Undergraduate Catalog

2011 - 2012

Complete the following prerequisite course:

Complete the following core courses:

SFL 100 : Strengthening Marriage and Family: Proclamation Principles and Scholarship. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

SFL 160 : Introduction to Family Processes. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

Complete 15 hours from the following:

SFL 331 : Infant Development in the Family. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

SFL 333 : (SFL-Soc 318) Adolescent Development in the Family and Other Social Contexts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

SFL 334 : Adult Development and Aging in the Family. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

SFL 335 : Family Adaptation and Resiliency. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

SFL 351 : Socialization Across Childhood. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

SFL 354 : Cross-Cultural Family and Human Development. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

BYU 300- or 400-level campus courses in the School of Family Life (including Salt Lake Center classes) may also be used to fill this requirement.

Complete six hours from the following elective courses:

Any courses not used in requirement 3 above.

Complete the following capstone course:

STDEV 490 : Bachelor of General Studies Capstone. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Developing essential college skills. Aims of BYU, values and goals, sound thinking skills. Learning styles and adjustment to college courses. College requirements and planning.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Understanding, applying, and sharing principles of successful marriage and family life from the LDS proclamation on the family, using sacred and scholarly perspectives.

OFFERED:	Honors also; Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Ways of strengthening family life by understanding such family processes as generations, emotions, communication, and rituals.

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Growth and development of the child from conception through adolescence; influences of family, peers, and schools.
NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
PREREQUISITE:	SFL 290
DESCRIPTION:	Conception, prenatal development, pregnancy. Physical, cognitive, and social development of the first twenty-four months. Implications for guidance and care in the family.

OFFERED:	Independent Study only.
PREREQUISITE:	STDEV 100; completion of all other BGS program requirements.
DESCRIPTION:	Culminating course required for bachelor of general studies degree: analyze and evaluate BGS experience in light of the "Aims of a BYU Education" and summarize this experience in a reflective paper, integrate material learned in emphasis by completing a scholarly essay, and demonstrate accomplishment of learning outcomes.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	SFL 160 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Adjustments to physical, emotional, social, and economic changes. Needs arising from changes in family relationships, living arrangements, and employment; retirement planning.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	SFL 290
DESCRIPTION:	Understanding family resiliency and building family strengths in normative transitions (birth, death, job) and nonnormative transitions (divorce, disability, remarriage, poverty, violence). Developing familial, social, religious, and instrumental resources to adapt positively to these transitions.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Factors related to quality relationships, mate selection, and the transition into marriage.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
DESCRIPTION:	Enhancing marital communication skills, conflict resolution styles, intimacy, stress management, and developing a shared relationship vision using social science theories and research findings.
NOTE:	Married, engaged, and couples seriously dating are encouraged to enroll together.