Columbia College

Department of Human Relations

About the Program

Last Updated: 
January 01, 2009

The Human Relations department is composed of four majors; psychology, behavioral science, social work, and child and family studies (CFS). The CFS program was instituted in 2000 and is composed of three tracks: 1) Administration and Management which prepares students to work in an administrative or management position in an agency of business providing services to children and families (e.g. child care centers, elder day care, nursing home administration, etc.), 2) Child and Family Research which prepares students whose primary goal is child and family research, and 3) Child/Family Intervention which prepares students for working in a social/family agency or attending graduate school for counselor education, social work, applied sociology, or child and family studies.

Program Overview

Program Administrator: 
Dr. Joyce W. Fields (director)
Department Emphasis: 
Area Percentage
  Family Science50%
  Human Development50%
Campus Enrollment: 
900
Programs Options: 
Undergraduate

Undergraduate Program

Program Options: 
  • Early Care & Education
  • Family Studies
Courses Offered: 
  • Human Growth and Development
  • Psychology of Sexual Behavior
  • Human Development and the Social Environment I & II
  • Counseling Theories and Techniques
  • Marriage
  • Family Development
  • Ethnic and Minority Groups
  • Family Issues and Treatment
  • Aging
  • Practicum
  • Parenting
  • Intervention with Children