Working with Military Families ,Certificate
Advocacy, Marriage, Relationships, Soldiers, Stress, Therapy, counseling
Gain valuable skills and experience to help you pursue a career working with military personnel and their families.
In the working with military families certificate program, you complete academic coursework in the working with military families certificate program to enhance your knowledge of human development, marital and familial relationships, and family dynamics in the context of military culture.
You learn about the complex challenges that military personnel, military families and veterans face, such as dealing with multiple deployments, war, combat, trauma and death. You study normative family processes, stress and coping with military culture.
- College/school:
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Location: Tempe
This video provides an overview of the Working with Military Families degree program at ASU.
2026-2027 Catalog Year
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The Working with Military Families certificate requires 15 credit hours, of which 12 credit hours must be upper-division. A minimum of six upper-division credit hours must be completed through The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. When selecting courses, the college offering the course can be identified by viewing the course details in Class Search. Only courses completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) or better may be applied toward the certificate requirements. |
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CDE 232 Human Development
(SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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FAS 331 Modern Family Relationships
(SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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FAS 410 Military Family Systems in a Democracy
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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SOC 415 Families and Social Policy
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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FAS 484 Internship
Students are required to complete a capstone internship project that includes a field work experience, a written integrative paper and an oral presentation.
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.
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There are no admission requirements beyond those for admission to ASU.
A student pursuing an undergraduate certificate must be enrolled as a degree-seeking student at ASU. Undergraduate certificates are not awarded before the completion of an undergraduate degree. A student who already holds an undergraduate degree may pursue an undergraduate certificate as a nondegree-seeking graduate student.
Program learning outcomes identify what a student will learn or be able to do upon completion of their program. This program’s learning outcomes include the following:
- Analyze the contextual influences on individual and family relationships specific to military families.
- Analyze family relationship patterns, including communication, conflict, roles.
Graduates may be more marketable to employers and advance their career options when they complement their major with this undergraduate certificate specialization in working with military families.
Graduates understand and appreciate the similarities and differences between civilian and military culture, making them more inclusive coworkers, managers and community members with regard to the military community. Students who complete this undergraduate certificate often decide to pursue employment in health care, counseling, social work, sociology or education.
Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions.
Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
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advisor@asu.edu
480-965-6978
Program term definitions
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