School of Family Life

The Child and Family Studies Laboratory operates a preschool for children who are 4 by September 1st and a kindergarten for children who are 5 by September 30th. Because we are a teacher training facility, each class has a low student-teacher ratio of 4-5 adults to 20 children. As such, we work to meet the individual needs of each student as we focus on their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth throughout the year.

Completed in 2005, the Joseph F. Smith Building replaced the Smith Family Living Center. A long-range planning effort had found that facilities for the College of Humanities and the the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences were inadequate. This new building was constructed to house the displaced disciplines and to provide a new home for Humanities. This building with approximately 400 faculty offices, 40 classrooms and 20 laboratories provides facilities for the College of Humanities, School of Family Life, and the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences. It also houses the Center for Language Studies.

The many countries of Asia and the Near East are among the oldest civilizations in the world. The study of the languages and cultures of these nations gives students access to some of the richest and most varied traditions of thought, belief, and behavior to be found.