Child/Family Development

Child/Family Development Fundamentals

A career in child or family development offers opportunities to improve and enrich the lives of children as well as adults of all ages. At the undergraduate level, UA students have a choice of two degrees:

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Child Development
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Family Development

Graduates of The University of Akron’s programs in child/family development work in educational settings, social service and intervention programs, and government, legal and medical programs.

What do you study while earning a degree in child/family development? Early childhood, adolescence, parent-child relations, families living in poverty, family crisis, consumer education, and marriage and family relations are some of the courses in the curriculum.

Our Faculty

• are talented, caring, highly qualified
• place a premium on personal attention and excellent advising
• work side-by-side with students to help turn aspirations into accomplishments

Akron Advantage

Hands-on Experience

Center for Child Development

• Students planning to work with young children are able to observe, interact with and teach children enrolled in the Center for Child Development on campus and at other child development programs in the area.

Recognized excellence

All programs in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at The University of Akron are accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Real world experience

• Internships enable students to gain hands-on professional experience and to network within their fields. As part of the undergraduate degree requirements in Child/Family Development, students complete a 200-hour internship at a community site that is chosen with the assistance of their faculty adviser.

• When they graduate, many of our students have already received job offers because of their internships.

Family and Consumer Sciences Student Organizations

Interact with other students and professionals in the field through organizations such as:

• American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
• Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
• University Association for the Education of Young Children

Curriculum Guide

• Family and Child Development — B.A.
• Child Development — B.A.

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