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ENVS 6910 - Directed Study
1-6 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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ENVS 6960 - Graduate General Ecology
4 credits
General concepts, history, and issues in all major areas of the science of ecology including: environmental biophysics; and physiological, behavioral, evolutionary, community, ecosystem, and applied ecology in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Cross-listed as: BIOL 6960 , PSC 6960 , WATS 6960 , and WILD 6960 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
4 |
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ENVS 6970 - Thesis Research
1-12 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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ENVS 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9 |
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ENVS 7000 - Theoretical Foundations in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management
3 credits
Overview of interdisciplinary theories and frameworks concerning how human societies affect, and are affected by, ecosystem processes at local, regional, and global scales. Focuses on systems theory, social and environmental sustainability, and scientific integration for ecosystem planning, policy, and management.
Cross-listed as: ENVS 6000 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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ENVS 7300 - Social and Environmental Psychology of Natural Resources
3 credits
Examines how people respond as individuals to nature and environmental phenomena, drawing on theory and research from social psychology, environmental psychology, and behavior analysis. Emphasizes applications to knowledge, attitude, and behavior change strategies for improving environmental sustainability.
Cross-listed as: ENVS 6300 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ENVS 7320 - Water Law and Policy in the United States
3 credits
Introduction to policies, laws, institutions, and practices guiding western water allocation, emphasizing how to efficiently and equitably allocate increasingly scarce supplies. Explores reserved water rights, water markets, stream adjudication, public trust doctrine, basinwide management, and riparian management.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ENVS 7700 - Research Approaches in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management
3 credits
Experience conceptualizing and prioritizing research problems involving human societies and ecosystems. Reviews approaches for creating and testing interdisciplinary hypotheses pertaining to human-ecosystem interactions. Explores methods for integrating social and biophysical data.
Cross-listed as: ENVS 6700 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ENVS 7800 - Environment and Society Departmental Seminar
1 credit
Cross-listed as: ENVS 6800
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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ENVS 7810 - Research Techniques in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Science and Management
3 credits
Experience using various quantitative and qualitative techniques and tools to collect and analyze data in research projects focused on human-ecosystem interactions. Topics range from survey sampling to use of simulation models and spatial statistics involving Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Cross-listed as: ENVS 6810 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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ENVS 7830 - Graduate Student Publishing Seminar
2 credits
Grounds graduate students of the natural resources and environmental sciences in the processes of academic publishing and helps them to start early in their programs to build their resumes of published articles.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
2 |
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ENVS 7840 - Graduate Introductory Seminar for Environment and Society
1 credit
Each faculty member meets with first-year graduate students in a seminar format to review and discuss in depth the faculty member’s area of academic specialization.
Cross-listed as: ENVS 6840 .
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
1 |
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ENVS 7900 - Graduate Special Topics
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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ENVS 7910 - Directed Study
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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ENVS 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-12 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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ENVS 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-9 |
Family, Consumer, and Human Development |
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FCHD 1010 - Balancing Work and Family (BSS)
BSS Breadth Social Sciences
3 credits
Introduces students to issues facing families trying to balance work with family responsibilities. Examines integration of work and family across areas of marriage and family relationships, financial management, and child development and parenting.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 1100 - Critical Issues in Family, Consumer, and Human Development
1 credit
Introduction to the majors, minors, emphases, and disciplines in family, consumer, and human development. Emphasizes career opportunities and how scholars in this field address critical social issues.
1 |
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FCHD 1500 - Human Development Across the Lifespan (BSS)
BSS Breadth Social Sciences
3 credits
Overview of human development across the lifespan, from conception to death.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 2000 - Careers and Life Planning in FCHD
3 credits
Career planning specific to FCHD including Human Development, Family Relations, and Family Finance. Career options from faculty and recent graduates along with creating a plan to maximize college experience.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 2030 - PE for Young Children
2 credits
A course for early childhood and elementary students which combines the philosophy of physical education with the practical planning and implementing of physical education experiences for children in the primary and elementary.
Campus: USU Eastern only
2 |
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FCHD 2100 - Family Resource Management
3 credits
Explores the significance of values, goals, planning, and decision-making strategies in the development, management, and allocation of human, economic, and environmental resources.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 2200 - Introductory Workshop in Family, Consumer, and Human Development
1-12 credits
Introductory workshop. Topics of discussion vary each semester.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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FCHD 2400 - Marriage and Family Relationships (BSS)
BSS Breadth Social Sciences
3 credits
Overview of couple and family relationships, including marriage, child bearing and rearing, intergenerational relationships, and alternative family forms.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 2450 - Consumer and Family Economic Issues (BSS)
BSS Breadth Social Sciences
3 credits
Content will cover issues that are related to the economic well-being of individuals, families, and consumers in the market place. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to be an effective consumer in marketplace transactions.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 2510 - Child Development Birth to Eight
3 credits
A required course for all early childhood and elementary education students which focuses on developmental characteristics, developmental processes, events and circumstances that influence the young child from birth through eight years of age. Special emphasis is on research that stresses the importance of development in the guidance and education of infants and young children.
Campus: USU Eastern only
3 |
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FCHD 2600 - Seminar in Early Childhood Education
2 credits
Orientation to the profession of early childhood education, current philosophies, teaching techniques, and approaches to curricula found in programs for young children.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to teacher education or permission of instructor.
Corequisite: FCHD 2630
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
2 |
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FCHD 2620 - Planning Creative Experiences for Young Children
3 credits
A course for early childhood and elementary education students covering the development and use of creative materials, equipment, and the skills needed to plan and teach age, individually, and developmentally appropriate curriculum for young children. Lab experience to be arranged (2 hours per week)
Prerequisite/Restriction: and
Campus: USU Eastern only
3 |
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FCHD 2625 - Administration of Early Childhood Programs
2 credits
A required course for students seeking a certificate in early childhood development. Basic management principles in directing a preschool or child care program will be covered, including budgeting, personnel, building and equipment, licensing and health and safety as they pertain to early childhood programs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and and
Campus: USU Eastern only
2 |
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FCHD 2627 - Storytelling
3 credits
Required by all early childhood students. Introduces students to the selection of literature for young children, and the telling of children’s stories in a classroom setting. Emphasis is on the developmental needs of children and teaching opportunities afforded the teacher.
Campus: USU Eastern only
3 |
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FCHD 2630 - Practicum in Early Childhood Education
2-5 credits
Students participate in developmentally appropriate preschool programs as classroom aides.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to teacher education or instructor’s permission.
Corequisite: FCHD 2600 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
2-5 |
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FCHD 2631 - Teaching Seminar
1 credit
A seminar for education students in the practicum teaching laboratory experience. The seminar format is used to discuss the strengths and challenges associated with teaching. Individualized training plans are developed, along with their application to the teaching of young children.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and and and
Corequisite:
Campus: USU Eastern only
1 |
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FCHD 2660 - Parenting and Child Guidance (HR)
HR Human Relations
3 credits
Review of parenting styles and child guidance philosophies with emphasis on principles and techniques. Child abuse will also be reviewed.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 2977 - Cooperative Education
1-3 credits
Provides supervised on-the-job training in family life studies. The student meets with the instructor/coordinator periodically during the course to determine and evaluate learning objectives, hours to be worked and credit agreements.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor
Campus: USU Eastern only
1-3 |
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FCHD 2988 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
Individual work approved by instructor. Time and credit will be arranged.
Campus: USU Eastern only
1-3 |
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FCHD 2999 - Workshop
1-3 credits
Designed to meet the changing needs of the student in Family Life
Campus: USU Eastern only
1-3 |
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FCHD 3100 - Abuse and Neglect in Family Context
3 credits
Causes, treatment, and laws regarding family violence, including child abuse and neglect, partner abuse, and elder abuse.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Sophomore standing, FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2400 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3110 - Human Sexuality
3 credits
Development and expression of human sexual values, attitudes, and behaviors in family and cultural contexts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2400 ; fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; and junior standing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 3130 - Research Methods (QI)
QI Quantitative Intensive
3 credits
Common methodologies used in current family and human development research. Emphasis on becoming a knowledgeable and informed consumer of research.
Prerequisite/Restriction: STAT 1040 . Enrollment limited to FCS and FCHD majors only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3210 - Families and Cultural Diversity (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Similarities and differences in family patterns and functions in terms of race and ethnicity, gender, social class, and international development.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2400 , and fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement. Enrollment limited to FCHD majors only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3280 - Economic Issues for Individuals and Families
3 credits
Focuses on issues related to economic well-being of individuals and families, with special emphasis on income and wealth, poverty, consumption and saving, work and leisure, human capital investment, and aging.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3310 - Consumer Policy
3 credits
Examines different tools for policy analysis. Provides conceptual and analytical framework for understanding the role of consumer sciences professionals as political actors and the potential to influence the shaping of public policy, particularly consumer and government policies.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3340 - Housing: Societal and Environmental Issues
3 credits
Studies housing in the contemporary U.S., including affordability, access, expectations, aesthetic considerations, and effects of public and private policies on housing choices.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 3350 - Family Finance (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Overview of financial topics including financial goals, record keeping, budgeting, saving, insurance, taxes, use of credit, credit reports, mortgages, investments, retirement, fraud and financial planning.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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FCHD 3450 - Consumer Credit Problems
3 credits
Consumer credit problems, debt reduction strategies, credit collection policies and practices, bankruptcy, and government assistance programs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 3500 - Infancy and Childhood
3 credits
Development and growth of the child from conception to eight years. Physical, social, cognitive, and emotional growth; and parenting skills.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 1500 and junior standing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3510 - Infancy and Early Childhood
3 credits
Development and growth of the child from conception to five years. Physical, social, and emotional growth; and parenting skills.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2660 .
Corequisite:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3520 - Children in the Middle Years
3 credits
Growth and development of normal children. Guidance principles related to behavior of children at these age levels.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2660 .
Corequisite:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 3530 - Adolescence
3 credits
3 Social, psychological, and physical aspects of adolescence in modern societies. Social and cultural expectations and influences on adolescents stemming from the family, peers, school, and the community.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 1500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3540 - Adult Development and Aging
3 credits
Interdisciplinary perspective on developmental issues in adulthood and old age. Biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial changes in older adults in family, community, cultural, and socio-political contexts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 1500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 3550 - Infant Lab
1 credit
Practical experience in laboratory setting with children birth through 2 years. Lab supplements/complements course content of FCHD 3500 .
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2660 .
Corequisite: FCHD 3500
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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FCHD 3560 - Middle Childhood Lab
1 credit
Practical experience in laboratory setting with children in the middle years. Lab supplements/complements course content of FCHD 3570 .
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, FCHD 1500 , FCHD 2660
Corequisite: FCHD 3570
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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FCHD 3570 - Youth and Adolescence
3 credits
Social, psychological, and physical aspects of childhood and adolescence in modern societies. Social and cultural expectations and influences on childhood and adolescents stemming from the family, peers, school, and the community.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 1500 and junior standing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 4220 - Family Crises and Interventions
3 credits
Normative and nonnormative stressors provoking individual and family crises with emphasis on domestic violence. Principles and techniques for family interventions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, FCHD 2400 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 4230 - Family and Social Policy
3 credits
Local, state, and federal policies with implications for individuals and families across the lifespan.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, FCHD 2400 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 4240 - Social and Family Gerontology
3 credits
Social, cultural, and family contexts of aging. Intergenerational family relations in later life. Social policies and services affecting older adults and their families.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 2400 , FCHD 3540 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 4330 - Family Finance Career Seminar
1 credit
Exploration of career options through readings, guest lecturers, interviews of practitioners, and development of an internship and career plan.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
1 |
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FCHD 4350 - Advanced Family Finance
3 credits
Managing personal and family financial resources to achieve goals relating to investments, retirement, and estate planning.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 4400 - Research Practicum in FCHD
1-12 credits
Provides placement experience in applying skills and knowledge in a research setting.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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FCHD 4460 - Financial Counseling
3 credits
Development and application of financial counseling and presentation skills. Analysis of various financial problems and development of appropriate solutions and resources.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3350 , FCHD 3450 . Enrollment limited to FCHD majors with a Family Finance Emphasis.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 4550 - Preschool Methods and Curriculum
3 credits
Use of materials, equipment, and activities in planning and implementing curricula for preschool children.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 1500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 4800 - Senior Project
3 credits
Project in area of student’s choice, selected and prepared in conjunction with an advisor from the FCHD faculty.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Senior standing and enrollment in FCHD major.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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FCHD 4820 - Current Issues in Family Life Studies
3 credits
Explores history, purpose, impact, and contemporary status of family life studies. Discussion of current issues, policies, ethics, and approaches to family life studies. Development of empirically-informed and methodologically-sound plans and strategies.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to Family Life Studies majors.
Campus: Online.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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FCHD 4830 - Senior Capstone Project
3 credits
Capstone course for the family life studies format. Prepares students as professionals, while providing professional development through research, teaching, and outreach. Development documented in portfolio, which is submitted and graded as the final senior project.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Approval of advisor. Enrollment limited to Family Life Studies majors. Background check required.
Campus: Online.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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FCHD 4900 - Pre-Practicum Skills (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
1 credit
Acquisition and integration of interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, domestic violence reporting laws, and ethical decision-making.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to FCHD majors only. Junior standing, FCHD 2660 , and fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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FCHD 4940 - Gerontology Integration
1 credit
Integration of gerontology coursework and practicum. Written paper requires approval by FCHD Gerontology Coordinator.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1 |
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FCHD 4950 - Practicum: Consumer Science
1-12 credits
Placement experience in applying skills and knowledge in community agencies. The application deadlines are: February 15 for fall semester, June 15 for spring semester, and October 15 for summer semester.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, completion of 24 credits in major. Enrollment limited to Family and Consumer Sciences majors who have at least junior standing, or to FCHD majors with a Family Finance Emphasis, who have completed at least 30 credits in the major.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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FCHD 4960 - Practice Teaching in Child Development Laboratories
3 or 6 credits
Intensive teaching practicum in the Child Development Lab program. Students must sign up at least three full semesters in advance in FL 205.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, FCHD 4550 , and permission of department.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 or 6 |
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FCHD 4970 - Gerontology Practicum
3 credits
Placement experience in gerontology settings. Practical opportunities to apply theory, knowledge, and skills. Apply one semester in advance. The application deadlines are: February 15 for fall semester, June 15 for spring semester, and October 15 for summer semester.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Senior standing and FCHD 3540 , FCHD 4240 .
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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FCHD 4980 - Practicum
1-12 credits
Placement experience in applying skills and knowledge in community agencies. The application deadlines are: February 15 for fall semester, June 15 for spring semester, and October 15 for summer semester.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing and FCHD 4900 ; must have completed a total of 30 FCHD credits and the practicum application. Enrollment limited to FCHD majors only.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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FCHD 4990 - Readings and Conference
1-6 credits
Directed independent study of topics preselected by faculty and student.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor required before registration.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-6 |
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FCHD 5340 - Housing Finance and Regulations
3 credits
Exploration of mortgage loan industry, with in-depth examination of various lending products and procedures. Study of regulations affecting housing, including Fair Housing, predatory lending, and mortgage default.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3340 , FCHD 3350 . Enrollment limited to Family, Consumer, and Human Development majors and Family and Consumer Sciences majors.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 5540 - Family Life Education Methods
3 credits
Introductory course focused on theory, principles, and skills necessary to prepare, present, and evaluate family life education programs and workshops.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Junior standing, FCHD 1500 and FCHD 2400 . Enrollment limited to FCHD majors only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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FCHD 5550 - Interdisciplinary Workshop
1-3 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-3 |
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FCHD 5950 - Financial Counseling Practicum
3 credits
Students apply knowledge by conducting one-on-one counseling sessions, observing other session, and teaching workshops. Students develop management, communication, and counseling skills. Students should sign upon being admitted to the Family Finance Emphasis. The application deadlines are April 15 for fall, August 15 for spring, and January 15 for summer.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 4460 , FCHD 5340 . Enrollment limited to FCHD majors with a Family Finance Emphasis.
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 |
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FCHD 6010 - Survey: Family Relations
3 credits
Overview and critique of substantive areas of research in marriage and the family.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 2400 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 6020 - Survey of Human Development Research
3 credits
Examines contemporary research and developmental issues. Highlights social development from social-historical and social change framework.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 1500 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 6030 - Research Methods
3 credits
Overview of methods for studying family relations and human development, including sampling, measurement, research design, and data analyses/interpretations.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3130 or equivalent. Research proposal required.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 6032 - Research Methods II: Measurement in Family Studies and Human Development
3 credits
Provide an overview of methods and statistical tools for establishing psychometric properties and for presenting and interpreting psychometric information. This course will also explore the essentials of measurement.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 6030
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6040 - Family Economics
3 credits
Examination of contemporary research and current issues in family economics.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 6045 - Family Finance for Practitioners
3 credits
Provide students in Family Relations and Human Development with an understanding of the relational aspect of money within families from a systemic approach. Content will cover how individuals and families communicate about money, cognitive and emotional biases in financial decision making and/or money scripts/financial socialization affect individual’s behaviors.
Cross-listed as: FCHD 7045
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Even Years
3 |
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FCHD 6050 - Consumer Science Theories
3 credits
Critical review and assessment of theories in consumer science.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6060 - Human Development Theories
3 credits
Overview of major developmental theories, including contributions from philosophical, personality, and learning theories. Explores epistemology, ethology, and systems theories relating to human development.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 1500 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6070 - Family Theories
3 credits
Critical review and assessment of theories in family research, along with construction and application of family theory.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 2400 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6080 - Professional Development
3 credits
Capstone course for graduate students, emphasizing issues related to professional development (e.g., grant writing, publishing, vitae development, interview skills, developing a research agenda, networking, ethics, professional conduct, teaching, etc.).
Cross-listed as: FCHD 7080 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 6200 - Topical Seminar in Family Relations
3 credits
Selected issues in family relations.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Will vary
3 |
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FCHD 6210 - Cultural Diversity in Families
3 credits
Covers selected issues related to family patterns and functions associated with ethnicity, gender, and social class, as well as additional topics related to expertise of instructor.
Cross-listed as: FCHD 7210 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6220 - Interpersonal Family Relationships
3 credits
In accordance with expertise of instructor, covers selected interpersonal issues in intimate and family relations.
Cross-listed as: FCHD 7220 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6230 - Family and Social Policy
3 credits
In accordance with expertise of instructor, covers issues and implications of local, state, and federal policies relating to individuals and families across the lifespan.
Cross-listed as: FCHD 7230 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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FCHD 6310 - Survey of Marriage and Family Therapy
3 credits
Overview of marriage and family therapy models. Historical development of marriage and family therapy as a profession and a practice.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to FCHD Marriage and Family Therapy master’s students only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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FCHD 6320 - Foundations of Marriage and Family Therapy
3 credits
Epistemological and philosophical directions of marriage and family therapy, beginning with early applications of General Systems theories and cybernetics through constructivist and postmodern frameworks.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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FCHD 6325 - Gender and Diversity in Family Therapy
3 credits
This course is designed to examine issues of gender, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation and other contextual factors as they relate to marriage and family therapy. A major goal will help students respond in a culturally sensitive, non-sexist and non-prejudicial manner to the families and individuals that they serve professionally, expecially those who have been marginalized in the past.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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FCHD 6330 - Traditional Marriage and Family Therapy Practice
3 credits
Traditional approaches to marriage and family therapy, with a focus on individual and couple issues, including sexuality and personality issues within a systems framework.
Prerequisite/Restriction: FCHD 3110 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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FCHD 6340 - Marriage and Family Therapy Practice II: Contemporary Approaches
3 credits
Contemporary approaches to marriage and family therapy. Focuses on couple and family interaction issues, including conflict, parenting, and other common family problems.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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FCHD 6350 - Clinical Practice in Marriage and Family Therapy
3 credits
Selected clinical issues in marriage and family therapy.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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FCHD 6355 - Play Therapy in the Practice of Family Therapy
3 credits
This course will familiarize therapists with the theories and concepts behind play therapy and provide several developmentally appropriate methods for working with children both individually and within families. The overall objective to help therapists integrate play therapy methods into their existing frameworks of family therapy.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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FCHD 6360 - Ethical and Professional Development
3 credits
Ethical, legal, and professional issues in marriage and family therapy.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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FCHD 6370 - Assessment in Marriage and Family Therapy
3 credits
Development, application, and interpretation of major individual and family assessment techniques used in marriage and family therapy practice and research.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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FCHD 6380 - Survey of Marital and Family Therapy Research
3 credits
Examines contemporary research issues in marriage and family therapy.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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FCHD 6390 - Practicum in Marriage and Family Therapy
1-6 credits
Supervised clinical experience in marriage and family therapy. May be graded Pass/Fail, as determined by instructor or section.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Marriage and Family Therapy specialization and permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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