Graduate Students
This is an exciting and ever-changing department. Faculty and students are engaged in an enormous range of leading edge research, writing, and learning. Every year there are interesting and important changes in the research that is done here and the courses that are taught. This is a very rewarding department for a student with lots of curiosity, a strong interest in depth and breadth of knowledge about families, openness to new ways of thinking, joy in learning, a reasonable amount of self-discipline, and the courage to carry out creative, innovative writing and research.
World Class University
We operate in a world class university. The University library system is one of the best in the world and that there are exceptionally good faculty members and courses in the many other academic departments in which our graduate students take courses. The faculty of Family Social Science is proud of the graduates of our program. When they leave here, they are obviously very sophisticated; they clearly have learned an enormous amount. They compete very favorably for the top jobs in the family field. We maintain over a 90 percent placement in the field of our graduates. And they are among the leaders in teaching, research, therapy, and all other professional activities dealing with families.
We have a masters program in Family Science for students who want to work in the community. We have a masters program (thesis option) that prepares students for an advanced degree in Family Science or other related fields. Our doctoral program provides options in two specializations: Family Science and Marriage and Family Therapy.
At the doctoral level, the marriage and family therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Marriage and Family Education of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Jean Bauer
Professor & Director of Graduate Studies