Child Development & Family Relations

East Carolina University

College of Human Ecology

Child Development and Family Relations

Enriching Lives. Enhancing Communities.

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Welcome to the Department of Child Development and Family Relations (CDFR). Thank you for your interest in our academic programs. Our mission is to prepare proficient and caring child and family professionals for entry and advanced level positions, and further study and research in early childhood education and family-centered programs.
	We offers students model teacher training in early childhood education and family and consumer sciences education with practicums and internships in our 5-Star, nationally accredited Child Development Laboratory and local schools. We offer the only academic child life program in North Carolina, and we developed the first medical family therapy doctoral program in the

nation. We maintain a family therapy clinic as part of the family therapy training program—the only such combination in the state.We are a top producer of early childhood interventionists in the region and are becoming a forerunner in medical family therapy in the Southeast. Our Child Development Lab leads the way in providing a naturalized outdoor environment for early childhood education settings in eastern North Carolina.

Our Web site explains degree programs in detail, but in case you have questions, we have included faculty contact information with each program description.

Best wishes,
CDFR Faculty

Undergraduate Programs	Graduate Programs
B.S. in Birth Through Kindergarten Teacher Education (BK) B.S. in Child Life B.S. in Family & Community Services B.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences Education Community College to University AAS Early Childhood to BS in Birth Through Kindergarten	MAEd in Birth through Kindergarten Education (Master of Arts in Education) MS in Child Development and Family Relations MS in Marriage and Family Therapy MAEd in Family and Consumer Sciences (Master of Arts in Education) MAT in Family and Consumer Sciences (MAT Master of Arts in Teaching)
Doctoral Programs	Minors and Concentration
PhD in Medical Family Therapy (Doctor of Philosophy)	Minor in Child Development and Family Relations Academic Concentration in Child Studies (Education majors only)
Certificates/Licenses	"Degree in Three"
Alternative Licensure - BK Birth-Kindergarten Add-on License Preschool Add-On License	BS in Child Life BS in Family and Community Service

Distance Education

CDFR Resources
Child Development Laboratory Employment	ECU Family Therapy Clinic CDFR News CDFR Annual Report for 2007/2008

CDFR Student Resources
Student Organizations CDFR and FACS Course Titles Scholarship Application	Course Descriptions - Undergraduate Course Descriptions - Graduate Scholarship Listings