MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science 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. Apply social science concepts to understand the family and marriage as social institutions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the diversity and complexity of contemporary families and changes in these institutions over time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize changes over time in attitudes and beliefs about marriage and family. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of common methodological approaches to studying families. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply existing social research to examine social policies that impact families. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply social science concepts to understand the family and marriage as social institutions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the diversity and complexity of contemporary families and changes in these institutions over time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize changes over time in attitudes and beliefs about marriage and family. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of common methodological approaches to studying families. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply existing social research to examine social policies that impact families. Audience: Undergraduate