General Catalog 2002-2003
Posted April 4, 2002

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1450  Consumer and Family Finance (3) 
   Overview from the consumer's and family's perspective of financial decision-making strategies with respect to investment, housing, credit, and insurance. Financial planning to match needs and income (including debt counseling and bankruptsy). The role that government agencies play in protecting households' finances.

1500  Human Development in Context Across the Lifespan (3) Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Foundation.
   A survey examining development through the prenatal period and all stages of life. Consideration of physical, intellectural, and social development, with emphasis upon the influence of various contexts (e.g. family, culture, community, school).

2400  Family Relations Across the Life Course (3) Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Foundation.
   Provides an overview to family studies, including family theory, demography, and empirical research on relationship formation, marriage, parenting, post-parental families, and family problems.

2610  Understanding Children (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1500 or 3220. 
   Ecological approach to the examination of research theory and policy related to young children. Development of young children in the family, school, and broader cultural environments.

2620  Child Development Practicum (3) Co-requisites: FCS 2610 or 5170. 
   Under faculty supervision, students plan and implement learning experiences for young children. Ecological contexts of development, behavior, and learning in young children.

2621  Whole Child Telecourse (1 to 3) 
   A telecourse that focuses on child development and childcare during the early years.

2630  Development, Learning & Motivation in Middle Childhood (3) 
   This course will focus on the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and linguistic development characteristics of children and young adolescents (ages 5-13). Students will relate the major concepts, theories, and research associated with development of children and young adolescents to construct learning opportunities that support students' development, acquisition of knowledge, and motivation.

2640  Integrated Curriculum Methods (4) 
   This class is a curriculum and planning class. Special emphasis will be on the aesthetic domains of visual arts, music, dramatic play, movement and other creative outlets. This methods class will integrate basic skill development (literacy, math, science, etc.) with these creative learning strategies.

3180  Home, School, and Community Relations (3) 
   Family/home learning environment, school environments and Family/School/Community partnerships as they impact student academic achievement. Service-learning project involves tutoring in a school setting or community agency or application of home-process model.

3200  Research Methods in Family and Consumer Studies (4) 
   Basic research designs, measurement techniques, and methods of data collection used in social and behavioral science research, with special attention to fields relevant to FCS. Students analyze research reports and journal articles.

3210  Statistics in Family and Consumer Studies (4) Fulfills Quan Reason (Stat/Logic) & Quant Intensive BS.
   How to present and analyze data relevant to Family and Consumer Studies. Topics include means, standard deviations, T-tests, chi-square, ANOVA, regression analysis, correlations, and computer assignments.

3220  Development in Infancy and Childhood (3) Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Integration.
   In-depth examination of development through the prenatal period, infancy, and childhood. Consideration of physical, intellectural, and social development, with emphasis upon the child in various contexts (e.g. family, culture, school, community).

3240  Ecology of Family Belief Systems (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   People with different values and belief systems about families view similar policies, laws, problems, and issues regarding families in very different ways; implications of different belief systems for defining which families are strong and resilient and which families are at-risk and need society's assistence. Course examines and critiques issues surrounding contemporary families from conservative, liberal, and feminist perspectives prevalent in our society and the physical, social, political, and religious systems in which they are embedded. Service learning.

3270  Parent-Child Relationships (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1500. 
   Multidisciplinary perspectives on parent-child relationships over the family life cycle.

3290  Ethnic Minority Families (4) Cross listed as ETHNC 3290. Fulfills Diversity.
   An analysis of Mexican, African American, Asian American, Pacific American and American Indian families to explore their differences from mainstream families. In addition to their respective cultures and heritage, the problems they face and the solutions implemented through social policies will also be explored.

3420  Housing Policy and Issues (3) 
   Examines the social, economic, legal, and public policy aspects of housing in the United States.

3430  Introduction to Family Policy (3) 
   Provides an introduction to family policy, the legislative process, and policy evaluation. It addresses the role of social science research in assessing the effectiveness of policies related to housing, welfare, income support, domestic violence, adoption, reproduction, divorce, etc.

3440  Household Technology (3) 
   Examines the role household technology (e.g., washer, telephone, automobile) plays in inter- and intra-family interactions and household production and consumption.

3450  Family Economic Issues Across the Life Course (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3210 or MATH 1040. Fulfills Quant Intensive & Soc/Beh Science Integration.
   Introduction of the economic approach to family-decision making across the life course. Topics include consumption, saving, time allocation, human capital investment, housing, marriage, divorce, fertility, and retirement.

3470  International Consumer Policy (3) Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Integration.
   Examination of consumer problems and policies related to economic, political, and cultural systems in more and less developed countries. Attention to ways in which U.S. consumer policy has influenced and is influenced by other nations.

3600  Introduction to Consumer and Community Policy (3) Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Foundation.
   Study of national and local public policies that reflect consumer well-being and shape communities. Examples of topic areas covered are transportation, urban/suburban growth, housing, credit markets, energy use, retail marketing, and privacy.

3620  Environment and Behavior (3) Cross listed as PSYCH 3420. 
   Some sections taught as writing emphasis (see Writing Program for explanation); some sections taught with service-learning opportunities (see Bennion Center for explanation). Effects of built and natural environments on human behavior; how people use and affect the physical environment.

3630  Strengthening Homes and Families (3) Fulfills Comm/Wrtg & Soc/Beh Sci Integration.
   Building and preserving strong, resilient families and warm, open home environments to sustain them through respecful and supportive family relationships, interactions, communication, listening, and problem-solving. Emphasis on individual and family well-being and an awareness of the strengths of family systems as well as the challenges facing families in contemporary society. Related study of meaning of home and family; meaning and importance of family history and traditions; processes through which personal and family meaning is made and shared.

3650  Community Psychology and Environments (3) Cross listed as PSYCH 3650. Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Integration.
   The study and application of psychological solutions to community problems. It explores the relationships between stressful environments, supportive social systems, and individual and family well-being. It emphasizes values, practical research, organizational community, and societal-level action (e.g. prevention, self-help, empowerment, community services, underserved populations, public policy, social change) all focused on promoting the welfare of the community. The course also examines how the social sciences describe and analyze the impact of community settings, including street traffic, environmental hazards and disasters, disorder and crime and delinquency-related cues in the physical and social environment, neighborhood change, and opportunities to create more livable communities through better housing, planning and design.

3660  Environmental Contexts Across the Lifespan (3) 
   How well the physical environment meets the needs of individuals through life stages (preschoolers, working parents, retirees, etc.) and life changes (relocation, health problems). May focus on one life stage and include other age-related environmental problems, such as age-segregated housing.

3780  Evaluating and Disseminating Information (3) 
   Evaluating information for funding opportunities and/or disseminating to general public, educators, business or policy makers.

3904  Modes of Learning: Service Learning (1) 
   When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course content via service-learning experiences.

3905  Modes of Learning: Writing & Communication in FCS (1) 
   When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course content via intensive writing and/or oral communication exercises.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.

5110  Graduate Multivariate Statistics (3) Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Covers a range of topics on regression analysis. Topics include multiple regression, conducting regression diagnostics, multi-collinearity, interaction effects, repeated measures, and logistic regression. SAS computer assignments. Meets with FCS 6110.

5150  Administration and Supervision of Early Childhood Programs (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3150 and 5170. 
   Supervisory principles and intrastaff relations. Administrative functions in private and public pre-kindergarten programs.

5170  Creativity and Cognition in Young Children (3) 
   Ecological approach to the study of creativity and cognition in young children. Theory, research, and policy on creativity, intelligence assessment, and early learning.

5190  Early Childhood Internship (6) Prerequisite: FCS 2610 and 2620 and 5170. 
   An intensive supervised experience that is a pre-requisite to admission to the post-baccalaureate early childhood certification program. Students plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum in an early childhood setting.

5200  Families and Social Policy (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3430. 
   Relationship between the family and social environments emphasizing ecology and life-course frameworks in the dependency between the family and kin, school, neighborhood, work, class, and ethnic environments.

5210  Family Life Education (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3200. 
   Broad principles of family life education. Surveys models and methods for strengthening interpersonal and family relationships. Helps students plan, implement, and evaluate family life education programs.

5230  Adolescent Development in the Family (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1500 and 2400. 
   Interaction between parents and adolescents and effects of families on adolescent behavior; needs of families with adolescents.

5240  Adult Development and Family Relationships in Later Life (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1500 and 2400. 
   Examines issues related to adult development, intergenerational relationships, grandparenting, and family caregiving in middle and later life.

5250  Theories of Human Development (3) Prerequisite: FCS 2400 and 1500 and 3200. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   In-depth examination of theories fundamental to the study of human development. Seminar format; discussion intensive.

5280  Divorce and Remarriage (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1500 and 2400. 
   Covers the process and dynamics of divorce and remarriage for adults and their children.

5311  Childhood Health Care I (3) Prerequisites: FCS 1500 and 2400 and 3220. Must see department advisor for additional requirements. 
   Junior or senior status with 20 hours of human development courses. Psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, and families in health-care contexts. Topics include an introduction to the field of child life.

5312  Childhood Health Care II (3) Prerequisite: FCS 5311. 
   Junior or senior status with hours of human development courses. Techniques for helping children, adolescents, family members to cope effectively with health-care situations.

5350  Family Theories (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1500 and 2400. 
   Discussion and analysis of major theories about the family. Emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives.

5360  Family Law (3) 
   An examination of how laws define structure and policy regarding domestic relations. Topics covered include marriage, divorce, child custody, child support, paternity, domestic violence, and adoption.

5370  Family Violence (3) 
   Multidisciplinary study of family violence and abuse including abuse and neglect of children, spouses, and the elderly; psychological, verbal, and sexual abuse, and courtship violence. Different theoretical perspectives for understanding violence in the family; current policy, treatment, and prevention efforts; controversies in studying family violence.

5380  Family Problems (3) 
   Examines the social science research in the area of family crisis. Specifically, this course examines problems associated with poverty, violence, divorce, delinquency, death etc.

5390  Gender and Minorities Across the Lifespan (3) Cross listed as GNDR 5390, ETHNC 5290. Prerequisite: FCS 3290 or ETHNC 3290. Fulfills Diversity.
   The primary objective of this class is to analyze the distinctive ways women and minorities experience major life events across the lifespan. The course has three sections: 1) child development as related to gender socialization and racial identity; 2) adolescence and its connection with teen pregnancy, racial attitudes among minority youths, and biculturalism and acculturation among minority adolescents; and 3) adult development and aging among women and elderly of color. Literatures are drawn from psychology, sociology, gender studies, race relations, and ethnic studies.

5400  Families and Economic Policy (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3450. 
   Economic and political influences on family resource-allocation patterns and interest-group efforts to alter constraints imposed by these policies. Examples drawn from a variety of policies including child care, marriage, divorce, welfare, and retirement.

5410  Consumer Protection (3) Prerequisite: FCS 1400. 
   This course explores government law, regulation, policies, and enforcement agencies as they relate to consumer protection.

5430  Families, Consumers, and Health (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3200 and either FCS 3620 or PSYCH 3420. 
   Covers two broad areas: the interplay among health care delivery, government policy, and consumers, and the role families play in affecting the health of family members. Content emphasis will vary according to the instructor.

5440  Consumers, Markets, and Government (4) Prerequisite: FCS 3210 or MATH 1040. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   The economics and politics of advancing the consumer interest in the marketplace. Market structure, government anti-trust policy, economic regulation, health and safety regulation, and information disclosure as they influence consumer welfare. Examples drawn from a variety of markets including broadcast communications, transportation, and telecommunications.

5450  Economics of Family Decision Making (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3450. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Applications of economic theories and models to analyze family decision-making process. Topics include consumption of goods and services, time allocation to labor, leisure and household production, and economics of marriage and fertility.

5600  Physical Environments and Human Behavior (3) 
   Reviews and connects research, policies, and physical designs for a variety of physical settings (homes, workplaces, communities) and sociophysical processes (stress, fear of crime, privacy, recreation, place attachment). Often involves vulnerable populations (women, children, elders, minorities) and is tailored to student interests.

5610  Gender, Race, Class, and the Physical Environment (3) Cross listed as ETHNC 5610, GNDR 5610. 
   Examines gender, race, and class as major analytical categories. Students will study how the division of labor, race relations, and the prevailing patriarchal ideologies shape the design of the homes, the development of communities, and the adaptation of women and people of color to the prevailing spatial and social arrangements.

5620  Advanced Environment and Behavior (2 to 3) Prerequisite: FCS 3200 and either FCS 3620 or PSYCH 3420. 
   Meets with FCS 5620, FCS 6620, PSYCH 5400, and PSYCH 6400. Graduate students should enroll in a 6000 level section and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Some sections taught with service learning emphasis; see Bennion Center for details. Study of selected environmental settings and environment and behavior processes.

5650  Housing and Community Development (3) Cross listed as URBPL 5300. Prerequisite: FCS 3600. 
   Revitalization of central cities and neighborhoods; programs and techniques for community environmental, social, and economic development; policies regulating the financing, production, consumption, and preservation of market and low-income housing.

5700  Methods of Environmental Analysis (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3200 or ARCH Majors. 
   Methods for analyzing physical environments that consider the needs of individuals, families, or communities. Students conduct team research projects to assist community groups or agencies. Final reports are given to these community partners. Service-learning optional.

5730  Community and Environmental Change (3) 
   Focuses on the ways in which ordinary people can become involved in creating physical environments (such as neighborhoods, new housing, work-places, schools, parks, playgrounds, and other institutional settings and public spaces) that are responsive to the needs of users (individuals, families, communities); how communities can deal with environmental hazards and crime and disorder; the roles of environmental impact statements, zoning laws and master plans, neighborhood organizations and resources; and ways of collaborating with designers and buildings. The main focus will be on practical intervention strategies (working with urban planners and architects, policy-makers, and community organizers and leaders).

5920  Field Training (1 to 4) 

5930  Service-Learning Capstone (3) Prerequisite: FCS 5920. 
   Serves as a follow-up to both group projects in service-learning classes and individual field training. It is intended as a 'capstone' course to help any student who has already taken an appropriate (i.e. service-related), for-credit field experience to further reflect on, integrate, and process that experience and to facilitate or improve the ongoing application of prior projects. Topics to be covered include practicalities of both voluntary and career-oriented service work, sociological and political implications of the experience, and the philosophy and social psychology of community service and civic education. The project for this class will be to follow up on the student's prior field experience (e.g. to assess its impact or plan for its improvement and/or institutionalization or dissemination).

5950  Independent Study (1 to 4) 
   Independent in-depth project under direction of faculty. May include field work.

5962  Special Topics in Human Development and Family Studies (1 to 5) 
   Specific content varies.

5964  Special Topics in Consumer Studies and Family Economics (1 to 5) 
   Specific content varies.

5966  Special Topics in Environment and Behavior (1 to 5) 
   Specific content varies.

5969  Special Topics in Statistics (1 to 6) Cross listed as MGT 5969, ED PS 5969, FP MD 5969, MATH 5969, ECON 5969, PSYCH 5969, SOC 5969, STAT 5969. 
   Topics vary. Taught by members of the University Statistics Committee. Check current class schedule for cross-listings.

6100  Graduate Research Methods (4) Prerequisite: FCS 3200. 
   In-depth examination of research design. Students learn how to plan and propose experimental, quasi-experimental, and passive-observational research, using survey, observational, and qualitative approaches to data-gathering. Meets with FCS 5100.

6110  Graduate Multivariate Statistics (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3210. 
   Course covers a range of topics on regression analysis. Topics include multiple regression, conducting regression diagnostics, multi-collinearity, interaction effects, repeated measures, and logistic regression. SAS computer assignments. Meets with FCS 5110.

6200  Families and Social Policy (3) 
   Relationship between the family and social environments emphasizing ecology and life-course frameworks in the dependency between the family and kin, school, neighborhood, work, class, and ethnic environments.

6400  Families and Economic Policy (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3450. 
   Economic and political influences on family resource-allocation patterns and interest-group efforts to alter constraints imposed by these policies. Examples drawn from a variety of policies including child care, marriage, divorce, welfare, and retirement.

6600  Physical Environments and Human Behavior (3) 
   Reviews and connects research, policies, and physical designs for a variety of physical settings (homes, workplaces, communities) and sociophysical processes (stress, fear of crime, privacy, recreation, place attachment). Often involves vulnerable populations (women, children, elders, minorities) and is tailored to student interests.

6620  Advanced Environment and Behavior (3) Prerequisite: FCS 3620 or PSYCH 3420. 
   Meets with FCS 5620, FCS 6620, PSYCH 5400, and PSYCH 6400. Graduate students should enroll in a 6000-level section, and they will be held to a higher standard or do additional work. Some sections taught with service-learning emphasis; see Bennion Center for details. Study of selected environmental settings and environment and behavior processes.

6650  Advanced Community Psychology (3) Cross listed as PSYCH 6650. 
   The study and application of psychological solutions to community problems and relationships between community environments and indivual and family well-being. Graduate students should enroll at the 6000 level and will be held to higher standards or do additional work Some sections service-learning.

6901  Thesis Development Seminar I (1) 
   Development, presentation, critique, and refinement of thesis proposals by graduate students under faculty supervision.

6902  Thesis Development Seminar II (2) 
   Development, presentation, critique, and refinement of thesis proposals by graduate students under faculty supervision.

6950  Individual Research (1 to 6) 
   Individual research projects under the supervision of faculty.

6960  Special Topics in Family Ecology (1 to 3) 
   Specific content varies.

6970  Thesis Research: Master's (1 to 6) 

6980  Faculty Consultation (1 to 3) 
   Graduate level thesis research.