Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.

The Family and Social Relations major focuses on issues such as the increasing variation in family structure, the work/family balance, gender socialization, changing roles of women and men, poverty, violence, abuse and family policy. The major combines social science research knowledge with practical experience gained through course work and field placements in the community. Students who select this major are interested in a career that requires an interdisciplinary understanding of the complex and changing interrelationships among individual development, family systems, communities and the larger culture. There is flexibility in the major for students to select courses which can be used to facilitate career goals in such areas as community mental health, child welfare, family counselling, divorce mediation, family life education, and family social services.

Graduates may proceed to post-graduate professional studies in such fields as family therapy, law, social work, education and medicine. All students in the Family and Social Relations major must successfully complete a minimum of 20.00 passed credits including the core of 13.00 required credits and 1.50 restricted electives, as outlined in the Schedule of Studies. Students will normally register for courses according to the semesters indicated below for Fall and Winter sequencing. Those who register for spring semesters and other students for whom the semester offerings present difficulty may, where they have the approval of their departmental advisor, take some courses in alternative semesters.

Major

Semester 1

PSYC*1200 [0.50] Dynamics of Behaviour

SOC*1100 [0.50] Sociology

1.00 elective or restricted elective

One of:

ENGL*1200 [0.50] Reading the Contemporary World

FREN*1200 [0.50] Intermediate French I

Note: 0.50 of the 1.00 elective in Semester 1 must be BIOL*1020 if the student does not have standing in OAC Biology or equivalent.

Semester 2

FRHD*1020 [0.50] Couple and Family Relationships

FRHD*2060 [0.50] Adult Development and Aging

NUTR*1010 [0.50] Nutrition and Society

PSYC*1100 [0.50] Principles of Behaviour

0.50 elective or restricted elective

Semester 3

FRHD*2100 [0.50] Development of Human Sexuality

FRHD*2270 [0.50] Development in Early and Middle Childhood

STAT*2080 [0.50] Introductory Applied Statistics I

1.00 elective or restricted elective

Semester 4

COST*2100 [0.50] Personal Financial Management

FRHD*3080 [0.50] Adolescent Development

STAT*2090 [0.50] Introductory Applied Statistics II

0.50 elective or restricted elective

One of:

CIS*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Computer Applications

CIS*1200 [0.50] Introduction to Computing

COST*2020 [0.50] Information Management

Semester 5

FRHD*3040 [0.50] Parenting: Research and Applications

FRHD*3060 [0.50] Principles of Social Gerontology

FRHD*3070 [0.50] Research Methods - Family Studies

1.00 elective or restricted elective

Semester 6

FRHD*3120 [0.50] Families in Canadian Context

FRHD*3400 [0.50] Communication in Family Consultation

1.50 electives or restricted electives

Semester 7

FRHD*4020 [0.50] Family Theory

FRHD*4061 [1.00] Family and Community: Field Placement

FRHD*4100 [0.50] Dynamics of Group and Family Functioning

0.50 elective or restricted elective

Semester 8

FRHD*4062 [1.00] Family and Community: Field Placement

FRHD*4130 [0.50] Issues in Child and Family Welfare

1.00 electives or restricted electives

Restricted Electives

One of:

BIOM*2000 [0.50] Concepts of Physiology

MBG*1000 [0.50] Genetics and Society

PSYC*2410 [0.50] Behavioural Basis of Neuroscience, I

One of:

ANTH*3400 [0.50] The Anthropology of Gender

HIST*2930 [0.50] Women and Cultural Change

PHIL*2060 [0.50] Philosophy of Feminism

PSYC*3300 [0.50] Topics in the Psychology of Women

SOAN*2400 [0.50] Introduction to Gender Systems

WMST*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Women's Studies

WMST*2000 [0.50] Women and Representation

One of:

HIST*2800 [0.50] The History of the Modern Family

PHIL*1000 [0.50] Introductory Philosophy

PHIL*1010 [0.50] Social and Political Issues

PHIL*2070 [0.50] Philosophy of the Environment

PHIL*2100 [0.50] Critical Thinking

PHIL*2180 [0.50] Philosophy of Science

PSYC*2310 [0.50] Introduction to Social Psychology

Electives

Courses which complement the major and which may be taken as electives include:

COST*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Marketing Management

COST*1800 [0.50] Housing and Community Planning

COST*2600 [0.50] Fundamentals of Consumer Behaviour

COST*2810 [0.50] Social Aspects of Housing

FRHD*2110 [0.50] The Exceptional Child in the Family

FRHD*2260 [0.50] Infant Development

FRHD*4200 [0.50] Issues in Human Sexuality

NUTR*2050 [0.50] Family and Community Nutrition

NUTR*4070 [0.50] Nutrition Education

PSYC*2310 [0.50] Introduction to Social Psychology

PSYC*3310 [0.50] Applied Social Psychology

REXT*3080 [0.50] Technology in Extension

REXT*3100 [0.50] Teaching and Learning in Non-Formal Education

REXT*4020 [0.50] Rural Extension in Change and Development

SOC*2070 [0.50] Social Deviance

Note: Students intending to apply for admission to a graduate program should include among their electives both FRHD*4810 and FRHD*4910.