Whether you are needing to complete degree requirements for the B.A. in Sociology, enhance your skills as an human/social services employee, or simply wanting to explore topics that impact you personally, the Certificate in Life Stages and Transitions can provide you deeper insight into some of life's greatest challenges. Take courses that deal with major life passages such as marriage, remarriage, childrearing, aging, and death and dying.

Once you have taken all the required classes, you will be issued a certificate that recognizes your successful completion of the Certificate in Life Stages and Transitions.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Directed Electives		12
Select 12 credit hours from the following:
SOC 310	Gender and Society
SOC 350	Family Communication
SOC 352	Stepfamilies
SOC 355	Sociology of Death and Dying
SOC 388	Sociology of the Family in America
SOC 466	Sociology of Sexual Behavior
SOC 644	Sociology of Aging
Total Hours		12

The Certificate in Life Stages and Transitions is available on campus as well as online. For more information, contact the program chair.

This is an FHSU advisory certificate. Advisory certificates are typically 9-15 hours of coursework.  The certificates are designed by FHSU faculty to provide students a guide to choosing courses that introduce and develop a subject knowledge and/or skills.  These certificates may be used to select a focus within a major, to develop additional knowledge and skills to complement a major, or to pursuing a topic of interest with open elective hours.  

Courses taken as part of an advisory certificate are listed on the student's transcript, however the advisory certificate is not listed on the transcript. Many FHSU departments provide a completion certificate that students may use to show they completed the advised coursework, and talk about what it added to their degree.  Non-degree students may complete the classes outlined in an advisory certificate and receive a completion certificate if offered by the department, however they are not enrolled in a degree plan or eligible for student aid.