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2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Child and Family Studies Major, PhD


The department supports a doctoral program leading to a PhD with a major in child and family studies. Two themes are highlighted – the integration of human development and family studies and concentration in a selected area of study. A doctoral program that is concurrently specialized and integrative in nature reflects the complexity of the disciplinary subject matter, provides a broader context to formulate theoretical questions, and broadens the empirical literature for addressing these questions. The PhD is primarily a research degree. A core component of the program focuses on the development of expertise in research methods and statistics so that graduate students are capable of advancing knowledge in their field of study.

Requirements

  Hours Credit
Master’s Core - CFS 510 , CFS 511 , CFS 550  9
PhD Core - CFS 640  3
1 CFS Specialization 21
2 Statistics 9
3 Research Methods 18
4 Cognate 6
Professional Seminar - CFS 572  2
Dissertation 24
  Total 92

1Minimum of 21 semester hours of child and family studies courses. Can include courses from MS degree.
2STAT 531  or STAT 537 , or Statistics 605; STAT 532 , STAT 538 , or SOWK 606 ; an advanced statistical methods; can include one course from master’s degree.
3CFS 570 ; CFS 633  or CFS 660 ; CFS 633 , CFS 650 , CFS 660 , or 670; CFS 680  and CFS 681 ; an advanced specialized research methods course. Can include one course from master’s degree.
4Can include courses from MS degree.