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FAS300 Introduction to Family Life Education … 2 credits
This course is an introduction to the field of family life education. Students will explore primary theoretical principles using the Life Span Family Life Education framework and professional issues influencing the practice of family life education. Emphasizing key content areas, the students will be introduced to: content area definitions and objectives; examples highlighting the integration of theory and practice in family life education; key resources; and future Issues and challenges for family life educators.
FAS400 Family Systems, Structures and Relationships … 4 credits
This course is an analysis of the family. It investigates the family as a system of relationships, which interacts across the family life cycle. It includes a survey of current developments in the study of the family and an analysis of changes in American society and their influence on family life. Also included is a focus on marriage and family therapy from a systems framework.
FAS440 Overview of Contemporary Families … 4 credits
This overview course is intended to provide the student with an understanding of families and their relationships to other institutions and an introduction to the family as a dynamic system. Specific attention will be given to: family forms and composition; ethnicity and cultural variations; dating and courtship, and marital choice; gender roles; demographic trends among families; institutional effects on families and vice versa; and family structures and functions
FAS441 Current Issues in Family Life Education … 4 credits
This course familiarizes the student with the study of various family problems, stressors, and changes prevalent in today's society. Selected family issues are examined in light of the family life educator's role. Included in the discussion are the developing nature of the profession, the family life education professional, various roles of the family life educator, and various theoretical stances that inform the family life educator's work with family problems and stressors. Attention will focus on expanding creatively the role and influence of family life education in various settings.
FAS442 Family Decision-Making and Resource Management … 2 credits
This course familiarizes the student with an understanding of the decisions individuals make about developing and allocating resources to meet their goals. The focus of the course is on internal dynamics of family decision-making processes and on the goal-directed behaviors of families in improving their quality of life.
FAS443 Parent Education … 2 credits
This course explores how parents teach, guide, and influence their children and adolescents. The course will emphasize parenting as a process, a responsibility, and a role that changes across the life span. Variations in parenting practices will be discussed in the context of building on strengths, empowering parents, and remaining sensitive to individual and community needs
FAS444 Family Law, Public Policy, and Applied Ethics … 4 credits
This course explores historical development of laws and public policy affecting families. Ethics and ethical implications of social change will be explored. Students will understand the legal definition of the family and laws that affect the status of the family. The course will focus on the role of the family life educator as an advocate for the well being of the family. The formation of social values, respect for the diversity of values, and the social consequences of value choices are discussed within a family life education framework.
FAS445 Leadership and Community Involvement … 3 credits
This course introduces students to a model of leadership that identifies partnerships in the community as a vital resource. The course will explore aspects of organizational advocacy and sensitivity to leadership and involvement in community programming. Specifically, students will explore the internal & external policy development that contributes to positive involvement. The course will focus on developing a concept of best practices in community settings and introduce the concept of ongoing learning that occurs from program assessment and evaluation (e.g., mentoring).
FAS446 Methodology in Family Life Education … 4 credits
This course provides the student with a conceptual framework for programming family life education. Students will apply the methodology of adult
learning to the broad principles of family life education. Attention is directed at developing the ability to plan, implement, and evaluate family life education programming. Through the lens of reflective practice, an emphasis is placed on educational methodology and leadership. In addition, networking with community agencies and the resources and challenges of technology in delivering family life education is explored.
FAS447 Growth and Development in Children … 4 credits
This course will familiarize the student with child and
adolescent developmental theories. Attention will focus on the physical, emotional, cognitive, social, moral, sexual, and spiritual development of the child and adolescent. Application of developmental concepts to family life education will be emphasized. The course will emphasize the child's position in the family life cycle.
PSY320 Adolescent Psychology. … 4 credits
This course examines developmental phenomena of adolescence, its physiological, emotional, cognitive, parent-child, social, vocational and religious dimensions, with opportunity for personal exposure to youth's needs and interacting societal institutions. The course will emphasize the adolescent's position in the family life cycle.
FAS448 Development in Adulthood … 4 credits
This course will familiarize the student with adult developmental and gerontological theory. Attention will focus on the physical, emotional, cognitive, social, moral, sexual, and spiritual development of the adult. Topics Application of developmental concepts across the life span to family life education will be emphasized
FAS449 Parent Education: Methods and Materials … 2 credits
This course explores issues of educating parents. Parenting is a process, and has a variety of rights, responsibilities, and roles that change across the life span. Needs of parents, the resources available, and the helpful interactions between the parent and the educator are discussed. Variations in parenting practices based on heritage, culture, and ethnicity are also reviewed.
FAS450 Intimate Relationships … 2 credits
This course examines the intimacy of human sexuality and relationships. Specific attention will focus on the emotional and psychological aspects of sexual involvement, sexual values and decision-making, the physiological and psychological components of the sexual response, and the influence of sexual involvement on interpersonal relationships.
FAS451 Family Communication and Relationships … 4 credits
This course familiarizes the student with an understanding of the psychological, spiritual, and social aspects of developing and maintaining
healthy interpersonal relationships. An emphasis will be placed on the physiological, psychological, social, and sexual development of relationships across the life span.
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