Monday, September 15, 2014

{Major Mondays: Family Services}


What is Family Services? Family Services is an area that looks at patterns of family functioning and how these influence individual behavior. This includes looking at family relationships and other contextual factors and how those influence us as people. 

What do you do with a major in Family Services? Individuals in this field may go on to work in human services type fields or attend graduate school. You may work in prevention and early intervention areas. Some specific areas include child abuse prevention programs, hospitals, family life education programs, child and adolescent treatment facilities, social services specialist, teen pregnancy prevention program assistant and many others.


What classes would you take? You would take a variety of family services courses. Human Identity and Relationships, Family Relationships, Family Life Education and Interpersonal Relationship Dynamics are just some of the courses you may take.


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