Human Development and Family Studies

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Career and Employment Resources

  • National Council on Family Relations:
  • Examples of Career and Employment Settings:
  • Family Life Educator (teach community classes—parenting, abuse, finance, life skills)
  • Caseworker (elderly, low-income families, at-risk youth and families, teen parents, unemployed, foster or adoption agencies)
  • Program Director/Coordinator (after-school programs, senior citizen centers, community education, youth programs)
  • Advocate (at-risk youth, families, elderly, victims)
  • Crisis Intervention (work with abuse, neglect, domestic violence, sexual assault, natural disasters)
  • Adoption Agencies
  • Child Protective Services
  • Youth Development Programs
  • Drug Treatment Centers
  • Gerontology Programs/Agencies
  • Nonprofit Community Agencies
  • Residential Treatment Programs
  • Child Care Centers Family Service Agencies
  • Government Agencies
  • Recreation Centers
  • Crisis Centers
  • Child Development Consultant (helps families to improve social and psychological functioning)
  • Preschool Teacher (Head Start, Montessori)
Admission Requirement

In addition to Utah State University’s admissions requirements, the Human Development and Family Studies program has additional requirements:

Freshmen: New freshmen admitted to USU in good standing qualify for admission as pre-majors.

Transfer Students: Transfer students and USU students transferring from other majors qualify for the pre-major if they meet USU's general admissions requirements.

To be admitted to the major students must complete the following:
1. 24 semester credits
2. Overall cumulative 2.0 GPA
3.
 HDFS 1500, HDFS 2000, HDFS 2400, and STAT 1040/1045 with a C grade or better


International students have additional admissions requirements.