FAMILIES & POVERTY

HDFS 516

Examines family stress and resilience across the life cycle from psychological, sociological, and biosocial perspectives. Explores research relating to normative and non-normative family stress and resiliency factors. Topics include parenting, poverty, violence, work-family balance, aging, health and wellness and others.

HDFS 664

Survey and introduction to children and families.

HDFS 174

An introduction to racially and culturally diverse families with application to personal life. Focuses on structural factors impacting all families, such as demographic, economic, and historic trends, which illuminate the similarities and distinctions among and within racial and ethnic groups.

HDFS 761

Research and theories about development from the prenatal period to middle childhood, emphasizing a relational approach and contemporary research (both content and methods). Explores diversity in early development in the US and internationally.

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.