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Family, Home, and Social Sciences

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Understanding Individuals, Families, and Societies

Through classes, research, and conferences, the college strives to better understand individuals, families, and societies.

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Educating Students

The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences educates more students than any other college at Brigham Young University, accounting for about one in every four graduates. Our academic disciplines and departments include anthropology, economics, family life, geography, history, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.

Philanthropic support provides grants, scholarships, and mentored learning opportunities that allow students to conduct research in labs and field schools, to learn and serve through internships, and to present at professional conferences.

The college’s efforts on issues related to the family are increasingly unique. Our faculty is among the largest concentrations of family scholars in the world. The Child and Family Studies Laboratory, BYU’s on-campus preschool and kindergarten, is a valuable resource for observation and experiential learning.

We value the support of the university’s alumni and friends as it is vital to many students’ educational success. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

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Family, Home, and Social Sciences Stories

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Learning to Be a Disciple Scholar

Brookelyn Harvey is a 2023 Wheatley Scholar. As such she has been mentored while conducting and reporting on research on family life. She says, “Every interaction, whether academic or personal, feels like a ministering visit.”

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An Education Filled with Light

Last fall, Roan attended an event sponsored by Wheatley Institute featuring legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar, who was on campus to speak at a forum. “I learned from him that to share, I first must acquire,” Roan says.

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Telling the Family, Home, and Social Sciences Story

Eight students’ experiences in the BYU College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences are highlighted.

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BYU Students Uncover 1,000-year-old Artifacts in Mexico

At an excavation site in northern Mexico, BYU archaeology students and professors recently discovered artifacts that have been buried for 1,000 years, including pottery sherds, hammer stones, maize kernels and — intriguing at a location 250 miles inland — a shell bead from the Pacific Ocean.

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Voter Registration Award Comes to BYU

The Campus Cup is a statewide competition in Utah to see which college or university can register the greatest percentage of student voters.

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Alum’s Research “Uplifts” Families of Children with Autism

When Jamie Easler was a BYU graduate student six years ago, she realized she wanted to better understand youth on the autism spectrum and, by extension, their families.