PhD Program in International Family and Community Studies

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PhD Program in International Family and Community
Studies
Mark Small, JD, PhD Program Coordinator
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Facts about Clemson University

• Ranked one of the top-25 public universities in
  the nation
• Offers a welcoming environment, a sense of place
  and lifelong connections
• Game-changing research, a focus on serving our
  community, rigorous academics, high-caliber
  faculty, and a spirited family
• 96 percent increase in doctoral enrollment in the
  past decade
• Our students have the advantage of studying with
  top professionals in their field at a nationally
  ranked research university

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Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
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Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life (IFNL)

• Part of the College of Health, Education and
  Human Development
• IFNL helps generate, share and apply the
  research foundation for youth, family, and
  community development
• Work at IFNL starts from the premises that
  strong communities support strong families and
  vice versa, and that both are necessary for
  healthy development of children and youth

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Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life (IFNL)

• Mission to generate, share, and apply the
  knowledge needed to strengthen ties between
  families and communities
• To accomplish this mission, the Institute
• conducts empirical research,
• performs policy analyses,
• develops and evaluates programs,
• provides technical assistance
• provides community education

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Institute Themes

• The Institute's work is focused on three themes.
  We conduct research and provide public service
  related to these broad topics
• The nature of everyday life in families and
  neighborhoods
• The development, maintenance, and enhancement of
  community institutions
• Current and alternative public policies
  supportive of family and neighborhood life

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International Family and Community Studies PhD
program

• Mission to prepare the next generation of
  scholars and policy leaders
• To fulfill this mission, IFNL seek to instill in
  each student an understanding of and capacity for
  scholarship, independent critical judgment,
  academic rigor, and intellectual honesty
• The program is central to Clemson's emphasis on
  Family and Community Living
• This emphasis area touches on the most
  fundamental aspects of peoples everyday lives
  and experiences and is critical to strengthening
  community and family well-being

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PhD Program Overview

• IFCS PhD Program is designed to educate
  professionals to generate, diffuse, and apply
  knowledge needed to strengthen
• communities' capacity for family support
• meaningful participation
• and strong relationships, including mutual
  assistance
• Students will contribute with generating
  knowledge necessary to enable community
  institutions (schools, workplaces, religious
  organizations, civic organizations, and courts)
  to promote
• respect for individual dignity,
• natural social assistance,
• a sense of community,
• civic participation,
• family and neighborhood responsibility

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International Family and Community Studies PhD
program

• Graduate courses include
• globalization
• world regions
• human development
• democracy and civil society
• comparative social policy
• community change
• human rights law
• humanitarian assistance
• and research methods 
• A minimum of 60 credit hours are required of
  students enrolling post-baccalaureate
• A minimum of 30 credits is required of
  post-master's degree students.

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International Family and Community Studies PhD
program

• Our programs benefit
• current or prospective university educators
• interdisciplinary researchers
• NGO leaders
• government officials
• community developers
• social workers
• psychologists
• public health workers, and others

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PhD Program Overview

• The program will prepare graduates as
• scholars in interdisciplinary institutes or
  academic departments on child and family studies,
  social policy studies, international studies, or
  community development
• or researchers, planners, or administrators in
  domestic or international governmental or
  non-governmental agencies concerned with
  children, families, and/or communities

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Contact information

• Clemson Office

• Greenville Office

Clemson University 225 S. Pleasantburg
Dr. McAlister Square, Suite B11 Greenville, South
Carolina, 29607 Phone  [phone] Fax
(Clemson)  864.656.6281
Clemson University 2038 Barre Hall Clemson, South
Carolina  29634-0132 Phone  [phone] Fax
(Clemson)  864.656.6281
http//www.clemson.edu/ifnl/
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Questions?