2. Course Sequencing
What is a core class?
Are core classes taught every semester?
What is a prerequisite
What are the core classes for the Marriage and
Family Studies Major?
3.
4. Course Content
FAML 160
❏ Family development across the lifespan
❏ Family as a system,
❏ Family interaction
❏ Family issues
❏ Family roles
❏ Emphasize the relationship of the family and its
environment
❏ Cultural diversity
❏ Heritage of families.
FAML 220
❏ Theories, principles, and practices
❏ Build nurturing and supportive parent-child
relationships
❏ Guide children toward healthy developmental
outcomes.
FAML 300
❏ Contemporary issues affecting marriage,
❏ Skills and principles needed to build strong and
successful marriages.
5. Prerequisites
❏ What core classes have them?
❏ MFS Major is moving away from prerequisites as much as possible
❏ Some of your foundation classes may have them
❏ Internship--recommended that you take it at the end of your education path
6. Emphasis Areas
❏ How many emphases?
❏ Can you name them?
❏ What’s the difference?
❏ Which do I take to get into graduate
school?
7. Emphasis Areas
Child and Family Advocacy
❏ Training in effective
advocacy at the individual,
community, and public
policy levels.
❏ Develop advanced
communication skills in
both writing and speaking,
with an emphasis on
instigating social change.
Human Services
❏ Skills that pertain to
helping people, such as
conflict management,
goal-setting, and active
listening.
❏ Learn how to help
individuals and families
cope effectively with
stress.
Parent and Family Education
❏ Master effective teaching
and presentation skills.
❏ Prepare students to
become Certified Family
Life Educators (CFLE)
through the National
Council on Family
Relations (NCFR).
8. Historical Roots of
the Field
❏ 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?
❏ What disciplines have contributed the most
to Marriage and Family Studies
9. Historical Roots of
the Field
❏ What are the earliest roots of the field of
marriage and family studies? 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 the most to
Marriage and Family Studies? Psychology and
Sociology
10. Professional Organizations, Conferences,
and Certifications
What professional organizations were explored in the Web Pages Search
assignment?
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?
11. Professional Organizations
National Council 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)
12. 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?
13. Family Studies and Money
❏ What did you learn about supporting a
family from Brother Gardner’s
presentation?
❏ According to our Annual Salary discussion
what is the cost of living for a family of
four?
❏ What can you expect to make starting out
with a bachelor’s degree in the field?
15. Basics of the Readings
What was the field of Marriage and Family Studies Historically called?
On Becoming Adults in God’s Kingdom. Favorite part? Key points?
16. Meet the Faculty Panel
What recommendations came from the panel?
What jobs in the career book would a Marriage and Family Studies degree NOT
prepare you for? (2 areas)
17. Test Format
❏ Mostly multiple choice (about 24 questions)
❏ One question is short answer (Focuses on the Annual Salary and Income
Averages Discussions)
❏ Closed note
❏ Times--45 minutes
❏ Worth about ¼ of your total grade
