Program Description
The Child and Family Studies minor consists of 22 interdisciplinary credits. It provides a means to enhance a human development knowledge base for students in other related fields.
For more information contact Lori Macrander at lori.macrander@uwsp.edu.
Curriculum
| Class |
Title |
Credits |
| Human Development 166 |
The Family: Continuing Concerns |
3 |
| Human Development 265 |
Human Growth and Development: A Life-Span Approach |
2 |
| Human Development 367 |
Family Structure and Interaction |
3 |
| Human Development 386 |
Family Resource Management |
3 |
Select 10 credits from the courses listed below, with no more that 6 credits in any one group.
Class |
Title |
Credits |
| 1. |
Communicative Disorders 266 |
Normal Language Development |
3 |
| 2. |
Early Childhood Education 262 |
Programs for Children and Families |
3 |
| |
Early Childhood Education 460 |
Home, School, Community Agencies |
3 |
| |
Food and Nutrition 253 |
Introduction to Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism |
3 |
| |
Food and Nutrition 490 |
Workshop |
1-4 |
| |
Human Development 360 |
Infant and Toddler Development |
3 |
| |
Human Development 386 |
Family Resource Management |
3 |
| |
Human Development 490 |
Workshop |
1-4 |
| 3. |
Communication 280 |
Introduction to Interpersonal Communications |
3 |
| 4. |
Psychology 240 |
Psychology of Gender |
3 |
| |
Psychology 301 |
Theories of Personality |
3 |
| |
Psychology 315 |
The Psychology of Adolescence |
3 |
| |
Psychology 320 |
Social Psychology |
3 |
| 6. |
Sociology 224 |
Sociology of Childhood |
3 |
| |
Sociology 225 |
Sociology of Adolescence |
3 |
| |
Sociology 343 |
(NW) Cultural Perspective of Family |
3 |
| |
Sociology 366 |
Sociology of Aging |
3 |