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Online Minor in Child Development and Family Relations
About the Program
The online Minor in Child Development and Family Relations is open to all undergraduate degree-seeking students who wish to understand how people develop physically, emotionally, and intellectually throughout their lives. Students learn to examine how relationships form in society and how they can help families in need.
To learn more, visit the Child Development and Family Relations program website.
Contact Us
Have questions about earning your degree online with UMaine? Contact a UMaineOnline advisor.
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Tiffany Peterson, M.S.
Adult Learner Recruitment & Enrollment Specialist
807.695.0121 | tiffany.peterson@maine.edu
Curriculum
Delcaring a Minor
Minors are available to current degree-seeking undergraduate students at the University of Maine. Minors cannot be pursued by students enrolled in a certificate program. A minor cannot be awarded unless a degree is earned.
Complete this form to declare a Child Development and Family Relations minor.
Careers
Our students acquire the professional skills necessary to work with children and families in a variety of rewarding and challenging careers. Recent graduates work in family planning agencies, daycare facilities, nursery schools, elementary schools, family respite care settings, and child development and family service agencies.
Faculty
Our faculty have a deep commitment to quality teaching, advising, and mentoring, as well as a variety of areas of expertise, including child development, early education, sexuality, parenting/co-parenting, and clinical counseling practice.
Faculty members have strong affiliations with the following professional organizations: