Program
Development in Family Life Education (Certificate Program)
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
NCSU
Phone: 919.515.9147
Email:
karen_debord@ncsu.edu or
stephanie_jones@ncsu.edu
Website: www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/4hfcs/academics/cert/
A Graduate Certificate in Program Development in
Family Life Education requires a total of 12 credit hours.
Nine credit hours are required courses, with the remaining three credit
hours of electives.
Required
Courses
FCS 510 Program Development and Evaluation of Family Life
Education Programs (3)
FCS 512 Family and Community Partnerships (3)
FCS 522 Family Life Education (3)
Electives
(minimum of three hours)
FCS 523 Family Relationships Across the Lifespan (3)
FCS 524 Applications of Gerontology to Family Life Education (3)
FCS 531 Effective Management of Family Resources (3)
FCS 533 Family Dysfunction and Complex Family Issues (3)
FCS 540 Influence of Environments on the Family (3)
FCS 590 Special Topics in Family Life and Parenting Education (Family
Communication and Coaching - 3)
FCS 595 Contemporary Issues in Family Life Education (1)