HDEV allows students to explore individual, social and structural aspects of human development as a basis of understanding principles that benefit themselves and others by:

• Achieving a solid foundation in the theories and research defining the field of human development 
• Engaging in a critical exploration of social, cultural, economic, historical and political frameworks and the ways in which individuals, families and communities are situated within them;
• Developing the understanding and skills needed to enhance and promote diversity, equity and social justice; and
• Fostering a complex understanding of human conditions.Committed to exploring issues of equity and social justice and fostering the understanding of complex human conditions, the Department of Human Development values diversity, inclusion and the promotion of positive human development within our rapidly changing global environment.