Intro to Child &Family Studies

Catalog description

This interdisciplinary course focuses on historical perspectives and current trends in the field of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), with a focus on the subfield of Child and Family Studies (CFS). Students will examine how the influences of anthropology, education, health/hospice care, law, politics, psychology, and sociology have shaped and continue to shape the fields of HDFS and CFS. Course content, class discussions, assignments, and exams are infused with current research, theory, ethics, and standards of professionalism from the field, and it addresses key areas of child development, family systems theory, play, trauma, law, community partnerships and advocacy, and influences of digital media.