FINANCES & FAMILIES

CNSRSCI 340

Learn how to assess and prevent household financial problems and improve financial security. Based on the context of vulnerable households, financial services and public policy, focus on skills related to managing cash flow, credit and debt, saving for emergencies and long-term goals.

CNSRSCI 775

Provides an overview of major theories in household finance, financial literacy, financial capability. Evaluates programs and strategies designed to improve consumer well-being by changing household financial behaviors, building household financial assets, and regulation of consumer financial markets.

CNSRSCI 930

Topics on family economic well-being and the social and consumer policies that influence economic behavior and family economic status.

CNSRSCI 675

Systems approach to family financial management, stressing development of interpersonal techniques by professionals who will assist individuals and families to become responsible financial managers.

CNSRSCI/HDFS 465

Introduction to research at the intersection of family and poverty studies. 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.