Students who complete the parent and family education certificate will demonstrate effective teaching and presentation skills. Additionally, completion of this certificate, along with other coursework, helps prepare students to become Certified Family Life Educators (CFLE) through the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).

This certificate is offered by BYU-Idaho, with support and resources from BYU-Pathway Worldwide.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

Outcomes

Effectively communicate principles pertaining to healthy marriage and family functioning.
Demonstrate effective teaching skills pertaining to family life education.

Certificate of Parent and Family Education

Program Requirements

This certificate builds into the Marriage & Family Studies degree.

This is an advanced certificate. Prior to working on this certificate, you must complete Advanced Marriage and Family Functioning.

Certificate

15 CREDITS

Associate

60 CREDITS

Bachelor's

120 CREDITS

Certificate of Parent and Family Education

Course Code

Course Name

# of Credits

FAML200

Preparation for Marriage

FAML200 — 2 credits

Preparation for Marriage

This course highlights skills, attitudes, behaviors, and principles needed to prepare oneself for a strong marriage and to wisely select a marriage partner. Preparation for marriage is also emphasized by focusing on healthy practices related to dating, courtship, engagement, and the transition following marriage.

FAML120

Parenting Skills

FAML120 — 1 credits

Parenting Skills

This course consists of foundational principles and basic skills of parent-child interaction. Students will apply typical decisions, problems, and opportunities encountered by parents.

FAML445

Family Practicum

FAML445 — 4 credits

Family Practicum

This course will give students practical experience by having them prepare the curriculum needed to teach a workshop or seminar on some aspect of family life. After preparing the curriculum, students will market the program, conduct the workshop, and evaluate the effectiveness of the education. A strong emphasis will be placed on how to teach effectively in group settings.

CHILD330

Parent Education

CHILD330 — 2 credits

Parent Education

The purpose of this course is to prepare students to teach parent education classes. It explores a variety of parent education programs and encourages students to think carefully and critically about parenting materials.

FCS340

Money Management

FCS340 — 3 credits

Money Management

This course covers financial concepts of direct concern to the individual or family. Budgeting, financial institutions and services, consumer buying, use and control of credit, financial records, buying and selling homes, insurance, and basic investments will be explored.

CHILD310

Early and Middle Child Development

CHILD310 — 3 credits

Early and Middle Child Development

This course is designed to help students gain deeper knowledge of developmental science – understanding of children’s development in the physical, cognitive, and emotional/social domains, developmental theory, and core developmental concepts during early and middle childhood - and to increase students’ disposition to apply developmental science knowledge to plan and implement effective interventions to foster optimum development of children they will serve in their roles as professionals, parents and in church and community settings.

For questions about this program, contact BYU-Pathway Support

Looking Ahead

Potential Employment

When seeking employment within the field of family studies and human services, these research search terms may be helpful:

Parent educator
Extension educator
Family educator
Cooperative extension
Childcare worker
Child and family advocate

Or, search for jobs requiring the skills obtained in this certificate, such as communication, organization, customer service, and leadership.

Why choose this certificate?

The Parent and Family Education certificate emphasizes the development of employable skills related to effective communication and teaching family life education. These skills can help students obtain employment in a variety of settings, such as parent education and other positions requiring professional presentations. The Parent and Family Education certificate will provide students with a deeper understanding of child development, marriage preparation, and money management.

BYU-Pathway has found that certain combinations of certificates lead to better job opportunities. Most degrees have a recommended plan of certificates that will help students increase their income and improve their employment possibilities.