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Family social science

The family social science program provides undergraduate, master's, and doctoral level education dealing with all aspects of family life in the U.S. and elsewhere.

This multidisciplinary program is a good match for students interested in helping people, developing counseling skills, and understanding human relationships across the lifespan.

Program highlights

Degree options: The Department of Family Social Science offers B.S., M.A., Ph.D. degree options, and prepares licensed family and consumer sciences (FACS) teachers and parent educators, as well as marriage and family therapists.

Hands-on experience with a global perspective: Undergraduate and graduate students in the program have participated in internships in the Congo, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Kenya, England, Ireland, Australia, Ghana, Denmark, and India.

Research opportunities: The program offers research opportunities for undergraduates, such as studying welfare changes and rural low-income families.

B.S. in family social science

Program overview

Graduate minor in family policy

Program overview

M.A. in family social science

Program overview

Ph.D. in family social science

Program overview

November 2008

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