Family and Human Development


Faculty Honors Advisors

Tracy Spinrad

About this opportunity

The T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University offers unique majors and minors that provide students with an excellent liberal arts education, as well as pre-professional training for those interested in social sciences graduate study or other professional programs, including medicine and family law.

The undergraduate degree programs in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University provides unique majors that provide students with an excellent liberal arts education, as well as pre-professional training for those interested in social sciences graduate study or other professional programs, including medicine and family law. Students not only study the historical, theoretical and academic frameworks used to explain social and family behavior, but also acquire practical knowledge and skills that can be applied in their daily lives and occupations.

The Bachelor of Science in family and human development program offers course work on the development of individuals and families as they relate to their social worlds. The required concentration in family studies and child development provides a focus on the development of children, adults and families. Students take a wide variety of courses on contemporary issues related to human development from infancy through the end of the life span, and the development, formation and dissolution of families and develop proficiency in written communication, computer skills, statistics and research methods.

Come visit the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics Department in the Social Sciences Building Room 144, or for more information on the majors see:
https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu

Thesis

Theses may include quantitative research, qualitative research, or creative projects. The unit has the same requirements as Barrett.

Academic Preparation

Students must have good knowledge of theories in either Sociology or Family and Human Development and Research Methods.

Recommended Timeline

Students should be prepared to develop their topic and committee by Spring of their Junior Year and to work on the thesis in the Summer, Fall, and Spring of their Senior year.

Other Honors Opportunities

Other Honors Opportunities Honors sections (seminars) are available for FAS 498, CDE 232, CDE 430. 

We have an exciting certificate program to pursue careers working with military personnel and their families. See https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/degree/certificate/certificate-working-...

Through the generosity of special contributors, the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics is able to provide our students with funding. Undergraduate students majoring in family/human development or sociology for the next academic year (Fall and Spring) are encouraged to apply for these scholarships https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/scholarships.

College

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Campus

Tempe