{"id":2875,"date":"2026-03-19T11:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/?page_id=2875"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:37:59","slug":"family-studies-concentration-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/family-studies-concentration-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Studies Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"FSR_2785\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2025\/04\/FSR_2785-1600x1067.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69dee3701c6df {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69dee3701c6df\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz- vert-\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">The well-being of families is a national and global concern, and the study of rapidly changing families is multidisciplinary, evidence-based and relationship focused. Many disciplines contribute to the understanding of families, so family studies is an integrative field that synthesizes knowledge from liberal arts disciplines, particularly biology, psychology, social work, sociology, and political science.<\/h5>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #6e3a5d; padding: 20px 20px 10px 20px; border-radius: 15px;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; color: #ffffff;\">The concentration in family studies is designed to enable students to learn about families in both theory and practice; it is a concentration that can enhance student knowledge and skills to complement virtually any major on campus. The concentration is a plan of study that prepares students entering careers with families ranging from family therapy, education, or ministry to family practice in law, medicine, nursing, social work or public policy.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-right\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"FS 260 Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2026\/03\/FS-260-Picture-820x600.jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2026\/03\/FS-260-Picture-520x300.jpeg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2026\/03\/FS-260-Picture-820x600.jpeg 820w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2026\/03\/FS-260-Picture-1120x900.jpeg 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"plan-your-concentration\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Plan Your Concentration<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<p>Talk with a faculty member about course decisions and planning. Email, call, or stop by for an appointment.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Courses suggested for family studies often meet General Education requirements.<\/li>\n<li>FS 132: Introduction to Family Studies is the first course; this course is open to first year students.<\/li>\n<li>An experiential component is required in the senior year.<\/li>\n<li>Family studies concentration can complement any major, including CIS.<\/li>\n<li>Study abroad opportunities fit nicely with a family studies concentration. Contact the Family Studies Concentration Director for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters  site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"2649feda-9dd2-4396-b8bb-476a31fb6f09\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2026\/03\/2649feda-9dd2-4396-b8bb-476a31fb6f09-820x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/files\/2026\/03\/2649feda-9dd2-4396-b8bb-476a31fb6f09-520x300.jpg 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