| FCS 500 | Supervised Professional Experience in Family Life Education | 3-6 F,S,SUM1,SUM2 |
| Preq: Graduate standing, consent of instructor |
| A supervised professional experience that serves as a capstone course near the end of the program will be individually planned with family members and students to fit the area of the student's professinal interest and as a requirement for the completion of the Masters Degree program in Human Development & Family Studies. Capstone experience for FCS graduate students only. |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sprg | |
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| FCS 510 | Program and Evaluation Development in Family Life Education | 3(3-0-0) S |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| This course will examine family focused program and evaluation development concepts and practice. Topics include building community support and oversight for programming; conducting needs and asset assessment; developing research-based, ecological interventions; and implementing fully integrated program evaluation. |
| Course Offerings: sprg | |
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| FCS 512 | Family and Community Partnerships | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: Graduate standing or instructor consent |
| This course explores the development of effective community partnerships and the integral role of families within communities. Topics include ecological and systems theory, diverse family forms, community based programming, intervening with families, holistic resource assessment and utilization, collaboration building, and community development to support families. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| FCS 522 | Family Life Education | 3(3-0-0) F |
| Preq: SOC 204; Graduate standing |
| Theoretical and empirical literature in lifespan, family life, and parent education will be explored along with implications for issues affecting families including content, delivery, and evaluation of parent education programs.Offered by Distance Education Only. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| FCS 523 | Family Relationships Over the Life Course | 3(3-0-0) F, Alt. Yrs. (even) |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Applies theories and research about interpersonal relationship and family dynamics to issues facing families over the life course and emphasizes the interplay of social, developmental and health factors in affecting change, continuity and well-being, and ways in which educators can use life course and intergenerational perspectives to assist families. |
| Course Offerings: fall | |
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| FCS 524 | Applications of Gerontology in Family Life Education | 3(3-0-0) F (Alt. Yr. Odd) |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Presents multidisciplinary knowledge from gerontology to help educators work effectively with older adults and their families. The focus is on the social context, the experience of aging, and community-based services. Topics include the aging process, family issues, social engagement, economics, housing, nutrition, health, long-term care and end-of-life issues. |
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| FCS 531 | Effective Management of Family Resources | 3(3-0-0) SUM 1&2, (ALTYREVEN) |
| Preq: Graduate student status or any PBS student. |
| Topics include the effect of resource management on family stability, choices, and well-being; financial management (credit and debt, budgeting and retirement issues, bankruptcy, time value of money); personal management (organizational skills, timemanagement, stress management, decision making); human capital (employability, education, skill building); physical capital (transportation, real estate, and housing issues); and social capital (child care, interpersonal relationship development). |
| Course Offerings: sum1 | |
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| FCS 533 | Family Dysfunction and Complex Family Issues | 3(3-0-0) F, (ALTYRODD) |
| Preq: Graduate standing or instructor consent |
| This course will examine educational intervention strategies for family issues that pose particular difficulty for Family Life and Parenting Educators. Topics include: addictions/substance abuse; child abuse and neglect; domestic abuse; Illness, death and dying; divorce/mediation; step-families & single parenting; gang memberships, suicidal ideation, sexuality/teen pregnancy; and rape and other acts of violence. The course will include a discussion of evidence-based prevention and treatment options for referring clients, and a debate of the role of educators in this process. |
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| FCS 540 | Environmental Influence on the Family | 3(3-0-0) Sum1 |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| This course will examine the impact of the housing and neighborhood environment and its influence on families. The course will utilize social, economic and behavioral housing theory. |
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| FCS 590 | Special Topics in Family Life & Parenting Education | 4(4-0-0) F,S,Sum1, Sum2 |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| A study of special topics in the field of family life and parenting education under the direction of graduate faculty. |
| Course Offerings: sum2 | |
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| FCS 595 | Contemporary Issues in Family Life Education | 1(1-0-0) F |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Current topics and issues in family life and parenting education, presentation of seminar opportunities, community networking strategies, and group discussion. |
| Course Offerings: sprg | |
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| FCS 601 | Independent Study in Family Life Education | 1-3 F,S,Sum |
| Preq: Graduate standing |
| Independent Study is intended for students who may not have had a related undergraduate program and need additional supervised reading to boost their knowledge, or students can enroll in FCS 601 to complete a study (i.e. literature review) about a topic of unique interest to him/her that may be related to Family Life but an area in which a course is not offered.Designed for FCS graduate students |
| Course Offerings: fall sum1 sum2 sprg | |