STRESS AND RESILIENCE IN FAMILIES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically evaluate internal family processes, including parenting and parent-child relations, couples and family relationships across generations and family health and well-being (e.g., mental health, substance abuse, wellness, child maltreatment) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply various theories, models, and perspectives on family stress and resilience across the lifespan to their understanding of families in stress and crisis Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply research and application of these models to specific contemporary topics relevant to individual and family functioning, including risk and resiliency processes Audience: Undergraduate 4. Evaluate current issues and areas of investigation in the field of family stress and resilience and their application to ‘real world’ challenges Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically evaluate internal family processes, including parenting and parent-child relations, couples and family relationships across generations and family health and well-being (e.g., mental health, substance abuse, wellness, child maltreatment) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply various theories, models, and perspectives on family stress and resilience across the lifespan to their understanding of families in stress and crisis Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply research and application of these models to specific contemporary topics relevant to individual and family functioning, including risk and resiliency processes Audience: Undergraduate 4. Evaluate current issues and areas of investigation in the field of family stress and resilience and their application to ‘real world’ challenges Audience: Undergraduate