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Advanced topics in German, Nordic, and/or Slavic culture, folklore, linguistics, and/or language.

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Graduate seminar promoting professional development for humanities students in German, Scandinavian, and Slavic studies through creating academic documents and presentations.

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Introduction to Central Asia from the Silk Route to Afghanistan, examining human geography, ethnicity, nomadism, pastoralism, oasis cultures, religion, and international politics.

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Second Semester Yiddish introduces the language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, emphasizing communication within cultural and historical contexts.

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Second semester Yiddish for graduate students emphasizing proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing within cultural contexts.

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Second Semester Ancient Greek introduces students to ancient Greek grammar and develops basic reading skills for the classical language.

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Introduction to ancient Greek grammar and development of basic reading skills in the second semester of Ancient Greek.

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Fourth Semester Ancient Greek involves reading selections from Plato's Dialogues, the New Testament, Homer's Iliad, or Herodotus.

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Close reading of selections from Thucydides, focusing on developing skills in reading and interpreting historical texts.

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Directed Study (GREEK 699) is an independent study course arranged with a faculty member to analyze, interpret, and evaluate ancient classical Greek texts.

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Individual mentored study for completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

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Introduction to racially and culturally diverse families, focusing on structural factors like demographic, economic, and historic trends that shape family similarities and distinctions.

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Examines careers in Human Ecology and human development/family studies through presentations by high-level leaders in related professions such as counseling, social work, and health care.

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Development of the Young Child provides a basic foundation for understanding development from conception through middle childhood, covering theoretical foundations, research findings, and practical applications.

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Provides a basic foundation for understanding development from adolescence through old age, covering theoretical foundations, research findings, and practical applications.

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Examines family stress and resilience across the life cycle from psychological, sociological, and biosocial perspectives. Topics include parenting, poverty, violence, work-family balance, aging, and health.

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Examines infant and child health through a socioecological lens, covering conceptual models and applications from individual clinical interventions to systems-level public health approaches.

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Research Methods in Human Development and Family Studies covers basics of research design for family studies and individual development, including quantitative, qualitative, participatory action, and evaluation research.

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Explores infant/toddler development milestones from conception to 36 months and evaluates child care access, quality, and real-time observation of infant development.

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Examines family and community influences on young children, focusing on child interaction in socialization settings and processes within the child-family-community system.

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Explores parent-child relations, including parental programs and interactions with external institutions.

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Examines diversity of family life and human development across racial ethnic groups in the U.S., focusing on race, culture, biculturalism, and social contexts like history and immigration.

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HDFS 501 covers specialized subject matter of current interest under the title SPECIAL TOPICS.

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Explores theoretical perspectives on how intimate relationships develop, thrive, or deteriorate, connecting relationship science to real-life experiences.

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Research experience under the supervision of a faculty member in Human Development and Family Studies.

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Studies the purposes, contexts, and implementation of parenting support and education programs; some sections may include a service learning component.

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Developmental and Family Assessment introduces family-focused developmental assessment with infants and young children, covering family interviewing, developmental histories, child observation, and screening.

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Senior thesis involving individual study arranged with a faculty member.

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Independent study for directed projects arranged with a faculty member.

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Introduction to research on families and poverty. Learn how family behaviors vary by socioeconomic status; how romantic relationships, childbearing, and childrearing may be implicated in poverty; what the consequences of poverty are for family functioning and children; and about the role of policy in influencing families and poverty.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources