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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

CDE 2103 - Family Development: Origins and Movement (3) [GenEd: SS]

When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Social Sciences Designation; Intercultural Literacy
A study, using the multicultural lifespan approach, of factors affecting human and family development. Theories, patterns, structures and functions of diverse family groupings and interactions and interrelationships in family processes and development will be considered in relation to current research. Students will research their individual family origins and movement to better understand their current family dynamics and personal development. Students will also study and analyze critical family issues and compare these issues within different cultures in the United States and around the world.