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  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces students to the scope and functions of professionals working in rural communities as leaders. Students will explore community dynamics, leadership skills and managing change, and understand the complexities of leadership within systems. Understanding communities and leadership increases the likelihood of success for community based professionals. Dual listed with FCSC 4117. Prerequisites: Graduate standing
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Explores the relationships between family functioning and public/private policies. The roles of family professionals in advocacy and education regarding policies are discussed. Attention is paid to the policy process at the state level. Dual listed with FCSC 4118. Prerequisites: FCSC 2131; junior standing for FCSC 4118. Graduate standing for FCSC 5118
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines development and behavior, focusing on a broad range of topics which includes: physical development, prenatal influences, sensory processes, biological factors, cognitive development, language development, social interaction and relationship. A broad family and consumer sciences perspective (the family in its environment) are applied. Prerequisite: FCSC 2121 or equivalent course in child development.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Course includes ethical theories, responsible conduct of research and professional practice defined by government, professional organizations, journals, and employers. Concepts include plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, conflict of interest, and conflict of commitment, and institutional review boards protecting human subjects. Concepts will be applied to research and professional practice in different settings. Prerequisites: Acceptance into a graduate program.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A variety of contexts in which children, adults, and families live and develop. Attention is given to the constant interactions that occur between humans and their environments, as well as how different environments may foster or hinder development. Includes discussions of the practical, professional and political implications of contextual research. Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An overview of common behavior problems, conduct disorders, and psychopathology from infancy through adolescence, with an emphasis on the etiology, recognition, and developmental path of various disorders. Prerequisite: FCSC 2121 or PSYC 2300.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores positive youth development (PYD), or the understanding and promotion of the well-being and health of youth. In this course, we will examine PYD theory and frameworks, research regarding how to best assess and foster PYD, and interventions designed to promote PYD and associated outcomes.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Advanced study of the cognitive, social-emotional, communicative, moral, and physical/motor development of children and adolescents, with an emphasis on cultural and contextual influences on development. Prerequisites: Graduate standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides an in-depth examination of: guiding theories in family studies; the purpose and methods of theory-building; and current research in major topical areas of family science and family and consumer science are compared. Prerequisites: 6 hours of undergraduate family related courses and consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores techniques for evaluating programs in the public and/or private sectors. Includes determining need, identifying/communicating with stakeholders, developing program theory/logic models, implementation, evaluation methods/instruments, and interpreting/reporting evaluation results. Dual listed with FCSC 4135. Prerequisites: Graduate standing.