in-person advising meetings once each semester during pre-registration. Watch your e-mail for information about departmental Advising Days and how to sign up for an advising appointment.
  • Instructions for how to register for classes:
    • Look at your audit in Degree Works to see what classes you need to take.
    • While you are looking at your degree audit, consult the instructions that appear above and make a list of courses you may want to take in the upcoming semester.
    • Use the class schedule option in UNCGenie to locate courses on your list that have seats available and meet your scheduling constraints. Be sure to check the list of footnotes for each section of each course to make sure it is a section you can register for. Some courses are restricted to students in specific degree programs or have pre-requisites that you may not yet have. Take your time getting to know how the class schedule option in UNCGenie works. You can search for courses based on departments or based on whether they meet various UNCG requirements (e.g., General Education categories, Speaking Intensive, Writing Intensive).
    • As you locate possible courses, write down their CRNs.
    • When you are ready to register, enter the CRNs of the sections into the boxes in the Add/Drop Classes section of UNCGenie.