Courses

The following courses are included in the Family Science career path:

160. Human Development and the Family. (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Developmental life cycle approach to the study of the individual from conception to death. Each stage of life studied from the perspective of how individual development is fostered within the family system.

222. Introduction to Family Finance. (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Prereq: Sophomore standing. Not open to students with credit in FINA 260 or equivalent. Individual and family financial planning. Emphasis on financial planning for families in the early life cycle. Application of credit, insurance, savings, investments, taxes, and estate planning information to individual and family needs.

[IS] 280. Family Science (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Introduction to research and theory on family relationships and to careers working with children and families. Family systems and how they are affected by healthy and unhealthy processes. How ethnicity, gender and social class influences family living.

322. Advanced Family Finance. (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Prereq: FACS 222. Critical analyses and intervention strategies of family finance issues across the life span.

[ES][IS] 381. Family Intervention with Fieldwork (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Fld 3. Prereq: FACS 160, 222, 280, and with an overall minimum average grade of 2.5 for these three courses. Includes a pre-practicum fieldwork experience. Theories and skills for assessment, intervention and referral.

382. Parenting (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Prereq: Sophomore standing. Dimensions of mothering and fatherin. Psychological, social and physiological dimensions related to the parent-child dyad and how these change throughout the family life cycle.

446/846. Addictions and Violence in Families (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Addictions and violence across the life cycle. Theories; behavioral patterns; physiological and psychological impacts on individuals and the family; and implications for intervention.

[ES][IS] 488/888. Child and Family Policy (3 cr) (UNL, UNO) Prereq: Junior standing. Analysis of child and family policies; including what is family policy, how policy is made and implemented, how values and goals affect policy and future directions for child and family policies in America and in other countries.

493/893. Special Topics in Contemporary Family Issues (1-3 cr, max 18) (UNL, UNO) Current issues such as debt management, gender and family, low-income families, retirement planning, work and family, mothering, fathering, housing. Topics vary.

495/895. Special Topics in Family and Cultural Diversity (3 cr, max 18) (UNL, UNO) Current topics related to diverse populations, e.g., religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity. Topics vary

497D/897D. Community Internship in Family and Consumer Sciences (3-6 cr, max 6) (UNL, UNO) FLD. Prereq: Junior standing; 12 hrs. FACS or other scoial sciences. Fieldwork in agencies serving children, youth, families, and communities.