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Undergraduate Programs

Family Science Major

Degree Requirements

All family science majors must complete prerequisites, required core courses, and electives. Students must maintain a 2.00 GPA or better in all courses required for the major and must meet Towson University requirements for the completion of a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree.

Prerequisites

The following courses are prerequisites for courses required in the family science major. The 100 level courses should be taken early in the student's academic studies, and MATH 231, MATH 237, ECON 205, or PSYC 212 must be taken prior to FMST 485.

Course
      Units
ENGL 102
or
ENGL 190
Writing for a Liberal Education

Honors Writing Seminar

3
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
3
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
3
MATH 231
or
MATH 237
or
ECON 205
or
PSYC 212
Basic Statistics

Elementary Biostatistics

Statistics for Business and Economics

Behavioral Statistics


3

Required Courses for the Major (24 units)

Course
    Units
FMST 101 Introduction to Family Studies
3
FMST 301 Family Relationships
3
FMST 302 Theories of Family Functioning
3
FMST 303 Trends in Contemporary Family Life
3
FMST 305
Parent-Child Relationships Across the Lifespan
 3 

FMST 380 Family Law
3
FMST 485 Writing and Research Methods in Family Studies
3
FMST 4XX Advanced Research
3

Elective Courses (21 Units)

Elective Area I: 6 Units of Life Span Development Electives
Students will choose two courses from the following*:
ECED 201 Early Childhood Development and Intervention
ECED 315 Infancy and Toddlerhood Development and Intervention
GERO 101 Introduction to Gerontology
GERO 367
Death, Dying and Bereavement
OCTH 216 Life Span Adaptation and Occupations
PSYC 203 Human Development
PSYC 404 Adolescent Psychology
PSYC 405 The Psychology of Aging
PSYC 467 Midlife Development
SOCI 359 Social Gerontology
*Pending Support from Departments

 

Elective Area II: 6 Units of Interdisciplinary Electives
Students will choose two courses from any of the following disciplines: ANTH, CLST, COMM, CRMJ, DFST, GERO, HLTH, NURS (NURS 323 Crisis and Stress Management, NURS 416 Cultural Diversity in Health Care), OCTH (OCTH 205 Alternative and Complementary Health Care, OCTH 301 Genetics, Health and Society, OCTH 305 Disability, the Individual and Society), PHIL, PSYC, RLST, SOCI, WMST.

 

Elective Area III: 3 Units of Written Communication Electives

Students will choose an additional Advanced Writing Seminar course (FMST 485 currently required for the major) certified as a University Core Course.

 

Elective Area IV: 6 Units of Family Studies Electives
Students will choose two courses from the following:
FMST 201 Family Resources
FMST 340 The Hospitalized Child and Family
FMST 345 Introduction to Art Therapy 
FMST 350
Fundamentals of Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
FMST 387 Community Services for Families
FMST 415 Services to Children and Youth
FMST 370-379 Special Topics
FMST 491 Independent Study 
FMST 4XX Family Studies Courses to be Developed

Department of Family Studies and Community Development
College of Liberal Arts Building, Suite 2210
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-5851
Fax: 410-704-3612
E-mail: fmst@towson.edu



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