re: Georgia will adjust to new rule allowing required summer training, film study

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It is child and family Development and it is not in the Education Department. The other is Housing, that is also not in the Education Dept.

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You are confusing lots of different departments, programs, and colleges.

Let me try to explain this again.

First, there is no "Education Department." There is a College of Education (COE), that is made up of several different departments (Educational Psychology, Kinesiology, Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, etc...). Those departments, in turn, offer degree programs. These are the programs that students can enroll in depending on the specific field of study. So, for example, an undergraduate student interested in becoming an English teacher might enroll in the B.S.ED. program in English Education offered by the Language and Literacy Department in the College of Education.

Now, on to the two different programs you're talking about. They are both situated in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS).

There is no "Child and Family Development" program. The program is "Human Development and Family Science," and it is offered by the Child and Family Development department (although, I believe they are either going through or have recently gone through a name change - we'll just go with it for now). As I said before, that department is housed in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. The "Human Development and Family Science" program can, indeed, be an avenue for aspiring teachers to gain teaching certification through their undergraduate education. It is an alternative to the programs offered by the departments in the College of Education. Here is an info sheet to tell you all the fun things you can do if you get a degree in "Human Development and Family Science" through the department of Child and Family Development: LINK

The other program you are talking about is simply called "Housing." The department that offers the program is now called Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics, I believe. Honestly, you'd be forgiven for screwing up FACS department names, as they've undergone lots of mergers and name changes in recent times. This program looks to be geared toward those interested in real estate (loan officers, realtors, property managers, etc...). Here's another document that lists several things one can do with a degree in "Housing": LINK

The more you know...