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Family Life Studies, BS

This online program is designed to prepare students for successful careers serving individuals and families across the life span and to help students achieve fulfilling family relationships in their own lives. Students study how human development, family relationships, family economics, and consumer issues affect the individual and the family.

Availability

This program is available at the Uintah Basin Campus via the following Instruction Type(s):

Online

Courses are delivered online to students all around the globe using Blackboard Vista. Students may participate any time and anywhere they have an Internet connection.

Admissions

Students must be admitted to Utah State University. For admissions requirements and information, or to complete an online application, visit www.usu.edu/admissions/applyonline.

Completion of at least 24 semester credits (including FCHD 1010, 1500, 2400, and 2450) with an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for admission into the major.

A criminal background check is required of students prior to enrollment into the senior capstone project (FCHD 4830).

Requirements

Courses are delivered online utilizing cutting-edge instructional design for effective distance learning. Students may choose how many credits to complete each semester, allowing them to complete the program at a comfortable pace that accommodates their lifestyle.

Students desiring to major in this program complete 12 credits of pre-major coursework, 24 credits of core coursework, and nine credits in each of the following areas: consumer sciences, family relations, and human development.

More Info

For additional information follow the links below.

Contact Us

For specific questions regarding this program including admissions, courses, and requirements contact:

Victor Harris, PhD
Phone:435-797-7479
victor.harris@usu.edu

The Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development offers online coursework leading to a bachelor’s degree in family life studies.

This online program will prepare students for successful careers serving individuals and families across the lifespan and help students achieve fulfilling family relationships in their own lives. Students study how human development, family relationships, family economics, and consumer issues affect the individual and the family. The courses are designed to help students develop the necessary skills to deal professionally with current issues confronting families and children in the nation and world.
 

Courses:

Pre-Major Courses

  • FCHD 1010: Intro to Family Life Studies         
  • FCHD 1500: Human Development      
  • FCHD 2400: Marriage & Family Relationships
  • FCHD 2450: The Consumer & the Market

Core Courses

  • FCHD 3100: Abuse & Neglect      
  • FCHD 3130: Research Methods       
  • FCHD 3210: Families & Cultural Diversity      
  • FCHD 3350: Family Finance    
  • FCHD 4220: Family Crises & Interventions      
  • FCHD 4820: Current Issues in FLS     
  • FCHD 4830: FLS Senior Project    
  • PSY 2800: Psychological Statistics    

Consumer Sciences (Choose 3)

  • FCHD 2100: Family Resource Management    
  • FCHD 3280: Economic Issues for Individuals & Families
  • FCHD 3340: Housing: Societal & Environmental Issues
  • FCHD 3450: Consumer Credit Problems    

Family Relations (Choose 3)

  • FCHD 2610: Parenting & Child Guidance        
  • FCHD 3110: Human Sexuality      
  • FCHD 4230: Families & Social Policy    
  • FCHD 4240: Social & Family Gerontology    

Human Development (Choose 3)

  • FCHD 3510: Infancy Early Childhood      
  • FCHD 3520: Children in the Middle Years      
  • FCHD 3530: Adolescence      
  • FCHD 3540: Adult Development & Aging