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Education and Family Studies

Chair: Katie Justesen
Phone: (435) 283-7490
Email: katie.justesen@snow.edu

Webpage: www.snow.edu/hfst

The Education and Family Studies department at Snow College is designed to promote exploration and the development of career qualifications within the field of Family Consumer Science. Designed for majors and non-majors alike, everyone can benefit from our courses! We offer classes in nutrition and cooking, human development, sewing, personal and consumer finance, early childhood education, family relations, and more. Whether you choose to take just one or two classes for your own personal development or you decide to major in one of the many fields that fall under the Education and Family Studies umbrella, our professors are here to help you every step of the way. At Snow, we believe that hands-on learning is the key to student success. That's why our students spend time not only studying the textbooks, but actually putting those studies into action.

Program Learning Outcomes
The Education and Family Studies department offers a diverse selection of courses and provides students with the opportunity to gain emphasis in many different areas while also completing general education and major requirements for graduation and transferability.

Family, Child, and Human Development Program Learning Outcomes:

  1. Students will understand the major theories of family and/or human development.
  2. Students will understand the normal patterns of physical, emotional, social, moral, and cognitive development across the lifespan.
  3. Students understand developmentally appropriate practice and strategies for positive guidance and discipline as it relates to parenting and/or education.
  4. Students can observe, record, and interpret children's behavior in the context of development theories.
  5. Students will understand aspects of the family including but not limited to consumerism, finance, food and nutrition, and relationships.

Disciplines within Department:

Early Childhood Education

Contact: Danni Larsen
Phone: (435) 283-7487 
Email: danni.larsen@snow.edu

Webpage: https://snow.edu/academics/social_science/education-family/early-childhood-education.html

Students who wish to transfer into a professional training for teaching in preschool programs, kindergarten, grades 1-3, as well as employment opportunities in day care centers and other social agencies.

Education

Contact: David Rodriguez
Phone: (435) 283-7409
Email:  david.rodriguez@snow.edu

Webpage: https://snow.edu/academics/social_science/education-family/education.html

The mission of the Education Department is to provide future K-12 teachers with the knowledge, love of learning and commitment to service that will make them outstanding candidates for certification at any university in the country. The department’s goals are to introduce future teachers to the historical, philosophical, and cultural foundations of their chosen profession and to give them practical experience observing actual primary and secondary classroom operations. By carefully advising students in their selection of majors, lower division general education requirements, and elective courses, the department seeks to assure their success as they transfer to baccalaureate institutions and go on to enter the teaching profession.

Family and Consumer Science

Contact: Katie Justesen
Phone: (435) 283-7490
Email: katie.justesen@snow.edu

Webpage: https://snow.edu/academics/social_science/education-family/family-consumer-science.html

Family and Consumer Science offers an opportunity for students to pursue interests in all program areas. This emphasis helps students fill their roles in society, both in and out of the work force. Students investigate human relationships as well as basic family science, theory, and practical skills.

Applied Certifications:

Human Development and Family Relations

Contact: Katie Justesen
Phone: (435) 283-7490
Email: katie.justesen@snow.edu

Webpage: https://www.snow.edu/academics/social_science/education-family/human-development-family-relations.html

Nutrition

Contact: Klarissa Wilkinson
Phone: (435) 283-7419
Email: klarissa.wilkinson@snow.edu

Webpage: https://www.snow.edu/academics/social_science/education-family/nutrition.html

Personal and Family Finance

Contact: Jeff Wallace
Phone: (435) 283-7485
Email: jeff.wallace@snow.edu

Webpage: https://www.snow.edu/academics/social_science/education-family/finance.html