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General Studies (BGS): Family Life Emphasis

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Family Life Bachelors BGS

Minimum Credit Hours

33

Maximum Credit Hours

33

Major Academic Plan

Title

Aims of a BYU Education

Learning Outcome

Describe how their coursework in the BGS program has contributed to the aims of a BYU education: Spiritually strengthening Character building Intellectually enlarging Preparing for lifelong learning and service.

Title

Marriage, Family, and Human Development Knowledge

Learning Outcome

Describe major theories and research findings related to marriage family living & human development.

Title

Effective Writing and Critical Thinking

Learning Outcome

Write professional research papers in the discipline that demonstrate an ability to synthesize and critically evaluate research related to specific theories and/or substantive areas.

Program Requirements

Have 27 hours of campus residency.

Complete a minimum of 10 hours in the emphasis after formal admission to the BGS program.

Thirty of the 120 hours including 15 hours in the emphasis must be 300-level or above courses.

Students must earn a minimum 2.0 BYU grade point average, a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average, and a minimum 2.0 emphasis grade point average.

The program must be completed in eight years or less.

All emphasis courses taken after admission to BGS must be BYU courses.

Requirement 1 —Complete 1 Course

Prerequisite course (must be completed before taking any other courses, includes preparing academic plan which must be approved before proceeding):

STDEV 100 - Essential College Skills 1.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 4 Courses

Core courses:

SFL 160 - Intro to Family Processes 3.0

SFL 200 - Strengthening Marriage/Family 3.0

SFL 210 - Human Development 3.0

SFL 290 - Critical Inquiry&Research Meth 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 3 hours

Any courses not taken in requirement 4 below may be used toward fulfilling this three-hour elective requirement.

SFL 102 - Introduction to Interiors 3.0

SFL 110 - Food Preparation in the Home 2.0

course - Marriage Enhancement 3.0

SFL 240 - Parenting & Child Guidance 3.0

SFL 260 - Family Finance 3.0

SFL 359 - Child Life 3.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 15 hours

BYU 300- or 400-level campus courses in the School of Family Life (including Salt Lake Center classes) may also be used to fill this requirement. Note: Only 3 credit hours of 399R may count toward the BGS degree requirements in Family Life. Additional 399R credits may be used as general electives for the upper division hour requirement and for total university hours.

SFL 331 - Infant Dev in the Family 3.0

SFL 333 - Adolescent Dev in Fam & Soc 3.0

SFL 334 - Adult Development & Aging 3.0

SFL 335 - Family Adaptation&Resiliency 3.0

SFL 351 - Social Development 3.0

ECE 355 - Language Development 3.0

SFL 358 - Media, Fam & Human Dev 3.0

Requirement 5 —Complete 1 Course

Complete a capstone experience (last course to be completed):

STDEV 490 - BGS Capstone 2.0