Academic Calendar - 2025

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
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Family Studies and Human Development 4220A/B

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN FAMILY STUDIES RESEARCH


Students will be introduced to the major theoretical frameworks used by social scientists to explain variation in family life including life span, life course, developmental, social learning, social exchange, social conflict, symbolic interactionist, ecological, family systems and feminist theory perspectives.

Prerequisite(s): Any 0.5 course at the 3000-level or higher from any department in the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, the Department of Psychology or the Department of Sociology; or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: FAMLYSTU

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