If you’re passionate about studying everything about the family, then a Bachelor of Science in Family Life Studies will suit you. This degree will train you for a career that will serve individuals and families and help you establish positive family relationships in your own personal lives.

Utah State University is offering a Bachelor of Science in Family Life Studies program through its online format. It will teach students how human development, family relationships, family economics and consumer issues impact the individual and the family.

At Utah State University, you can be sure to gain quality education. Not many of you know that the institution’s family life studies undergraduate program has been certified by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) as meeting the standards for the Provisional Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) designation.

Pursuing this degree is very convenient for students as they can work at any place and time they prefer. Courses are normally delivered through the use of video conferencing technology online and therefore, can accommodate students from the different parts of the world. They are aimed at assisting students develop the right skills that will allow them to address current issues affecting families and children across the globe.

Key courses covered by this undergraduate program are abuse and neglect, research methods, family finance, families and cultural diversity, family crises and interventions, current issues in FLS and psychological statistics. Students are also allowed to choose electives from consumer sciences, family relations and human development.

Graduates of this degree can eventually work in state agencies that serve children, families, the elderly and displaced homemakers as well as in non-profit organizations including drug treatments centers, youth and adult care centers, foster care, crisis centers, parent education programs, senior citizen centers and adult day care centers.

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