Overview

Family and Human Services is offered by John Brown University. You'll explore real issues and challenges that arise in human relationships and learn to advocate with and for the clients you serve. This major is ideal for students who want to go into counseling or social work.

Key Facts

Graduates are hired to be caseworkers, family and child advocates, program directors, community liaisons, foster care and adoptions specialists and a variety of other positions in various social service organizations. Students will be taught by passionate professors throughout their courses on how to integrate their faith into their helping professions. The family and human services courses focus on students' own personal, emotional and spiritual growth. They are cared for by their faculty and are encouraged to grow and become more authentic and empathic.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Ethics and Practice

Human Sexuality

Marriage and Family Living

Developmental Psychology

Effective Parenting
Family Science and Self

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00

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More details

JBU makes admission decisions on a rolling basis. However, you should apply as early as possible

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Arkansas City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

For admission, we require a 2.5 high school GPA (on a 4.0 scale) and either a 20 ACT, 1020 SAT or 66 CLT score. We do not score the writing portions of these tests.
We do not use a superscore (taking the best scores if students take the ACT or SAT multiple times) for acceptance. However, once accepted, we will calculate your superscore for academic scholarships.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

32710 USD / year

≈ 32710 USD / year
Out-of-State

32710 USD / year

≈ 32710 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

32710 USD / year

≈ 32710 USD / year

Living costs

Arkansas City

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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Key Facts

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Arkansas City

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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