Families and Close Relationships

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Minerva’s Academic Curriculum Critical Thinking & Inquiry in the Social & Behavioral Sciences Student Learning Objectives (SLOs):

With respect to the study of families and close relationships, students will:

1. Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts, or information.

2. Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

Course Specific Student Learning Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Critically evaluate popular perceptions of marriage and family relationships.

• Provide an overview of theoretical and empirical work on marriage and family relationships.

• Recognize the tremendous diversity in the nature and developmental pathways of these relationships.

• Provide a framework for assessing the connections between interpersonal and familial relationships and the larger social context (e.g., cultural background, socioeconomic class, parents' work conditions).

Teachers Academy Conceptual Framework Mission Statement:

The mission of professional education at UNCG is to prepare and support the professional development of caring, collaborative, and competent educators who work in diverse settings. This mission is carried out in an environment that nurtures the active engagement of all participants, values individual as well as cultural diversity, and recognizes the importance of reflection and integration of theory and practice. UNCG's professional education programs are guided by shared commitments to: (a) equity and excellence in teaching, research, and service; (b) professional integrity and ethical deliberation in dealing with students and colleagues (university-based, school-based, and community-based); (c) the construction of a professional knowledge base through collaboration and collegiality; and (d) the dissemination of professional knowledge, skills and dispositions through the preparation and continuing professional development of teachers, principals and other school personnel.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Written Assignments (2 assignments @ 5 points each)	10 points total
Quizzes (7 quizzes @ 10 points each, lowest quiz grade dropped)	60 points total
Exams (2 exams @ 15 points each)	30 points total

Grading Scale (Percentage based)

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92.99	A-
87-89.99	B+
83-86.99	B
80-82.99	B-
77-79.99	C+
73-76.99	C
70-72.99	C-
67-69.99	D+
63-66.99	D
60-62.99	D-
less than 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Marriages, families, and relationships: Making choices in a diverse society (Fifteenth edition) by Mary Ann Lamanna, Agnes Riedmann, Susan Stewart. You may rent or purchase this book.