BYU College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
The south side of the Spencer W. Kimball Tower, where some of the college is located
Established1981
Parent institution
Brigham Young University
Religious affiliation
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
DeanLaura Padilla-Walker
Academic staff
225
Undergraduates5,100
Postgraduates270
Other students
Minors: 1,589
Location
Provo
,
Utah
,
U.S.
Websitesocialsciences.byu.edu

The BYU College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences is a college located on the Provo, Utah campus of Brigham Young University and is housed in the Spencer W. Kimball Tower and Joseph F. Smith Building. The BYU College of Family Living was organized on June 28, 1951, while the BYU College of Social Sciences was organized in 1970. These two colleges merged to form the current college in 1981. The first dean of the college was Martin B. Hickman. The college includes nine major departments: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, The School of Family Life, Social Work, and Sociology. There are 21 different majors and 21 different minors that students can choose from, including 9 majors that have a correlating minor.

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