PhD Program in International Family and Community

Studies

Mark Small, JD, PhDProgram Coordinator

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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

Facts about Clemson University

Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life

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

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

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

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 people’s everyday lives and experiences and is critical to strengthening community and family well-being

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

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.

International Family and Community Studies PhD program

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

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

Contact information

• Clemson Office

Clemson University

2038 Barre Hall

Clemson, South Carolina 

29634-0132

Phone:  864.656.6271

Fax (Clemson):  864.656.6281

• Greenville Office

Clemson University

225 S. Pleasantburg Dr.

McAlister Square, Suite B11

Greenville, South Carolina, 29607

Phone:  864.250.4664

Fax (Clemson):  864.656.6281

http://www.clemson.edu/ifnl/

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