I. Altman, B. Brown, R. Mayer, K. Smith, C. Zick. M. Diener, L. Kowaleski-Jones, S. Miner Salari, P. Smith, N. Wolfinger. D. Lund, D. Tufts, C. Werner. I. Fisher, L. Gaynard. The department offers a graduate program in family ecology and undergraduate study in the areas of life span, human development and family relations, consumer studies, family economics, and environment and behavior.
Graduate students take an interdisciplinary course of study in family ecology.
Both graduate and undergraduate training emphasize principles fundamental to theory, empirical investigation, and policy application. Students are encouraged to see the department adviser early for help in planning their programs. Teaching and research capabilities of the department are enhanced by a unique research and educational facility. The Child and Family Development Centers preschool laboratories facilitate research involving aspects of child development and child-parent relationships. Undergraduate Program Degrees.