2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

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Family, Youth, and Community Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Graduate Faculty
Chair: N. I. Torres. Graduate Coordinator: M. E. Swisher.
Complete faculty listing by department: Follow this link
The Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences offers
two graduate social science degrees. The Master of Science in
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences is a research degree that
prepares students to conduct original research about problems,
issues, and policies affecting families, youth, and communities. The
Master of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences prepares
students for mid-level leadership positions in public and private
organizations, agencies, and businesses that address the needs of
families, youths, and communities. Descriptions of the requirements
for the M.S. and M.F.Y.C. degrees are provided in the General
Information section of this catalog.
A minor in Family, Youth, and Community Sciences provides
students from other areas with knowledge about the theories and
body of research that explain how families, youths, and
communities develop and interact. The programs emphasize an
ecological model in which the interactions and relationships among
the individual, the family, and the community form the framework
for addressing the issues, problems, and policies that affect youths,
families, and communities in the United States and globally.
The minor in Not-for-Profit Organizations provides students from
other disciplines with an understanding of how to develop
organizations to address problems facing families, youth, and