FRCD 3753: Family Development

Course Objectives

• Understand the historical and social context of the American family,
• Understand family diversity (ethnicity, family forms, social class, variations in family life cycles),
• Understand an overview of fmaily theories,
• Understand the terminology and concepts of the family as a system of interactions
• Understand family development across the family life cycle ranging from premarital interactions to families in the later years
• Understand sex and affection in family life
• Understand power and decision making in families
• Understand extended family and kin networks
• Understand types of marital relationships
• Understand parenting issues across the family life cycle
• Understand sibling relations
• Understand family challenges and strengths