Spring 2027

Families and Households in Communities

Examines how local communities inform family economic well-being by exploring the intersection of people and organizations using quantitative and qualitative techniques.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize how markets, consumer behavior, and family dynamics are both influenced by and shape social structures and systems within their community

  • Dissect the networked systems that influence neighborhood construction as well as individual, family, and community well-being

  • Differentiate the role of key stakeholders including policymakers, business, nonprofit sector, and individuals in co-creating community

  • Investigate the complex relationship between people and systems within a community using a range of quantitative techniques (e.g., generating indices of segregation, employing spatial data visualization and regression techniques)

  • Investigate the complex relationship between people and systems within a community using a range of qualitative techniques (e.g., in-depth interviews, focus groups, photo elicitation, text analysis)

  • Incorporate community processes and contexts to develop and analyze an empirical research proposal examining the socio-spatial relationships between people and systems within a community

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CNSRSCI 830

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Spring 2027

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Examines how local communities inform family economic well-being. Explores the intersection of people and organizations using quantitative and qualitative techniques.

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Topics

  • Family economic well-being and local communities
  • Networked systems influencing neighborhood construction and well-being
  • Roles of stakeholders including policymakers, business, nonprofit sector, and individuals in community creation

Skills

  • Applying quantitative techniques such as generating indices of segregation, spatial data visualization, and regression techniques to investigate community relationships.
  • Using qualitative techniques including in-depth interviews, focus groups, photo elicitation, and text analysis to examine community dynamics.
  • Developing and analyzing empirical research proposals that incorporate community processes and contexts.

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CNSRSCI 830 · Spring 2027

Families and Households in Communities

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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