Family Studies Department

Our goal is to provide diverse course offerings in the Family Studies/ Social Sciences department to ensure multiple learning opportunities for every type of learner.  There are many different pathways a student can take and there are no mandatory prerequistes allowing students to opt into our course when their timetables permit.  Each course has a stimulating curriculum to allow students to connect the material to real life experiences.

“An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”

~ Carl Gustav Jung

Family Studies Courses

Learn more about the courses offered at Westmount C.I.
Courses

Social and Human Services

  • Case manager
  • Community organizer
  • Counselor
  • Family support worker
  • Activity/recreation director
  • Administrator
  • Advocate
  • Grant writer
  • Development officer
  • Researcher

 Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)and Social Work (MSW)

  • All of the above, at MFT or MSW licensed level
  • Psychotherapist with individuals, couples, families, and groups
  • Clinical case manager
  • Psychosocial skills trainer
  • Supervisor/manager of 
therapy/treatment program
  • Program developer
  • Researcher
  • Program evaluator    

 

Community Services 

  • Counselor
  • Parent educator
  • Youth development worker
  • Sexuality educator
  • Crisis/hotline worker
  • Program administrator/director
  • Grant-writer
  • Development officer
  • Program evaluator and 
researcher (MA/MSW or PhD)
  • Clergy, pastoral care

 

Education

  • Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE)
  • Teacher – preschool (BA), high school (BA with certification), or higher education (MA/MS or PhD)
  • Administrator
  • Advocate/policy analyst
  • After school program director
  • Program evaluator
  • Curriculum developer
  • School counselor (MA/MS)
  • Family support counselor for 
parents of children with special 
needs
  • Family resource coordinator
  • Educational researcher (PhD)