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Sociology,
Anthropology, Criminology, Family Studies
Professor Meyers,
Chair
Assistant Professors Brown, Hoskin and Thompson
Instructor Abodalo
Lecturers Kovarie and Lash
Family Studies
The Family Studies Track provides students
with an extensive academic understanding of family systems and their
relationship to the development and social participation of their
members as well as the skills to evaluate and conduct research on
topics related to family interaction. The course requirements for
students in this program focus on understanding the family as a
social group and the dynamics of family participation in American
society as well as in a global context. Students are introduced
to the theory of group formation, the external forces that impinge
upon family functioning and the methods that can be used to measure
and anticipate family dysfunctions. Students who combine Family
Studies with another major may enter the employment market immediately
upon graduation in fields such as preschool education, elementary
education, residential treatment and care, or may pursue a graduate
degree in Family Studies.
Beyond the core courses, the following courses
are required for the Family Studies Track: The Family (SOC 261);
Sex, Gender and Culture (ANT 263); Juvenile Delinquency (SOC 302);
Family Relations (SOC 312); Human Services for Families and Children
(SOC 313); and Gender, Environment and Development (ANT 315).
The following courses are required for students
who choose to combine the Family Studies Track with another academic
discipline (except Psychology): Introduction to Sociology (SOC 105)
(required General Studies Introductory Social Science Course); Social
Institutions and Problems (SOC 201); Statistics (SOC 207) (counts
as General Studies Quantitative Reasoning course); The Family (SOC
261); two courses from: Sex, Gender and Culture (ANT 263), Juvenile
Delinquency (SOC 302), Family Relations (SOC 312), Human Services
for Families and Children (SOC 313), or Gender, Environment and
Development (ANT 315); Research Methods (SOC 403); Internship (SOC
482) (or an approved elective course); and Senior Seminar (SOC 490).
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