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Mid-Term Study SessionOffice Hour Lesson 3

+Course Sequencing

What is a core class? Are the core classes taught

every semester? What is a prerequisite? What are the core classes

for a Marriage and Family Studies Major?

+Marriage and Family StudiesCore ClassesLower Division Core Classes

FAML 150 Introduction FAML 160 Family Relations FAML 220 Parenting FAML 300 Marriage HFED 340 Money Management

Upper Division Core Classes (junior or senior standing)

FAML 360 Family Stress and Coping

FAML 400 Family Theories and Dynamics

FAML 430 Family and Community Relationships

FAML 445 Family Practicum FAML 498R Internship

Human Development Class PSYCH 201 Lifespan Dev OR CHILD 210 Child Dev and

PSYCH 322 Adult Dev

Research Class CHILD 400 Research and

Evaluation OR PSYCH 302 Research

Methods OR SOC 340 Research Methods

Advocacy Class COMM 235 Public Relations

OR FAML 460 Child and Family

Advocacy

+Course Content

FAML 160 Family Relations Family development

across the lifespan Family as a system,

family interaction, family issues and family roles

Emphasize the relationship of the family and its environment.

Cultural diversity and heritage of families.

FAML 220 Parenting Theories, principles, and

practices needed to build nurturing and supportive parent-child relationships

FAML 300 Marriage Contemporary issues

affecting marriage Skills and principles

needed to build strong and successful marriages

+Prerequisites

What core classes have them? FAML 445 Family Practicum—requires all the lower

division core classes before you can take this class FAML 498R Internship—must take FAML 445 Practicum

first Some of the Development, Research, Advocacy and

Elective classes have them as well

+Emphasis Areas

How many emphases? Can you name them? What’s the difference? Which do I take to get into

graduate school?

+Emphasis Areas Professional General

Available on campus and online Electives focus more towards careers relating to family life

education and related careers in community settings Requires Math 221c Statistics

Professional Clinical focus of electives is more towards a career in practice (therapy,

social work, etc.) Requires Math 221c Statistics

Home and Family Living Electives focus more on child development, home management,

and health Good major if you started out as Family and Consumer Science and

changed your mind

Family Advocacy and Policy Electives focus on advocacy, political science, and law  

+Historical Roots of the Field

What disciplines have contributed most to the field of Marriage and Family Studies?

What are the earliest roots of the field of marriage and family studies?

What federal law created the American Land Grant University System?

What president signed it into law?

What did this law ensure?

+Historical Roots Answers

What are the earliest roots of the field? Self-help books and groups emerged around the 1800s

What federal law created the American Land Grant University System? Morrill Act

What president signed it into law? President Abraham Lincoln

What did this law ensure? That each state had a university focused on practical education

What disciplines have contributed most to the field of Marriage and Family Studies? Psychology and Sociology

+Professional organizations, conferences, and certifications What Professional organizations were discussed in class? What is the benefit of being involved with these

organizations as a student? What is the premier professional organization for the field of

marriage and family studies? What internationally recognized credential did they create? AAMFT stands for? AMCAP stands for? NARME stands for?

+Professional Organizations

National Counsel on Family Relations (NCFR) National Association for Relationship and Marriage

Education (NARME) American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

(AAMFT) Association of Mormon Counselors and

Psychotherapists (AMCAP)

+Certified Family Life Educator

What is the difference between provisional CFLE certification and full certification?

In order to become a CFLE, you need to document what?

+Family Studies and Money

What can you expect to make with a bachelor's degree in this field?

What did you learn about supporting a family from Brother Gardner's presentation?

According to Bro Gardner, how much do you need to live on (in Idaho or thereabouts)?

+Basics of the Readings

Historical and Philosophical Perspectives Article. Anything we haven’t covered? What was the field of Marriage and Family Studies

Historically called?

Careers in Family Science Readings. Key points? On Becoming Adults in God’s Kingdom. Favorite part?

Key points?

+Meet the Faculty Panel

Favorite story from the panel? What recommendations came from the panel? What jobs in the career book would an Marriage and Family

Studies degree NOT prepare you for?

+Questions