Department of Child Development and Family Relations

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Sharon Ballard, Chair, 108 Rivers Building

The department offers two MS degrees: child development and family relations and marriage and family therapy; a MAEd degree in birth through kindergarten education (BK) and family and consumer sciences education (FACS); and a PhD in medical family therapy. All teacher education degrees lead to advanced licensure. See College of Education for additional information about licensure and teaching requirements for the MAT. Course work and training prepare students for professional practice, research, and administrative roles in teaching as well as in agencies and organizations that provide services and support to children and families. Applicants must meet the admissions requirements of the Graduate School. Completion of an undergraduate degree in child development, birth through kindergarten, family studies, family and consumer sciences, the behavioral or social sciences or closely related area from an accredited institution is required for admission. Applicants may be required to take additional courses as part of the degree requirements in order to make up deficiencies or meet certification requirements. Research and clinical experiences are available through the departments’ child development laboratory and the family therapy clinic. For more information, visit our webpage at www.ecu.edu/che/cdfr.

Graduate Teaching Degrees

The department offers the master of arts in education (MAEd)  degree, in the areas of birth through kindergarten education and family and consumer sciences education. Both the MAEd in birth through kindergarten and the MAEd in family and consumer sciences are offered online; applicants to either program must hold a North Carolina teaching license.

A master of arts in teaching (MAT)  degree in family and consumer sciences education is available through the College of Education. See the College of Education , Department of Curriculum and Instruction, for degree requirements.

Programs

• Birth Through Kindergarten (BK), MAEd
• Child Development and Family Relations, MS
• Family and Consumer Sciences, MAEd
• Marriage and Family Therapy, MS

• Medical Family Therapy, PhD

Courses

• CDFR 5004 - Special Topics in Child Development and Family Relations
• CDFR 5005 - Special Topics in Child Development and Family Relations
• CDFR 5006 - Special Topics in Child Development and Family Relations
• CDFR 5300 - Families, Sexuality, and Gender Roles
• CDFR 5403 - Parent Education
• CDFR 5411 - Counseling Elders and Their Families
• CDFR 5412 - Family Crises and Resources
• CDFR 5420 - Family Intervention Models
• CDFR 5901 - Readings in Aging Studies
• CDFR 5902 - Readings in Aging Studies
• CDFR 5903 - Readings in Aging Studies
• CDFR 5992 - Advanced Preschool Internship
• CDFR 5993 - Advanced Preschool Internship
• CDFR 6007 - Advanced Public Policy and Legal Issues Affecting Families
• CDFR 6022 - Perspectives on Death and Dying
• CDFR 6300 - Critical Issues in Sexuality, Gender Roles, and Families
• CDFR 6303 - Critical Issues in Family and Cultural Diversity
• CDFR 6320 - Family Treatment in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation (3)
• CDFR 6401 - Family Theories and Issues
• CDFR 6402 - Theories of Child Development
• CDFR 6404 - Human Development within the Family, Part I
• CDFR 6406 - Human Development within the Family, Part II
• CDFR 6407 - Family Systems Theories
• CDFR 6408 - Family Therapy Theories
• CDFR 6409 - Family Therapy Seminar I
• CDFR 6410 - Family Therapy Seminar II
• CDFR 6411 - Family Therapy Issues
• CDFR 6412 - Family Therapy Seminar III
• CDFR 6413 - Exceptional Families
• CDFR 6415 - Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 6416 - Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 6417 - Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 6418 - Seminar in Child Development
• CDFR 6419 - Seminar in Family Relations
• CDFR 6420 - Program Planning and Evaluation for Child and Family Services
• CDFR 6425 - Assessment and Treatment Planning in Family Therapy
• CDFR 6500 - Independent Study
• CDFR 6501 - Trends and Issues in Birth Through Kindergarten Teacher Education
• CDFR 6502 - Family Therapy Supervision Methods and Practice
• CDFR 6503 - Advanced Methods and Materials in Birth through Kindergarten Teacher Education
• CDFR 6985 - Child Life Internship
• CDFR 6990 - Action Research I in Educational Settings
• CDFR 6991 - Action Research II in Educational Settings
• CDFR 7000 - Thesis
• CDFR 7001 - Thesis Summer Research
• CDFR 7007 - Statistics in Child/Family Studies
• CDFR 7309 - Contemporary Issues in Early Intervention and Children’s Health
• CDFR 7400 - Research Methods in Child/Family Studies
• CDFR 7401 - Introduction to Medical Family Therapy
• CDFR 7409 - Illness and Disability Across the Lifespan
• CDFR 7502 - Family Therapy Supervision Methods and Practice
• CDFR 7900 - Advanced Special Topics in Child Development and Family Relations
• CDFR 8000 - Special Topics in Medical Family Therapy
• CDFR 8400 - Advanced Research Methods in Medical Family Therapy
• CDFR 8402 - Advanced Family Therapy Theories
• CDFR 8403 - Gender and Ethnicity in Medical Family Therapy
• CDFR 8404 - Medical Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 8405 - Medical Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 8406 - Medical Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 8407 - Medical Family Therapy Practicum
• CDFR 8910 - Family Therapy Internship
• CDFR 8911 - Family Therapy Internship
• CDFR 8912 - Family Therapy Internship
• CDFR 9000 - Dissertation
• CDFR 9001 - Dissertation: Summer Research

• CDFR 5336 - Methods of Teaching Personal and Family Living
• CDFR 5392 - Economic Problems
• CDFR 5400 - Seminar in Aging Studies
• CDFR 5410 - Gerontology: Developing the Living Environment
• CDFR 6424 - Family Therapy Seminar IV
• CDFR 6995 - Leadership in Birth Through Kindergarten Education

• FACS 5007 - Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• FACS 6003 - Advanced Apparel Construction for Secondary Education
• FACS 6004 - Advanced Apparel Construction for Secondary Education Laboratory
• FACS 6180 - Advanced Housing and Interior Design
• FACS 6323 - Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Curricula
• FACS 6423 - Advanced Methods and Curriculum
• FACS 6424 - Evaluation in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• FACS 6426 - Supervision in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• FACS 6430 - Trends and Issues in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• FACS 6990 - Review of Research Literature in Educational Settings

• FACS 5300 - Middle Grades Career Exploration: Service Clusters
• FACS 6900 - Review of Current Literature

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