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Family Sciences |
James M. Harper, Chair
1000 SWKT, PO Box 25308, (801) 378-2069
Bernard E. Poduska, Associate Chair
1000 SWKT, PO Box 25308, (801) 378-2069
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences Advisement Center
2254 SFLC, PO Box 26797, (801) 378-3541
Admission to Degree Program
All degree programs in the Department of Family Sciences are open enrollment. However, special limitations apply for teaching majors.
The Discipline
Family scientists examine theories, research, and practices related to the quality of life in families. The bachelor's degree, which prepares students to write and think analytically about family and society, can be a broad liberal arts major, can be a means to teacher certification, or can be a preprofessional degree for social sciences graduate study. The department's philosophy is that societal and community health centers around families.
Career Opportunities
Family sciences scholarship provides (1) frameworks by which human development and family behavior can be explained, (2) applications of principles and skills that contribute to quality family relationships and appropriate use of family resources, and (3) research that addresses optimal human development, the wise use of family resources, and the well-being of family members.
Home economics education is the emphasis leading to vocational teacher certification. Provision is also made for obtaining an occupational endorsement on the teaching certificate. This program is being revised. Please consult the advisement center (2254 SFLC) for details.
Students who wish a home economics emphasis without certifying to teach should choose the home and family emphasis.
Students with bachelor's degrees in nonteaching majors in family sciences and in the social sciences generally can be employed in settings where knowledge of human behavior, interpersonal competence, and personal use of resources is essential. However, graduate study is necessary for the most attractive opportunities within the profession. Family sciences graduates learn principles applicable to their personal as well as professional lives. The BS degree can be a springboard into graduate studies in the social sciences, law, and home economics.
Students who plan to pursue graduate work in family sciences or human development at BYU or other universities should take a statistics course. Students considering graduate work in marriage and family therapy are encouraged to consult with the graduate secretary of the department regarding the other electives that will best prepare them for admission to a graduate degree program. Generally, students will want to take statistics (and become familiar with computer statistical programs), research methods, family systems, abnormal psychology, and a pre-MFT seminar.
Beginning fall 1997, the early childhood education program will be administered by the School of Education.
Graduation Requirements
To receive a bachelor's degree a student must fill three groups of requirements: (1) general education requirements; (2) university requirements; and (3) major requirements.
General Education Requirements
Please see your college advisement center for information about general education courses you should take to dovetail with your major program.
Languages of Learning
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Precollege Math (none to three courses)
(or Math ACT score of at least 22) |
0-3.0 hours |
| First-Year Writing (one course) | 3.0 |
| Advanced Writing (one to four courses) | 3-8.0 |
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Advanced Languages/Math/Music (one to four courses) |
3-20.0 |
Liberal Arts Core
| Biological Science (one to two courses) | 3-6.0 |
| Physical Science (one to two courses) | 3-7.0 |
| American Heritage (one to two courses) | 3-6.0 |
| Wellness (one to three courses) | 1.5-3.0 |
| History of Civilization (two courses) | 6.0 |
Arts and Sciences Electives
| Arts and Letters (one course) | 3.0 |
| Natural Sciences (one course) | 3-4.0 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (one course) | 3.0 |
Note 1: For a complete list of courses that will fill each GE category, see the General Education section of the current class schedule.
Note 2: Additional information about general education requirements can be found in the General Education section of the current class schedule or this catalog.
Minimum University Requirements
| Religion | 14.0 |
| Upper-division hours | 40.0 |
| Residency | 30.0 |
| Total hours | 128.0 |
Cumulative GPA must be at least 2.0.
Note: See the Graduation section of this catalog for more information.
Major Requirements
Complete the major requirements listed for one of the folowing undergraduate degree programs.
Undergraduate Programs and Degrees
| BS | Family Sciences |
Emphases:
Family Sciences
Home and Family
Home Economics Education
Home Economics Education—Family Life
Human Development
| Minor | Family Sciences |
For help or information on the undergraduate programs, please see your college advisement center.
Graduate Programs and Degrees
| MS | Family Sciences |
| MS | Marriage and Family Therapy |
| PhD | Family Sciences |
| PhD | Marriage and Family Therapy |
For more information See the 1997-98 BYU Graduate Catalog.
BS Family Sciences: Family Sciences Emphasis (45 hours*)
Major Requirements
*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.
BS Family Sciences: Home and Family Emphasis (41-42 hours*)
Major Requirements
*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.
BS Family Sciences: Home Economics Education Emphasis (94-95 hours,* including certification hours)
At catalog press time requirements for the home economics emphasis were being restructured. Please see the advisement center for details. The new requirements total 65-69 hours.
Major Requirements
Note: A delay of ten years or more before completing graduation/certification requirements will necessitate taking additional courses to update subject matter.
*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.
BS Family Sciences: Home Economics Education—Family Life Emphasis (88-90 hours,* including certification hours)
Major Requirements
*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.
BS Family Sciences: Human Development Emphasis (42 hours*)
Major Requirements
*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.
Minor Family Sciences (15 hours*)
*Hours include courses that may fulfill GE or university requirements.
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Undergraduate Courses
150. Principles of Home and Family Life. (3:3:0)
160. Introduction to Family Sciences. (3:3:0) Honors and Independent Study
also.
210. Human Development. (3:3:0) Independent Study also.
230. Housing the Family. (3:3:0)
250. Theories in Family Perspective. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 160, 210.
288. Vocational and Occupational Education. (3:2:1)
300. Critical Inquiry and Research Methods. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc
160, 210, or instructor's consent.
301. Preparation for Marriage. (3:3:0)
302. Marriage Enhancement. (3:3:0)
303. Parenting. (3:3:0) Independent Study also.
304. Family Money Management 1. (3:3:0)
310. Advanced Human Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 210 or instructor's
consent.
311. Development in Infancy. (3:3:0)
312. Personality and Social Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 210
or instructor's consent.
313. Cognitive Development. (3:3:0)
314. Moral Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 250.
315. Language Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 250 or 310 or instructor's
consent.
317. Subculture Effects on Child Development. (3:3:0)
322. Childhood Socialization and Learning Lab. (4:1:3) Prerequisite: FamSc
160, 210, 250; register a semester in advance.
335. Household Equipment. (3:2:4)
340. Family Meal Management. (2:1:3)
356. Interactional Interviewing Skills in Family Sciences. (3:2:1)
360. Issues in Family Sciences. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 160.
363. Family Life in the Middle and Later Years. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc
160 or instructor's consent.
367. Women's Roles. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 160.
371. Work and Relationships in the Home. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 160.
372. Temporal Welfare in Families. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 160 or instructor's
consent.
375. Family Economics and Aging. (3:3:0)
377. Curriculum Development in Home Economics Education. (3:3:0) Prerequisite:
concurrent registration in ScEd 276R.
395R. Special Topics in Family Sciences. (1-3:0:0 ea.) Independent Study
also. Prerequisite: instructor's consent.
399R. Cooperative Education: Internship in Family Sciences. (1-9:Arr.:Arr.
ea.) Prerequisite: program coordinator's consent.
403R. Research Practicum. (3:1:2 ea.) Prerequisite: FamSc 300.
404. Family Money Management 2. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 304.
460. Theory and Research in Family Sciences. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc
250, 300.
461. The Family and the Law. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 160.
465. Modifying Family Systems: Principles and Practices. (3:3:0) Prerequisite:
FamSc 160 and 210, or instructor's consent.
492R. Supervised Instructional Experience. (1-3:Arr.:Arr. ea.) F, W, Sp,
Su
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
501R. Workshop in Family Sciences. (1-2:2:0 ea.) Prerequisite: 8 hours
in family sciences or department chair's consent.
510. Seminar in Intellectual Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 514.
511. Familial Influences on Children's Social Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite:
FamSc 310 or equivalent.
512. Emotional and Moral Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: instructor's
consent.
514. Theories of Human Development. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc 310 or
equivalent.
520. Head Teachers Practicum in Preschool. (4:1:3) Prerequisite: FamSc
322, 323 or equivalent.
522R. Seminar in Early Childhood Education. (2:2:4 ea.) Prerequisite: FamSc
322 or equivalent.
540. Family Economics. (3:3:0)
545. Family Financial Resource Management. (3:3:0) Sp; Su even yr. Prerequisite:
FamSc 304 or equivalent.
550. (FamSc-Soc) Contemporary Family Theories. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc
250, Soc 311, or equivalent.
551. Fathering: Scholarship and Intervention. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: instructor's
consent.
555R. Beginning Practicum in Marriage and Family Therapy. (2-3:0:4 ea.)
F, W Prerequisite: FamSc 650.
560. Perspectives on Familial Processes. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: instructor's
consent.
561. Seminar in Family Law. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: concurrent registration
in FamSc 461.
562. Seminar in Professional Responsibility. (3:3:0)
563. Theoretical Foundations of Family Systems. (3:3:0)
564. Human and Family Development Over the Life Cycle. (3:3:0)
565. Instructional Processes in Family Sciences. (3:3:0)
566R. Preparation for Teaching Practicum. (1:1:3 ea.) Prerequisite: instructor's
consent.
567R. Practicum in Family Life Education. (1-3:0:Arr. ea.) Prerequisite:
FamSc 565, 566, or instructor's consent.
570. Paradigms in Family Process and Analysis. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: FamSc
371 or equivalent.
590R. Readings in Family Sciences. (1-2:2:0 ea.) Prerequisite: FamSc 310
or 460 and instructor's consent.
595R. Special Topics in Family Sciences. (1-2:2:0 ea.) Prerequisite: for
family sciences major, FamSc 310 or 460 and instructor's consent.
Graduate Courses
For 600- and 700-level courses, See the 1997-98 BYU Graduate Catalog.
Family Sciences Faculty
Professors
Burr, Wesley R. (1969) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1960, 1961; PhD, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1967.
Crane, D. Russell (1983) BA, California State U., Hayward, 1975; MS, PhD, Brigham Young U., 1978, 1979.
Feinauer, Leslie L. (1984) BS, Brigham Young U., 1968; MS, U. of Utah, 1969; PhD, Brigham Young U., 1981.
Galbraith, Richard C. (1975) BS, Brigham Young U., 1971; MS, PhD, Northwestern U., 1973, 1975.
Harper, James M. (1979) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1974, 1976; PhD, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1979.
Larsen, Jean M. (1963) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1953, 1960; PhD, U. of Utah, 1972.
Larson, Jeffry H. (1987) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1971, 1974; PhD, Texas Tech. U., 1980.
Mead, D. Eugene (1967) BA, U. of Oregon, 1956; MA, San Jose State Coll., 1963; EdD, U. of Oregon, 1967.
Olson, Terrance D., (1974) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1967, 1969; PhD, Florida State U., 1972.
Peery, J. Craig (1980) BA, Columbia Coll., 1970; MA, PhD, Columbia U., 1973, 1973.
Price, Alvin H. (1966) BS, Brigham Young U., 1960; MA, PhD, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963, 1966.
Stahmann, Robert F. (1975) BA, Macalester Coll., 1963; MS, PhD, U. of Utah, 1965, 1967.
Associate Professors
Barlow, Brent Alvin (1977) BS, MA, Brigham Young U., 1966, 1968; PhD, Florida State U., 1971.
Beutler, Ivan F. (1981) BS, MS, Utah State U., 1969, 1970; MS, PhD, Purdue U., 1972, 1974.
Christensen, Maribeth (1996) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1980, 1983; PhD, Utah State U., 1995.
Draper, Thomas W. (1982) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1971, 1973; PhD, Emory U., 1976.
Hart, Craig H. (1992) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1980, 1982; PhD, Purdue U., 1987.
Hawkins, Alan J. (1990) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1979, 1984; PhD, Pennsylvania State U., 1990.
Holman, Thomas B. (1985) BA, Utah State U.; MREd, PhD, Brigham Young U., 1976, 1981.
Klein, Shirley R. (1986) BS, U. of Arizona, 1966; MS Brigham Young U., 1984, PhD, U. of Utah, 1990.
McKee, Trevor R. (1974) BA, MA, PhD, Brigham Young U., 1958, 1962, 1973.
Poduska, Bernard E. (1983) BA, MA, California State Coll., Fullerton, 1966, 1968; PhD, Brigham Young U., 1983.
Robinson, Clyde C. (1990) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1972, 1976; PhD, U. of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1982.
Rowley, Maxine Lewis (1979) BA, Brigham Young U., 1960; BA, U. of Utah, 1974; MS, Utah State U., 1979, PhD, Brigham Young U., 1989.
Scoresby, A. Lynn (1970) BS, MA, Brigham Young U., 1965, 1966; PhD, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1969.
Watson, Wendy L. (1993) BA, U. of Hawaii, 1973; MS, Brigham Young U., 1975; PhD, U. of Calgary, Canada, 1984.
Assistant Professors
Bahr, Kathleen S.(1970) BS, MS, Utah State U., 1968, 1970; PhD, Michigan State U., 1982.
Butler, Mark H. (1996) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1986, 1990; PhD, Texas Tech U., 1996.
Dollahite, David C. (1993) BA, MS, Brigham Young U., 1983, 1985; PhD, U. of Minnesota, 1988.
Garrison, Carolyn (1970) BS, Oregon State U., 1961; MS, Iowa State U. of Science and Technology, 1971; PhD, Purdue U., 1978.
McCoy, J. Kelly (1996) BA, MS, Utah State U., 1984, 1987; PhD, U. of Georgia, 1992.
Olsen, Susanne Frost (1993) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1975, 1981; PhD, U. of Georgia, 1992.
Porter, Christin L. (1996) BS, Brigham Young U., 1990; MS, PhD, Purdue U., 1992, 1996.
Emeriti
Allred, G. Hugh (1966) BA, MA,Brigham Young U., 1957, 1960; EdD, U. of Oregon, 1966.
Barlow, Frances P. (1957) BS, MEd, Utah State U., 1933, 1938.
Bastian, Beth S. (1964) BS, Utah State U., 1950; MS, Kansas State U., 1955.
Brasher, Ruth E. (1969) BS, Brigham Young U., 1951; MA, U. of Maryland, 1959; PhD, Utah State U., 1969.
Cahoon, Owen W. (1970) BS, MS, Utah State U., 1963, 1964; DEd, Pennsylvania State U., 1970.
Cannon, Kenneth Lynn (1956) BS, Brigham Young U., 1935; MS, PhD, Iowa State U. of Science and Technology, 1948, 1954.
Devey, Ottella T. (1959) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1956, 1959.
Edwards, Kay P. (1974) BS, M.S, Utah State U., 1962, 1964; PhD, Cornell U., 1969.
Ellsworth, Carol (1969) BS, Colorado State U., 1951; MA, Columbia U., 1964; EdD, Brigham Young U., 1980.
Hoopes, Margaret H. (1970) BS, Ricks Coll., 1953; MS, Brigham Young U., 1962; PhD, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1969.
Knowles, Elmer M. (1962) BS, MS, Utah State U., 1949, 1950; PhD, Cornell U., 1952.
Lewis, Stella D. (1956) BS, MHE, Brigham Young U., 1938, 1966.
Moss, J. Joel (1961) BS, MS, Brigham Young U., 1948, 1949; PhD, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1954.
Porter, Blaine R., (1955) BS, MA, Brigham Young U., 1947, 1949; PhD, Cornell U., 1952.
Taylor, Barbara J. (1957) BS, MS, PhD, Brigham Young U., 1957, 1960, 1971.
Vance, Barbara Jane (1967) BA, U. of Utah, 1956; MA, Brigham Young U., 1959; PhD, Stanford U., 1967.
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