Human Development and Family Studies
Online
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Career and Employment Resources
- USU Career Design Center:
- Design your career
- The HDFS Career Coach
- What can I do with this major?
- National Council on Family Relations:
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- Career Infographic
- Exploring Careers in Family Science
- How to Explain Family Science to Anyone
- 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)
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.
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.