Department of Child Development and Family Relations
The Department of Child Development and Family Relations offers the only academic child life program in North Carolina and developed the first medical family therapy doctoral program in the nation. We maintain a family therapy clinic as part of the family therapy training program – the only such combination in North Carolina.
The Department of Child Development and Family Relations offers four Bachelors, two minors and two certificates.
- Birth Through Kindergarten Teacher Education
- Birth Through Kindergarten Teacher Education – On-line
- Child Life – Optional Degree in Three
- Family and Community Services – Optional Degree in Three
- Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Minors, Concentrations and License
- Minor in Child Development and Family Relations
- Academic Concentration in Child Studies (Education majors only)
- Preschool Add-on License
- BK Alternative Licensure
The Department of Child Development and Family Relations offers Masters of Science, Masters of Art in Education, Masters in Art in Teaching, and Doctor of Philosophy.
- MAEd in Birth through Kindergarten Education
- MS in Child Development and Family Relations
- MS in Marriage and Family Therapy
- PhD in Medical Family Therapy
With the College of Education, this Department offers two more graduate degrees.
- MAEd in Family and Consumer Sciences
- MAT in Family and Consumer Sciences
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