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Graduate Family Courses

The following are graduate level family-related courses offered fall 2007:

Family and Child Ecology

  • Family Ecosystems (FCE 801)
  • Tues. 5:30 - 8:20 p.m. | 100 Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: L. Phenice
  • Description: Family viewed from ecosystems perspective. Assessment tools used to analyze family systems.
  • Theories of Human Development (FCE 810)
  • Mon. 6:00 - 8:50 p.m. | 108 Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: H. Brophy-Herb
  • Description: Major theories of development; research findings and the validity of theoretical positions.
  • Adulthood and Aging in the Family: Ecological Perspectives (FCE 813)
  • Wed. 9:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | 119B Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: L. Schiamberg
  • Description: Adult development and aging in the contexts of family and community. Family relationships in adulthood and aging.
  • Families with Special Needs Children: An Ecological Perspectives (FCE 825)
  • Thurs. 6:00 - 8:50 p.m. | 318 Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: E. Onaga
  • Description: Partnerships between professionals and families to serve children with disabilities.
  • Survey of Marriage and Family Therapy Theories (FCE 830)
  • Tues. 12:40 - 3:30 p.m. | 208 Olds Hall
  • Instructor: R. Parra
  • Description: Contemporary ecosystem theories of marriage and family therapy.
  • Foundations of Family Study (FCE 845)
  • Mon. 3:00 - 5:50 p.m. | 103 Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: B. Ames
  • Description: Historical and cultural perspectives of the family. Conceptual approaches to family study. Sensitivity to family diversity. Key issues related to the life cycle. Field observations required.
  • Theories of Management and Decision Making in the Family (FCE 850)
  • Thurs. 6:00 - 8:50 p.m. | 300 Human Ecology Bldg.
  • Instructor: L. Phenice
  • Description: Theories of decision making in the context of family management. Application to human resource development in the family. Integrated ecological approach.
  • Methods of Teaching Adults (FCE 871)
  • Tues. 6:00 - 8:50 p.m. | 210B Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: J. Miller
  • Description: Uses of human and family ecological perspectives in teaching adult audiences.
  • Advanced Marriage and Family Therapy Theories (FCE 902)
  • Thurs. 9:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | 210B Berkey Hall
  • Instructor: M. Carolan
  • Description: Selected theoretical perspectives in marriage and family therapy and related therapy techniques.
  • Family Ecology Theory Construction (FCE 904)
  • Thurs. 6:00 - 8:50 p.m. | 104 Giltner Hall
  • Instructor: R. Griffore
  • Description: Integration and application of concepts in constructing family ecology theory. Theory development strategies.
  • SPSS and Secondary Data Analysis (FCE 981)
  • Wed. 3:00 - 5:50 p.m. | 102 Human Ecology Bldg.
  • Instructor: T. Luster
  • Description: Data analysis with SPSS. Interpretation of statistical output. Research project with existing data set.

Law

  • Family Law I: Marriage and Divorce (LAW 541E)
  • Mon. and Wed. 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
  • Instructor: C.L.Starnes
  • Description: The study of the substantive requirements of marriage, divorce, allocation of property, alimony, child custody, ante nuptial agreements, & separation agreements.

Social Work

  • Substance Abuse (SW 892 002)
  • Wed. 6:00 – 8:50 p.m. |
  • Instructor: Staff
  • Description: Selected professional issues, trends, programs, research, or methods in social work.
  • Perspectives of Death, Dying, and End-of-life Care (SW 892 003)
  • Wed. 6:00 – 8:50 p.m. |
  • Instructor: M. Rodriguez LeSage
  • Description: Knowledge, skills, and values/ethics considered important to death, dying, and end-of-life care from an interdisciplinary perspective with a social work emphasis. Students examine and reflect upon their own and others’ values and perspectives of death, dying, and end-of-life care. Includes aspects of diversity (e.g., ethnicity and culture, age, class, race, gender, sexual orientation, ablement, religion, and national origin).
  • Clinical Social Work Practice II (SW 851)
  • Instructor: M. Barron; J. McFall; T. Timm
  • Description: Conceptual frameworks for clinical social work practice with families and small groups. Intervention strategies, techniques, and practice issues in prevention and treatment. Open only to graduate social work students.
  • Advanced Clinical Social Work with Families (SW 871)
  • Instructor: J. Mooradian
  • Description: Dyadic and family intervention skills building on knowledge base provided in SW 850 and 851. Case problem solving in empirically-based practice. Requires concurrent enrollment with SW 851

Sociology

  • Contemporary Social Research in the Family (SOC 820)
  • Instructor: Z. Zhang
  • Description: Family structure, marital attitudes, and social policy.
  • African American Family: Topics in Structural Inequality (SOC 931-1)
  • Instructor: H. McAdoo
  • Description: Current research on socioeconomic class, gender inequality, racial and ethnic inequality, power structures, social conflict, urban dynamics, or social change.