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
Mowbray named founding director of UGA Ralston Institute on Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Noted behavioral health services researcher to lead institute created to strengthen supports, prepare workforce
Multidisciplinary FACS team receives $6.1 million grant to aid Georgia families
Elevate Couples Georgia team seeks to deliver Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education program to 1,300 couples
We Are FACS: Alumni demonstrate how a FACS degree can take you anywhere
Recruitment campaign showcases the variety of career options available to FACS students
