Psychology of the Family

Catalog description

This course studies the family from a developmental and clinical perspective. Topics include the family as a system; stages of family life; ethnic and cultural variations in family life; and issues related to adoption, divorce, remarriage, illness, death of family members, family violence, and drug and alcohol abuse. Short stories and films will be used to illustrate major points of discussion. This course is not open to students who have taken Psychology of the Family as a special topics course (PSY 4040).