Minors - Child & Family Studies


Student Helping Child Read

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
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