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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Internship of 125 hours of child/family/social/community agency involvement, as well as class attendance. Emphasis on ethics, and the ethical guidelines of various helping professions. Personal and professional development focus and compilation of a professional portfolio. Select lay counseling skills, such as active listening, are developed. Internship sites have to meet specified criteria, available from FAMS internship supervisor. Enrollment limited to juniors and seniors. Prereq: FAMS 202. Offered: Fall and Spring.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Individual problem selected by the student, with approval of the department chair, arranged with the guidance and supervision of an assigned staff member. Prereq: FAMS 202. Offered: See advisor.
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2.00 Credits
Introduction to research methods in family studies. Drawing on examples from the discipline, this course introduces students to basic elements of scientific thought and stages in the quantitative research process, as well as research ethics. Students design a research project that is completed in the senior research course to follow. Prereq: FAMS 202. Co-req: Must be taken with FAMS 331. Offered: Spring.
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4.00 Credits
Students work (as volunteers) in an early childhood learning program under supervision of the children's learning center staff and Samford faculty. Class meets once per week for 2 hours and 40 minutes, plus 8 hours per week of field experience. (Students pursuing the former child life concentration will work as volunteers in a hospital child life program under supervision of the hospital child life staff and Samford faculty.)
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4.00 Credits
Promotion of interdisciplinary knowledge in the content areas of family law and public policy. Topics include legislation and policies relating to marriage, family leave, divorce, family support, child custody, child protection, and economic support for children and families. Ethics are emphasized as pertaining to the lifespan and to the helping professions, specifically family studies. Prereq: FAMS 202 or instructor permission. Offered: Spring.
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4.00 Credits
Overview of contemporary family science scholarship related to multicultural, diversity, and gender perspectives. Multicultural focus examines ideas and practices related to family structure and function across cultures in contemporary American society. Explores the centrality of cultural identity and gender in the organization and functioning of family and societal relations. Offered: On rotation.
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2.00 Credits
Capstone course designed to familiarize seniors with theoretical and applied research, and research ethics, as it relates to their particular discipline and interests. Final objective is a senior project, which is evaluated by practitioners in the field. Prereq: FAMS 383. Offered: Fall.
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12.00 Credits
Students must complete an approved early childhood learning internship experience. During this internship students are expected to demonstrate skills and abilities in working with children and their families. Prereq: FAMS 390. (Students pursuing the former child life concentration must complete an approved child life internship experience, supervised by a certified child life specialist, and involving a minimum of 480 hours of experience. Internship may be completed out of town.)
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the theory, practice, and products of film adaptation, including readings of primary source texts and the specific films adapted from those texts. Prereqs: UCCA 101 and UCCA 102. Offered: Fall, on rotation.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the cultural development and aesthetic principles common to foreign cinema, including major periods, nationalities, movements, auteurs, and specific works. Prereqs: UCCA 101 and UCCA 102. Offered: Spring, on rotation.
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