HDFS 224 - Marriage and Family Relations

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in PSYC 101; or instructor permission
Corequisite: SOC 151/SOC 161
Description: A developmental and interactional approach to understanding family studies and aids in understanding family life, with a primary emphasis on contemporary families. Relevant theoretical perspectives of how families operate are discussed. Areas covered include trends in family structures and functions globally, conducting research in family studies from a global perspective, diversity among families, gender roles in dating and marital relationships from a global perspective, communication and conflict resolution, human sexuality in contextual relationships, dating and singlehood, combining work and family roles, trends from a global perspective on parenting, effects of race and class on families, domestic violence, and divorce and remarriage.