Applications are accepted Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters for the following Master's degree programs: Child Development, Community Services, Family Studies.

For Spring Semester, admission, submit all materials by October 1.

Application materials for applying Summer and Fall Semesters must be in by March 1.

Application for the Master's Degree in Youth Development deadline dates for admission for the following semesters are:

March 1st for Summer Semester
July 1st for Fall Semester
October 1st for Spring Semester

The department will not accept applications after the deadline dates above to program you are appying to.

This web page, and its supporting documents, is intended to answer most questions about our program. If you have questions that are not answered herein, please write to or e-mail the graduate secretary. Indicate that you have seen this web page so that we may respond appropriately.

Graduate Secretary
Department of Family and Child Ecology
11 Human Ecology Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1030
email the Graduate Secretary

Graduate degree programs in the Department of Family and Child Ecology are offered only within the College of Social Science.

For more information about Graduate Study in the Family and Child Ecology Department, e-mail or call 517-353-5248.