The Department of Sociology offers a Minor in Family Studies, a research-based, multidisciplinary program that explores key issues pertaining to families, relationships, and development across the lifespan. A Minor in Family Studies teaches how to nurture and strengthen personal relationships, explore issues around dating, cohabitation, marriage, parenting, and the contemporary issues facing families in diverse contexts.
FMST 210: Family Context of Human Development (3 credits)
FMST 238: Family Resource Management (3 credits)
FMST 312: Parent-Child Relationships (3 credits)
FMST 314: Relationship Development (3 credits)
FMST 316: Human Sexuality (3 credits)
Take your academic knowledge in Family Studies courses beyond classrooms
Apply classroom knowledge when participating in different extracurricular and community involvement activities.
Allow one to better understand their own family interactions and how they might want to raise a family in the future.
The opportunity to use your own interests , curiosities, practical knowledge and dive deeper into analyzing family structures in different social contexts.
Family Studies courses opens up a variety of potential career paths that you may wish to follow.
See how family studies courses can help you achieve your goals!
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Can further your research by pursuing a Masters in Sociology/Family Social Science.
Administer, coordinate, and plan programs that will benefit people and families of all ages.
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Support the development of younger children to ensure their bright future.
Conduct research to create policies and programs that will support families.
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Family Studies (FMST) can compliment a wide variety of Majors including but not limited to Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Studies (GRSJ)
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