Arizona State University
About the Program
The School of Social and Family Dynamics is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of individuals, families, and social institutions through innovative transdisciplinary research, instructional excellence, and active community involvement. We strive to be a leader in transformative discovery; fusing basic and applied research; and translating scientific knowledge into solutions for pressing problems related to children, youth, families, and their social worlds. The Program in Family and Human Development is a cutting-edge research and training program. Our focus is applied, but it is anchored in rigorous basic science and theory concerning family processes and human development.
Program Overview
| Area | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Human Development | 50% | |
| Family Science | 45% | |
| Family Therapy | 5% |
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Undergraduate Program
Our undergraduate program provides students with an excellent liberal arts education, as well as pre-professional training for those interested in social sciences graduate study or other professional programs. Students not only study the historical, theoretical, and academic frameworks used to explain human development and family behavior, but also acquire practical knowledge and skills that can be applied in their daily lives and occupations. Students in our undergraduate program find numerous opportunities and benefits, from scholarships to research experience, from special workshops to internships. Our goal is to provide the best academic foundation within a real-world context.
Graduate Program
Graduate course offerings are currently or have just recently been update. Please follow the link for an updated list of course and training option.
Graduate Programs offered:
- The Ph.D. program in Family and Human Development prepares researchers with a focus on social processes, family relationships, and infant, child, adolescent and emerging adult development. The doctoral program is designed for graduates to assume leadership roles as researchers and academicians in universities or other research-oriented settings, or as directors in public or privately funded mental health agencies, industry or government.
- The M.S. program in Family and Human Development provides advanced training in applying scientific methods to investigate the development and well-being of family systems and individual family members throughout the lifespan. Graduates of the terminal master's program typically assume positions in community organizations that serve children and families, or subsequently apply for doctoral training programs and pursue research-oriented careers.
Please learn more about the Ph.D. and M.S. Programs in Family and Human Development by following the links on this page. For additional information, please contact Dr. Laura Hanish, Director of Graduate Studies for the Program in Family and Human Development, at Laura.Hanish@asu.edu or (480) 965-8133.
Students who are interested in applied training should consider the M.A.S. programs in Marriage and Family Therapy and Infant and Family Practice.
- The Marriage and Family Therapy master's of advanced study program provides high quality coursework and supervised internship experiences that meet the degree requirements for licensure in the State of Arizona to practice marriage and family therapy as determined and defined by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. For more information about this program, please contact Mary Doyle at Mary.Doyle@asu.edu or Karissa Greving Mehall at Karissa.Greving@asu.edu. Both can be reached by phone at (480) 727-6438.
- The Infant and Family Practice master's of advanced study program trains students via coursework and supervised internship experiences to work in prevention and intervention programs serving families with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children. Please learn more about the Infant and Family Practice Program by contacting Barbara Weigand at Barbara.Weigand@asu.edu or (480) 965-4442.
Master's Level
Doctoral Level
The doctoral programs primary focus is on the structures, processes, and relationships of families rather than of individuals. Students take courses in family science, human development, research methodology, statistics, and intervention. The aims of the program are to train students to become researchers with an area of specialization in family science with an accompanying collateral area that further reflects students specialized interest.
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The major objective of the terminal Masters program in family studies and child development is to provide advanced training in applying scientific methods to investigate the development and well-being of family systems and individual family members throughout the life span, and to apply scientific principles and theory to the development of programs to prevent or ameliorate problems that families and their members experience. Graduate students are expected to develop competencies in research methods and in theoretical orientations relevant to their area of study. Accelerated programs in family therapy and infant mental health are now available.