FATHERHOOD
Development of the paternal role and the consequences of fathering for family well-being and child development across the lifespan. Defining and measuring fatherhood, contextual influences on fathering, cultural variation in fathering, and shifting perceptions of fatherhood with an emphasis on current and future expectations for the fathering role.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the ways in which father-child relationships have been conceptualized, and the extent to which these conceptualizations fit with classic theories in developmental and family science Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically evaluate theoretical and empirical research on fatherhood Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify fathers' unique contributions to child and family development across ages and domains of developmental outcomes Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate some of the principal determinants of fathering behaviors and beliefs Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize the scope and complexity of fatherhood roles, and the ways in which these roles may be enacted in different cultural, socio-economic, and ecological contexts Audience: Undergraduate 6. Engage in productive conversations and debates regarding fathers' roles and the best ways to foster healthy father-child relationships Audience: Undergraduate 7. Contribute to the design of evidence-based programs serving fathers and their children Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the ways in which father-child relationships have been conceptualized, and the extent to which these conceptualizations fit with classic theories in developmental and family science Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically evaluate theoretical and empirical research on fatherhood Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify fathers' unique contributions to child and family development across ages and domains of developmental outcomes Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate some of the principal determinants of fathering behaviors and beliefs Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize the scope and complexity of fatherhood roles, and the ways in which these roles may be enacted in different cultural, socio-economic, and ecological contexts Audience: Undergraduate 6. Engage in productive conversations and debates regarding fathers' roles and the best ways to foster healthy father-child relationships Audience: Undergraduate 7. Contribute to the design of evidence-based programs serving fathers and their children Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027