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| Course: CFS157 First Term: 2025 Fall
Final Term: Current
Final Term: 9999
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Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
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| 1. Define the family as a unit, alternative family structures, and significant family functions in a variety of cultures from pre-industrial era to the present. (I)
2. Explore basic methods of family analysis research, including strengths and limitations of each method and factors that invalidate research. (I) 3. Explore major mate selection theories, intimacy, the effect of sexual values and behaviors, and effective communication styles as predictors of marital adjustment and satisfaction. (II) 4. Identify personal and legal issues that should be addressed in a contemporary marital contract. (II) 5. Evaluate traditional and egalitarian gender roles, including expectations, changes since the mid-20th century, and how childbirth, parenting, step parenting, and empty nest affects marital relationships. (III) 6. Identify family violence causes and consequences and resources available for victims of abuse. (III) 7. Describe the legal issues involved in the death/divorce of a spouse. (IV) 8. Describe factors that lead to successful adjustment to the realities of loss including, divorce, health decline, death and bereavement. (IV) | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements. | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Outline | |||
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I. Definition of family
A. Discuss current family structures 1. Analysis of common family types 2. Cross-cultural assessment of family functions B. Methods of family analysis research 1. Strengths and limitations of each method 2. Discrimination between valid and invalid research C. Conceptual frameworks 1. Underlying assumptions of each framework 2. Interrelationship of frameworks in forming hypotheses D. Historical perspective of the family by decade 1. Correlation between sociobiological social change and family function 2. Projections for the family of the 21st century based on historical antecedents II. Dating and mate selection A. Functions of dating practices 1. Cross-cultural and historical assessment 2. Projection of future trends B. Sexual value systems and their effect on behavior C. Definitions of love D. Sociological, psychological, and mate selection theories and their impact on marital satisfaction E. Premarital contracts III. Marital adjustment A. Predictors of marital satisfaction B. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on role expectations: assessment of evolving gender roles C. Styles of spousal interaction and their effect on marital adjustment D. Impact of job stress, economic strain, retirement, personal value differences, and relationships with other people on marital adjustment E. Impact of sexual values and behavior on marital adjustment F. Effect of childbirth and parenting on marital adjustment G. Step family readjustments H. Causes, types, and consequences of family violence; options for victims of family abuse IV. Marital dissolution through divorce or death of a spouse A. Legal issues B. Stages of grief C. Factors leading to positive personal adjustment to loss D. Comparison of adjustment issues involved in divorce and bereavement | |||
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 10, 2024 | |||