幼儿，青年和家庭研究系提供的计划可促进儿童从出生到青春期的发展，教育和福祉，并促进家庭健康运转。我们有影响力的计划为学生提供了在课堂，社区或家庭中进行实际应用的有价值的培训。幼儿教育计划着重于为学前班和K-3教室的教师做准备，并着重于与家庭和社区。我们的家庭和儿童专业课程将帮助您为家庭和儿童的生活带来长久的改变。作为一名学生，您将从儿童发展，家庭学习和儿童生活的三个密切相关的领域中进行选择。您将毕业，可以在各种环境中工作（从托儿中心到医院再到家庭服务机构），也可以准备去读研究生或博士学位。我们对儿童生活的
Our family and child major will prepare you to make a lasting difference in the lives of families and children. As a student, you will pick from three closely related concentrations in child development, family studies, and child life. You'll graduate equipped to work in a variety of settings-from child care centers to hospitals to family service agencies-or primed to pursue graduate or doctoral studies. Our concentration in child life prepares you to pursue a career assisting pediatric patients and their families in health care settings. Child life students learn to apply child development and family practices to meet the needs of their target audience. Our coursework aligns with the curricular emphases of the Association of Child Life Professionals, the certifying organization for the profession. Understand theories in family and child and be able to apply them in practice. Understand and critically evaluate the research process and key content knowledge in child life and translate research findings and key content knowledge into practice. Understand and demonstrate professional behavior. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills for child life, including the use of technology when appropriate.