If you enjoy working with people--children, adolescents, adults, or families--the Child and Family Studies concentration is for you!
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Degree: Family and Consumer Sciences
Concentration: Child, Family, and Consumer Sciences and Education
Option: Child and Family Studies
The Child and Family Studies option offers course work in:
+ child development
+ family relationships
+ parenting
+ programs for young children
+ development and care of children with developmental disabilities
+ adult development and needs of elderly persons.
Students participate in observations of young children and apply their knowledge and skills with young children in the UTM Children's Center. This course of study is an excellent undergraduate foundation for master's degree programs in counseling, human development, psychology, social work, child development and family relationships.
The child and family studies option provides students with flexibility in choices of course work to meet individual career goals. Faculty provide personal and professional advisement for each student and supervise off-campus placement in a career-related setting to facilitate each student's career opportunities.
Child & Family Grant Programs provide services, such as parenting education, disabilities awareness, coordination of support services and services to children with developmental delays.
Career Opportunities
For more information contact:
Dr. Lisa LeBleu, Chair
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
The University of Tennessee at Martin
340B Gooch Hall
Martin, TN 38238-5045
(731) 881-7116
llebleu@utm.edu
or
Dr. Martha Herndon , Professor,
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
The University of Tennessee at Martin
340B Gooch Hall
Martin, TN 38238-5045
(731) 881-7112
mherndon@utm.edu
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