Family Development
Not available to Family Development majors, Child Development majors,
or Child and Family Development majors. 
(18 semester hours)

The student who graduates with a minor in Family Development will be able to:

• Examine theories concerning general psychology.
• Compare and contrast the various familial structures and relationships.
• Explain and integrate current theoretical explanations of family dynamics.
• Examine the meaning of and contributors to the development and maintenance of familial relationships.
• Compare and contrast theoretical and cross-cultural approaches to family dynamics and explain how the similarities and differences could be used as a family life professional.
• Identify the key professional family life organizations and explain their impact on family life in America.
• Recognize and discuss how social forces influence family definitions, composition, and change.
• Examine trends in family formation and dissolution within the context of social change and changing definitions of “family”.
• Evaluate and think critically about the family as a social institution.

SO210 / CFD 225 - Introduction to the American Family
PY340 / CFD 340 - Family Development
PY343 / PSY 343 - Adult Development
PY345 / CFD 445 - Family Communication
SO412 / SOC 421 - Sociology of the Family
SS134 / PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology (Prerequisite)