Course Details
Course Code: DEFM332 Course ID: 3447 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of managing transitions, with a focus on those issues incumbent on the military family. Course topics include change and choice, psychology of the self, interpersonal relations, health, dysfunction, grief, and building a life-career. Particular attention is focused on these topics' application to the military family lifestyle, to include deployment separation, reunion, marriage and family, parenting, military casualty, and life-career. The following questions appear as themes throughout the course: what is transition; what transitions do military families experience; what are the affects on the body, mind, spirit, and interpersonal relationships; what is resilience; and how does one create a plan to strengthen resilience?
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Start Month | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/29/2022 - 09/02/2022 | 09/05/2022 - 10/30/2022 | September | Summer 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 06/28/2022 - 12/02/2022 | 12/05/2022 - 01/29/2023 | December | Fall 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
LO-1 Understand the nature of the transition from the military as a process.
LO-2 Discuss the military family lifestyle to include deployment, separation, reunion, marriage and family, parenting, and military casualty.
LO-3 Describe the evolution of the adult life cycle process, with focus on military organizations.
LO-4 Describe resilience and how it applies to the military member, specifically during transitions.
LO-5 Understand how families cope with change
LO-6 Discuss grief and the cycles used to describe grief
LO-7 Explore the process of parental stress and how it affects the family system
LO-8 Understand how economic stressors affect family systems
LO-9 Comprehend how families are effected from everyday stressors and external traumas
| Name | Grade % |
|---|---|
| Discussions | 50.00 % |
| Week 1: Introductions and Reflection on Military Families | 6.25 % |
| Week 2: Military Family Challenges | 6.25 % |
| Week 3: Parental Stress | 6.25 % |
| Week 4: Uniqueness of Families | 6.25 % |
| Week 5: Grief and Loss | 6.25 % |
| Week 6: Economic stress factors | 6.25 % |
| Week 7: Planning a Program | 6.25 % |
| Week 8: Research Reflection | 6.25 % |
| Topic and Proposal | 5.00 % |
| Week 2 - Identify Research Topic and Proposal | 5.00 % |
| Outline | 10.00 % |
| Week 4 - Detailed Paper Outline | 10.00 % |
| Title Page & Abstract | 10.00 % |
| Week 5 - Abstract and Title Page | 10.00 % |
| Final Paper | 25.00 % |
| Week 7 - Full Research Paper | 25.00 % |
LO-1 Understand the nature of the transition from the military as a process.
LO-2 Discuss the military family lifestyle to include deployment, separation, reunion, marriage and family, parenting, and military casualty.
LO-3 Describe the evolution of the adult life cycle process, with focus on military organizations.
LO-4 Describe resilience and how it applies to the military member, specifically during transitions.
LO-5 Understand how families cope with change
LO-6 Discuss grief and the cycles used to describe grief
LO-7 Explore the process of parental stress and how it affects the family system
LO-8 Understand how economic stressors affect family systems
LO-9 Comprehend how families are effected from everyday stressors and external traumas
| Book Title: | Various resources from the APUS Library & the Open Web are used. Please visit http://apus.libguides.com/er.php to locate the course eReserve. |
| Author: | No Author Specified |