5.4 Family Social Sciences
Head: Karen Duncan

Applying knowledge from the social and physical sciences, students in Family Social Sciences examine factors affecting human psychosocial health and wellbeing. They study human development from infancy to old age within the context of families, communities, and culture.

Students are required to choose at least one area, or option, in which to focus their studies. The name of their option will appear as a “comment” on their transcripts. They may select from the following options: 1) Aging; 2) Child and Adolescent Development; 3) Family Economic Health; 4) Social Development; 5) Family Violence and Conflict Resolution. Family Social Sciences graduates are permitted to complete any option after their degree.

1. Aging
2. Child and Adolescent Development
3. Social Development
4. Family Resource Management
5. Family Violence and Conflict Resolution

The Family Social Sciences program can provide students with academic preparation or complementary courses for programs such as Law, Social Work, Education or Graduate Studies.

In March of each year, program planning sessions are provided to assist students in their selection of courses for subsequent years of study.

Students Admitted in September 2002 or Later
Courses to be taken by all Family Social Sciences students:

Course No.		Credit Hours
STAT 1000	Basic Statistical Analysis 1	3
One of: STAT 2000 or COMP 1260	Basic Statistical Analysis 2 or Introduction Computer Usage 1 or any other Science course	3
One of: ECON 1200 or ECON 1210 or ECON 1220	Principles of Economics or Introduction to Canadian Economic Issues or Introduction to Global and Environmental Economic Issues and Policies	3 - 6
HMEC 2030	Human Ecology: Perspectives and Communication	3
HMEC 2050	Introduction to Research in Human Ecology	3
HMEC 3100	Communication for Professional Practice	3
FMLY 1010	Human Development in the Family	3
FMLY 1020	Family Issues across the Lifespan	3
FMLY 1420	Family Management Principles	3
FMLY 1012	Introduction to Social Development	3
FMLY 2400	Family Financial Health (or FMLY 2070)	3
FMLY 2350	Multicultural Family Issues	3
FMLY 3780	Introduction to Development of Programs for Children and Families	3
FMLY 3790	Introduction to Evaluation of Programs for Children and Families	3
PSYC 1200 or SOC 1200	Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Sociology	6
	Department Electives	24
	Faculty electives (3000 or 4000 level)	3
	Outside Electives	12-15
	Free electives	30
NOTES: If students choose ECON 1200, 12 credit hours of outside electives are required. All courses listed in the general Family Social Sciences section (above) are required. In addition, students must choose at least one area, or option, in which to focus their studies. In the following section, the courses required to fulfill each option are listed. They will partially meet department, outside and free elective requirements. More courses will be required to complete the 120 credit hour degree. Students are encouraged to take more than one option. Each option must consist of 18 non-overlapping credit hours; that is, no course can satisfy the requirements of more than one option.

1. Aging Option
This option is the Interfaculty Option in Aging, which can fulfill the requirement for an option within the Family Social Sciences major.

Course No.		Credit Hours
HMEC 2650 or SWRK 2650 or REC 2650	Social Aspects of Aging	3
FMLY 4300	Field Experience	6
NURS 2610 or KIN 2610	Health and Physical Aspects of Aging	3
At least three credit hours from:		3
FMLY 3220	Death and the Family
FMLY 3240	Families in the Later Years
At least three credit hours from:		3
NURS 2200	Selected Topics in Aging and Health
PSYC 2370	Developmental Psychology from Adolescence to Old Age
PSYC 3460	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 3490	Individual Differences
PSYC 3610	Memory
KIN 4500	Physical Activity and Aging
REC 4250	Leisure and Aging
RLGN 1410	Death and Concepts of the Future
SOC 2490	Sociology of Health and Illness
SOC 2620	The Sociology of Aging
SOC 3510	Population Dynamics and Change
SOC 3540	The Sociology of Health Care Systems

2. Child and Adolescent Development Option

Course No.		Credit Hours
FMLY 2600	Foundations of Childhood Developmental Health	3
FMLY 3600	Adolescents in Families and Societies	3
FMLY 4600	Risk and Resilience in Behavioural and Social Development	3
At least 9 credit hours from:		9
FMLY 2800	Family Violence
FMLY 3610	Developmental Health of Children and Youth
FMLY 3800	Conflict Resolution in the Family
FMLY 3802	Intimate Partner Violence
FMLY 3804	Violence Against Children in the Family
FMLY 3330	Parenting and Developmental Health
FMLY 4330	Management of Family Stress
FMLY 4602	Family Relationships, Health and Well-being
FMLY 4480	Work and Family Issues
HNSC 1210	Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles
HNSC 2130	Nutrition through the Life Cycle
NURS 4420	Health Promotion in the Community
NURS 4440	Prevention of Illness
PSYC 2440	Behaviour Modification Principles
PSYC 2450	Behaviour Modification Applications

Family Economic Health Option

Course No.		Credit Hours
At least 9 credit hours from:		9
FMLY 3400	Families as Consumers
FMLY 4330	Management of Family Stress
FMLY 4400	Family Economics: Poverty and Wealth
FMLY 4460	Family Financial Counselling
FMLY 4480	Work and Family Issues
At least 9 credit hours from (at least 3 credit hours must be selected from Courses numbered 3000 or 4000):		9
ACC 1100	Introductory Financial Accounting
ACC 1110	Introductory Managerial Accounting
ANTH 2550	Culture and the Individual
ANTH 2430	Ecology, Technology and Society
ECON 2280	Social Welfare and Human Resources
ECON 2310	Canadian Economic Problems
ECON 2350	Community Economic Development
ECON 2360	Women in the Canadian Economy
ECON 2390	Introduction to Environmental Economics
ECON 2400	Introduction to Energy Economics
ECON 2500	Labour and Technology
ECON 2540	Political Economy1: Production and Distribution
ECON 2550	Political Economy 2: Economic Growth and Fluctuations in a Global Economic Environment
ECON 3390	Development Economics
ECON 3720	Urban and Regional Economics and Policies
FIN 2200	Corporation Finance
FIN 3420	Security Analysis
FMLY 3240	Families in Later Years
FMLY 3610	Developmental Health of Children and Youth
FMLY 3012	Theories of Social Development
FMLY 4602	Family Relationships, Health and Well-Being
FMLY 4012	FSocial Development Policies
GEOG 1280	Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 2210	Economic Geography
GMGT 2030	Administrative Theory
GMGT 2440	Human Resource Management
HNSC 1210	Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles
HNSC 2130	Nutrition through the Life Cycle
IDM 3000	Aboriginal Business Context: Influences and Impacts
MKT 2210	Fundamentals of Marketing
MKT 3230	Consumer Behaviour
NATV 1200	Native Peoples of Canada
NATV 1220	Native Peoples of Canada, Part 1
NATV 1240	Native Peoples of Canada, Part 2
NURS 4420	Health Promotion in the Community
SOC 3370	Sociology of Work
SOC 3510	Population Dynamics and Change
SOC 3470	Political Sociology
SOC 3870	Social Inequality
TXSC 1600	Textiles for Living
TXSC 1610	Textiles, Product and Consumers
TXSC 2600	Textiles for Apparel End Uses
TXSC 2610	Textiles for Non Apparel End Uses
TXSC 2620	Consumer and Organizational Behaviour Toward Textile Products
TXSC 3600	Global Apparel and Textiles Trade

Social Development Option

Course No.		Credit Hours
FMLY 2012	Development, Conflict, and Displacement	3
FMLY 3012	Theories of Social Development	3
FMLY 4012	Social Development Policies	3
At least 3 credit hours from:		3
HMEC 2650 or SWRK 2650 or REC 2650	Social Aspects of Aging
FMLY 2800	Family Violence
FMLY 3240	Families in Later Years
FMLY 3400	Families as Consumers
FMLY 3800	Conflict Resolution in the Family
FMLY 3804	Violence Against Children in the Family
FMLY 4330	Management of Family Stress
FMLY 4400	Family Economics: Poverty and Wealth
FMLY 4600	Risk and Resilience in Behavioural and Social Development
FMLY 4602	Family Relationships, Health and Well-being
FMLY 4480	Work and Family Issues
At least 6 credit hours from:		6
ANTH 1220	Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 2390	Social Organization in Cross-cultural Perspective
ANTH 2570	Urban Anthropology
ANTH 3380	Anthropology and Contemporary Social Issues
EVCP 3340	History of the City
EVCP 3350	Planning and Design for Shelter
EVDS 1610	Theory of Design 1
GEOG 2640	Geography of Culture and Inequality
GEOG 3460	Urban Geography
SOC 2320	Canadian Society and Culture
SOC 2390	Social Organization
SWRK 2050	Community and Organizational Theory
OR At least 6 credit hours from:		6
NATV 1200	The Native Peoples of Canada
NATV 1220	The Native Peoples of Canada, Part 1
NATV 1240	The Native Peoples of Canada, Part 2
NATV 2100	Aboriginal Spirituality
NATV 3240	Native Medicine and Health
NATV 4230	Traditional Knowledge and Native Studies Research
OR At least 6 credit hours from:		6
POLS 2070	Introduction to Canadian Government
POLS 2510	Great Political Thinkers
POLS 3160	Human Rights and Civil Liberties
POLS 3600	Political Concepts
POLS 3670	Canadian Political Parties
WOMN 1540	Introduction to Women's studies in Social Sciences
WOMN 2500	Race, Class and Sexuality
WOMN 2520	Introduction to Feminist Theory

Family Violence and Conflict Resolution Option

Course No.		Credit Hours
FMLY 2800	Family Violence	3
FMLY 3800	Conflict Resolution in the Family	3
FMLY 4800	Senior Seminar in Family Violence and Conflict Resolution	3
At least nine credit hours (with at least 3 credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level) from:		3
ANTH 3380	Anthropology and Contemporary Social Issues
FMLY 3610	Developmental Health of Children and Youth
FMLY 3802	Intimate Partner Violence
FMLY 3804	Violence Against Children in the Family
FMLY 4330	Management of Family Stress
FMLY 4600	Risk and Resilience in Behavioural and Social Development
FMLY 4602	Family Relationships, Health and Well-Being
NATV 1240	The Native Peoples of Canada, Part 2
NURS 3300	Women and Health
NURS 3400	Men’s Health: Concerns, Issues and Myths
PSYC 2460	Dyadic Relationships
SOC 2370	Ethnic Relations
SOC 2510	Criminology
SOC 3700	Sociology of Law
SOC 3790	Women, Crime and Social Justice
SOC 3830	Youth, Crime, and Society
SWRK 3130	Contemporary Canadian Social Welfare
WOMN 3560	Feminist Perspectives on Violence Against Women