Study the Family:

• As an Experience of Human Existence
• As a System within Society
• As a Resource for Human Needs

The Goals of the Minor as an Academic Discipline:

• To provide various theoretical perspectives on the family
• To utilize various research methodologies
• To link humanistic with functional skill
• To impact an understanding of the vulnerable family
• To explore the multiple purposes of the family including its role in health maintenance

A rigorous and thorough knowledge of the family is appropriate to any major.