Looking for major that will prepare you to help others? Maybe you want to help school age children, but you don’t see yourself as a classroom teacher. Maybe you want to help families within the community. Maybe you are considering continuing your education to become a counselor.
If any of these “maybe’s” feel like you, consider learning more about the Child, Youth, and Family Studies major with an option in Human Development and Family Science!
Human Development and Family Science provides a comprehensive program grounded in family science theory, research, and professional practice and application for individuals to work with children and families. This career path provides students with knowledge and intervention skills that will assist them in helping to prevent and remedy interpersonal problems experienced by individuals in their family relationships, building on the family’s strengths. In addition, HDFS will prepare students for graduate school (e.g., family science, family therapy, social work, counseling psychology, and law), or for employment in human services agencies or programs.
This is a very flexible major that allows students to pursue any minors of interest to them. This major also facilitates hands-on experience in the form of a required internship that takes place towards the end of the degree program.
Do you want to learn more about HDFS? Watch this short video to hear more from faculty, career coaches, current students, and proud alumni. Or, visit this website: https://cehs.unl.edu/cyaf/programs/family-science/ for more information.
More details at: https://cehs.unl.edu/cyaf/programs/family-science/