Family Social Science Ph.D.

Family social science (FSoS) offers a unique program of study using insights and methods of the social sciences to examine how families work within various contexts and cultures. A doctoral degree in family social science provides a broad foundation of expertise in theory, research, and practice.

Your program of study will include research and coursework across the breadth of family social science, including child adjustment in family context; families and culture; families and financial decisions; family formation and intergenerational studies; families, loss, and trauma; and intimate family relationships. Coursework and research engagement, along with intensive mentoring from faculty, prepares students to contribute to the broader field of family science.