对于“人民”来说，人类发展与家庭科学（HDFS）专业是一个不错的选择。该专业为学生做好准备，以帮助他人，为社区做出贡献并提供改变社会的感觉。许多因素使HDFS专业变得非常有价值，例如成年人口不断增长，离婚率稳定，双收入家庭增加，导致更多的儿童接受托儿服务。从教孩子到与孩子和家庭一起在社会服务机构工作到与老年人一起工作，对孩子和家庭如何发展的了解对于各种职业都是极为宝贵的资产。家庭研究是一个多学科专业，可以深入了解整个生命周期的家庭关系，包括成年中后期的亲子和父母-青少年关系，夫妻和婚姻关系以及人际和家庭关
The human development and family science (HDFS) major is a great choice for a people person. This major prepares students for careers that help others, contribute to one's community and provide a sense of making a difference in one's society. Many factors make an HDFS major very valuable, such as a growing-older adult population, a stable high divorce rate and more dual income families leading to more children being in child care. Having the knowledge of how children and families develop is an extremely valuable asset for a variety of careers, from teaching children, to working in social service settings with children and families, to working with older adults. Family studies is a multidisciplinary specialization that provides an in-depth understanding of family relationships across the lifespan, including parent-child and parent-adolescent relationships, couple and marital relationships, and interpersonal and family relationships during the middle and later years of adulthood. Through course work and supervised practice in community agencies (field work), students are able to prepare for positions and/or careers working in organizations serving children and families.