This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis

Options available:

• Applied Behavioral Health
• Human Development and Family Studies Research

Human Development and Family Studies offers graduate work leading to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. These graduate programs take a multidisciplinary approach, preparing students for college and university teaching and research; graduate-level mental healthcare practice; and development, administration, and evaluation of programs serving individuals and families across the life span.

Our research and professional training are interdisciplinary with signature themes in:

• Transitions across the life course
• Resilience and health across the lifespan
• Families in sociocultural context
• Policies and applications of development and family sciences

Our faculty recognizes the critical importance of culture, gender, diversity, and contemporary global perspectives in the discovery of knowledge.  We have research emphases in child development, adolescence, adult development and aging, families, rural communities, and cross-national comparison.

Research is one focus of the Graduate Program in Human Development and Family Studies. The HDFS faculty include nationally recognized scholars who are widely published in areas such as families and aging; family communication and conflict; child, adolescent, and adult development; intergenerational family relationships; family structure; and gender. We emphasize both quantitative and qualitative methodology. In addition to research, the HDFS program houses a unique program of professional studies that prepares student to serve as Qualified Mental Health Professionals (QMHP), which is an Oregon-specific designation that allows graduate to practice as mental health therapists in public service settings.

Major Code: 4470

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

MS

• Conduct research or produce some other form of creative work.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly or professional activities in an ethical manner.
• Synthesize the central issues and current research trends in the field including the acknowledgement of systemic inequalities.
• Understand and apply research methods appropriately to explore the current issues in the field.
• Synthesize the major theories and beliefs that guide current thinking in the field through oral and written communication.
• Design, carry out, and present an original work of research that contributes to their discipline with an appreciation of the values of equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice.

PhD

• Produce and defend an original significant contribution to knowledge.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly activities in an ethical manner.
• Synthesize the central issues and current research trends in the field including the acknowledgement of systemic inequalities.
• Understand and apply research methods appropriately to explore the current issues in the field.
• Synthesize the major theories and beliefs that guide current thinking in the field through oral and written communication.
• Design, carry out, and present an original work of research that contributes to their discipline with an appreciation of the values of equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice.

MS 

PhD 

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Electives may be comprised of any combination of electives approved by major professor including additional credits for research or thesis

Major Code: 4470