The M.S. in human development offers courses providing a broad understanding of issues in human development. It is designed with maximum flexibility to allow students to draw widely from the resources in the Warner School in their area of interest. Under a 3-2 option undergraduate students who qualify begin graduate study in their senior year and complete the program in one year of postgraduate study. Applications for the 3-2 option must be completed no later than spring semester of the junior year. Admission requires that the student's undergraduate concentration will be completed by the end of the junior year, or assurance from the concentration department that requirements for the bachelor's degree will be met by the end of the senior year.
Early inquiry is encouraged, especially from sophomores and first-semester juniors.
Many of these courses cover both private and public school topics and issues. As an alternative to the Master of Science program that includes provisional certification, the M.A.T. program is a cooperative program between the Warner School and other University of Rochester departments that results in a greater depth of pedagogical training and disciplinary study for students who want to enter the teaching profession. Faculty of the Warner School and the student's subject area jointly admit students to the program. To apply to the M.A.T. program, students must have an undergraduate major in the subject in which they intend to obtain certification. Students already certified in any teaching area may not apply to the M.A.T. program.