Student Experience/Program Requirements

Your Certificate in Child, Youth & Family Services can be added to your declared major or minor or stand alone.

How to "stack” -  Keep your Certificate and declare a major or minor:

  • Declare a major in Family Consumer Science: Child Development & Family Studies – All Child, Youth, and Family Services courses count towards your major.
  • Declare a minor in Family Consumer Science: Child Development & Family Studies – All you need is one more online course.
    • Choose from the following:
      • FCS 101 Intro to Family Consumer Science
      • FCS 270 Family Housing 
      • FCS 275 Consumers in the Economy 

Sample One-Year Curriculum

(Child, Youth, & Family Services Certificate)

First Year (Fall)

First Year (Spring)

FCS 100 Personal and Family Living (3)

FCS 303: Working with Families (3)

FCS 301: Lifespan Development (3)

FCS 401: Family Life Development (3)

FCS 400: Culturally Diverse Family Systems (3)

FCS 414W: Family Policy & Ethics (3)

For specific course requirements, please visit the Academic Catalog

Online Programming

  • Desire 2 Learn (D2L) Learning Management System
  • Quality Matters (QM) Certified Courses

Recognized Student Organization

  • Child Development & Family Studies Club (CDFS)