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Human Development and Family Studies!

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) is an interdisciplinary department that addresses the needs of children, adults, and families across the life course. We invite you to navigate through our website that will tell you more about our people, undergraduate and graduate programs, centers, laboratory preschool, and much more!

Please be aware that our website is updated frequently. Currently we are reviewing and updating sections of the site, and we invite you to visit us often to see the latest updates.

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