SFL 370

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Work, Family, and Community: Exploring Interconnections

Family Life College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Course Description

How family life and employment interact with each other and with other community contexts (school, church, government, recreation, media, the economy, and health care, etc.) in patterns of mutual influence.

When Taught

Contact Department

Min

3

Fixed/Max

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

SFL 160 or concurrent enrollment

Title

Content and Theory

Learning Outcome

Critically examine the reciprocal interactions of the course content concerning marriages, homes, and families. Analyze how current events, trends, and changes in these contexts affect marriages, homes, and families. Demonstrate writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, and presentation skills to be better prepared to personally make a difference in the contexts discussed in class. Understand how to better manage your own marriage, home, and family as they interface with the contexts discussed in class.  Analyze how to be an effective advocate for shaping the contexts covered in class to be more supportive of strong marriages, homes, and families.