Our students work in communities across Georgia and beyond, doing parent education, planning programs for youth, working in hospitals with medically fragile children, and helping families make choices that improve their lives.
Undergraduate
You will study individuals, families and communities. You will apply your knowledge of human development and family science through Experiential Learning opportunities.
Graduate
You’ll be a key contributor in research that is applied to helping families. Our graduates are employed in universities, hospitals, government agencies, research institutes, and in mental health settings.
Research
Our research projects are focused across the lifespan, multiple dimensions of family systems, including relationships and diversity, as well as multiple approaches to prevention and intervention.
Service + Outreach
Our translational research brings the best practices of research into communities and families. Our engagement in communities through service learning and internships helps you understand human development in context.
Latest News
The best is yet to come: college celebrates the class of 2026
Nearly 400 graduates welcomed into the FACS alumni family at convocation
After injury, FACS student trades perfectionism for perspective
FACS student Rebecca McReynolds overcomes injury, self-doubt to pursue career as a Child Life Specialist
Inaugural 3-Minute Research competition provides students unique opportunity
FACS graduate students presented their research in three minutes using just one slide
