HDFS 4150 - Families, Schools, and Community Partnerships (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course examines the relationship between families, schools and communities in which they exist. Specific attention is paid to the variety of ways to support diverse families (eg. racial/ethnic/cultural, religious, economic, language, structural). Topics explored include but are not limited to family-school involvement, collaboration and partnership, theoretical perspectives related to families, families within the political context, and family strengths and stress.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in all of the following: HDFS 1131, HDFS 2135, HDFS 3131, HDFS 3139.