ADVANCED SEMINAR IN FAMILY STRESS AND COPING

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 865

A survey of the current theories and models used in family research and theory development. Focuses on structure-functional, interactional, developmental, systems, and exchange theory in relation to family research and application.

HDFS 765

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.

COUNPSY 825

Approaches to counseling intervention for families across the life-cycle. Specific attention paid to family stress.

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.