The School of Family Studies and Human Services (FSHS) offers diversity of academic programs, scholarship, and outreach that address the health and well-being of individuals and families in Kansas, the country, and the world.

The complexity of the School is reflected in the wide range of careers in human services pursued by graduates such as work with families, early childhood education, marriage and family therapy, personal financial planning, and speech-language pathology. Centers of student learning and outreach include:

Students follow career paths that take them all over the world and into numerous types of opportunities. K-State Research and Extension in FSHS is devoted to the development and execution of educational programs and technical information that enhance quality of life.

Academic Programs

Undergraduate degree programs include:

Graduate (M.S.) degree programs include:

The School of Family Studies and Human Services also offers undergraduate and graduate certificate programs related to conflict resolution, personal financial planning, youth development and an undergraduate minor in Conflict Analysis & Trauma Studies.

Graduate (Ph.D.) degree programs include:

Scholarship

Faculty scholarship (research and grants) often involves student participation and applies to the study of families and evidence-based practices in human services. The School is currently ranked #1 in contracts and grant funding at Kansas State University. The established priorities include:

  • Disorders of communication and swallowing
  • Families and health
  • Heath and security of military families
  • Personal and family risk assessment and evaluation

Extension

Extension programs within Family Studies and Human Services address critical issues such as chronic disease and self management, military youth, strategies for adaptive living, as well as strong families and parenting issues.

FSHS News

Non-traditional students inducted into honor society
Human Ecology students at Kansas State University were among the 77 inducted into the Pinnacle Honor Society, a non-traditional student honor society with members from more than 150 institutions across the U.S. The students, from throughout the nation, are: Aimee Fowler, junior in family studies and human services; Ashley MacKinnon, senior in dietetics; Daina Bitters, [...]
Four attend leadership bootcamp
Four students in the College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University attended the Leadership Honors Bootcamp in Washington D.C. in May. They are, from left, Hannah Quernheim, interior design senior; Zach Stroth, family studies and human services sophomore; Morgan Crawford, apparel and textiles senior; and Lauren Hower, early childhood education senior. The intensive, five-day [...]
Phi Kappa Phi selects Human Ecology standouts
A dozen College of Human Ecology students were among the nearly 100 at Kansas State University selected for membership in Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. They are second semester juniors in the upper 7.5 percent of their class, seniors in the upper 10 percent of their class, [...]

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