Family Studies Certificate
(15 semester hours)

Objectives

• Discuss the dynamics and cultural influences, such as ethnicity, within a family unit.
•  Apply theoretical approaches to child rearing in families.
• Utilize practical skills for working with children and parents.
• Identify and examine the aging process and its effects on a family.
•  Outline and discuss strategies and practices of healthy and effective marriages and family relations.

PY340 / CFD 340 - Family Development
Choose 12 Credit Hours from:
CJ322 / CRJ 322 - Crime and the Family
MM311 / DEF 332 - Transition and the Military Family
PY307 / PY313 / CFD 307 - Child Psychology / Child and Adolescent Development
PY345 / CFD 445 - Family Communications
PY346 / SO346 / CFD 446 - Family Law and Policy / Families and Social Action
PY373 / CFD 348 - Marriage and the Family
PY384 / CFD 331 - Parenting
PY470 / CFD 420 - Intergenerational Trauma and Family Dynamics
SO412 / SOC 421- Sociology of the Family
SO210 / CFD 225 - Introduction to the American Family
SO360 / CFD 360 - Family Resource Management