Human Development & Family Sciences

Health and wellbeing throughout the lifespan

Lives in Context

The Human Development and Family Sciences department at UT Austin is consistently ranked among the top five HDFS departments in the nation. Our department has significant strengths in the areas of parenting, child and adolescent development, personal relationships, the development and maintenance of intimate relationships and individual development in social contexts such as poverty, families, race/ethnicity and education. 
 

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