Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Planning and implementing curriculum for prekindergarten or kindergarten children. Fieldwork and seminar.

Workshop. Research theories and demonstrations of infant/toddler care, development, and assessment; group care, legal and budgeting issues, and work with parents.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Course is the travel portion of NSD/HFS/SAS 469/669. Students enrolled in NSD 469/669 must register for this zero credit course in the subsequent semester for the required travel portion of the course.

This proseminar is for first-year Child and Family Studies graduate students to familiarize and gain knowledge about research, teaching, ethical principles, and the profession.

First course in statistics; provides tools for data analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics.

Second course in statistics. Analysis of variance, multiple regression, and multivariate analysis.

Fundamental concepts of research methodologies employed in the study of children and families, focusing on the research process.

Theoretical and pragmatic bases and dimensions of early childhood programs. Programs of prevention and remediation, both research based and service oriented. Recent manuscript materials.

A quantitative focus on the research process through practical examples drawn from data sets deposited with Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research.

Demonstrations of preschool tests. Opportunities in naturalistic settings for proficiency in the interaction coding technique, APPROACH, in other observation methods, and in infant developmental tests. Reliability and validity problems in ecological research.

Contemporary issues. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate strategies of teaching and child care. Issues such as cultural diversity, family demographics, role of play.

Disparate theoretical approaches to child development, especially competing interpretations of the behavior of young children.

Exploration of some of the issues relevant to understanding the development of children in the context of schooling.

Overview of theory, research, and public policy concerning older adults and their families. Issues of relevance to aging families examined from multidisciplinary perspectives in the social and behavioral sciences. Extra work required of graduate students.

Pregnancy and neonatal and child devel082624opment from birth to three years. Theory and research findings: biological, psychological, and family. Systematic observations of infants. Additional work required of graduate students.

Role of parents and teachers in supporting children's play from infancy through early school age; enriching classroom play; diversity and special needs considerations.

Critical assessment of the theoretical perspectives of family studies; survey of major substantive developments.

In-depth examination of the theory and research in the areas of marriage, cohabitation, and same-sex relationships.

Importance of mindfulness for optimal development in children and youth; school- and community-based interventions that target mindfulness; mindful parenting. Additional work required of graduate students.

Course focuses on human growth and development birth through old age within cultural and environmental context. Course is intended to advance learning about research methods lifespan development specific to assessment and measurement of lifespan development.

Individual responses to social pressures. Issues of the sexual revolution and its impact in terms of sexual behavior and dysfunction.

The ways caring and sharing develop and change across childhood and adolescence. Theories, research, and applied experiences that emphasize prosocial behavior, morality, gratitude, empathy, and compassion are discussed.

A multi-disciplinary perspective on the evolution of the relationship between workplaces and families.

Current policy issues in an aging society. Health care, end-of-life, social security, productive aging, and generational equity. Special problems facing elderly women and minorities.

Normative language development, linguistic theories, and child language research. Social class, cultural, and familial influences. Language enrichment, language disorders, assessments, and linguistic diversity. Systematic observations of child language required. Additional work required of graduate students.

Introduction to field methods, the study of childhood, and family in cross-cultural perspectives.

Variables of residence (rural, urban, suburban), social class, and ethnicity as they pertain to family organization. Variations in marital relationships, child rearing, kinship, and patterns of mobility.

This course examines socio-cultural aspects of India from a nutrition, food systems and public health perspective using online instruction and a cultural immersion trip to India. Additional work required of graduate students.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Development of youth and emerging adults in family and cultural contexts emphasizing both positive outcomes and challenges. Roles of parents, peers, communities, social structures, media influences, and institutions in youth/emerging adult development.

Family functioning in immigrant and refugee families. Psychosocial adjustment, physical health and well-being, economic conditions, employment patterns, parent-child relationships, schooling, identity, and community relations. Additional work required of graduate students.

Historical trends in family systems and lifestyles. Legal and social controls and preferred versus deviant family practices. Opportunity for original research.

Theoretical and empirical research on the role of critical events on family life and processes, as well as the study of normative and non-normative stressors, coping and resiliency patterns used by families experiencing stress.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Influence of sex discrimination on sex and gender development over life span. Origin and development of family as sex-typed system. Relationship between changing sex roles and family patterns.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Issues and problems of developmental and interactional analysis. Design of studies, development of measurement categories, and analyses of data. Doctoral student or permission of instructor.

Foundation in the development of regulatory process in children; different facets of self-regulation; effortful control, executive function, and emotional regulation; predictors of self-regulation and benefits of these skills

Provide an overview of relevant theoretical and empirical work that describes the process of parenting. Primary mode of inquiry will be through critical analysis and discussion of relevant literature in the field. Instructor consent required.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Development of the child, either in the home or in the nursery school. Past seminars have included: developmental theories of Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson, difference and deficit models of education.

An integrative approach to contextualizing development and examining the multitude of influences on child and family development.

An interactive approach to contextualizing development and examining the multitude of influences on child and family development.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Masters Thesis