PhD Child & Family Studies Concentration
The PhD Child & Family Studies (CFS) concentration is a minimum of 15 hours of designated
CFS research and elective courses, in lieu of 12 hours of research cognate and interdisciplinary
electives currently required of the PhD in Social Work degree. The CFS
concentration courses include: Advanced Studies in Family Science, Advanced Studies
in Child Development, Theories of Child Development, Theories in Family Science, Research
Methodology in Child and Family Studies. Successful completion of the CFS concentration
requires fulfillment of all requirements of doctoral students in Social Work.