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CFS101AH: Visual Art Experiences for Young Children – 1 credit

The creative use of visual art media and techniques with children between the ages of birth and age eight. Prerequisites: None.

CFS112: Personal Growth and Family Relations – 3 credits

Personal development as related to the individual, the family, and their relations. Emphasis on interpersonal family relationships. Skills and techniques to facilitate and strengthen the individual and family relationships. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS123: Health and Nutrition in Early Childhood Settings – 1 credit

Creating and maintaining healthy environments and practices in programs serving young children. Emphasis on assessing the child's health status, nutrition and food service, communicable disease recognition, transmission, and prevention, infection control, regulations and regulatory agencies, current topics, resources, and innovative practices. Prerequisites: None.

CFS125: Safety In Early Childhood Settings – 1 credit

Fundamental concepts of promoting a safe, but challenging learning environment. Establishing and maintaining safety procedures in the early childhood setting. Emphasis on indoor and outdoor equipment and activities, risk analysis, accident, evacuation and emergency plans, regulations, regulatory agencies and resources, current topics, and innovative practices. Prerequisites: None.

CFS157: Marriage and Family Life – 3 credits

Study of marriage and the family as a social system, including models of family analysis, intrapersonal and interpersonal relations, including intimacy, sexuality, and cross-cultural and historical patterns. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS159: The Modern Family – 3 credits

An examination of the modern American family. An emphasis on the changing functions and roles of individuals within today's society and an analysis of the basic challenges confronting the family, including alternative family styles. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS176: Child Development – 3 credits

Study of the science of human development from conception through adolescence. Includes observation skills, parent and adult roles in the lives of children, and contemporary issues. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS177: Parent-Child Relationships – 3 credits

Methods to strengthen relationships and negotiate conflicts with children. Focus on effective interpersonal skills and guidance techniques. Prerequisites: None.

CFS205: Human Development – 3 credits

Explores the growth and development process over the human life span. Research and theoretical approaches; physical, cognitive, social, and personality development from birth through adulthood and death. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS206: Child and Family Organizations: Management and Administration – 3 credits

Examination of management and administration of community- based child and family organizations within the context of organizational behaviors. Focus on attributes of effective organizations: the impact of organizational culture and learning, work-place diversity and employee motivation. Prerequisites: None.

CFS207: Organization and Community Leadership in Child and Family Organizations – 3 credits

Examination of organization and community leadership as it applies to the management and administration of community-based child and family services organizations. Provides overview of leadership styles and function. Prerequisites: None.

CFS208: Child and Family Organizations: Fiscal Management and Grant Writing – 3 credits

Examination of fiscal accountability and resource development as it applies to the management and administration of community-based child and family social service organizations. Provides overview of grant development processes beginning with research into governmental and private funding sources through fiscal and grant audit processes. Includes budget development, risk management, and cost control issues. Prerequisites: None.

CFS209: Child and Family Organizations: Project Management – 3 credits

Focuses on concepts and strategies associated with effective project management in community-based child and family organizations. Emphasis on planning, evaluation and project management models. Prerequisites: None.

CFS210: Family Life Education – 3 credits

Provides an overview of the professional work within the field of family life education. Emphasis on developing flexible, culturally sensitive, and effective professional skills. Prerequisites: None.

CFS235: Developing Child: Theory into Practice, Prenatal to Age Eight – 3 credits

Understanding and working with young children, birth through age eight. Analysis of young children's physical, social, emotional, cognitive and linguistic development within their home, school, and cultural contexts. Typical and atypical development. Implications for teachers and parents. Emphasis on observations and planning curriculum based on theories, research, and child-specific data.
Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS240: Human Behavior In Context – 3 credits

Considers the influences of physical and social environments in which human behavior occurs. Includes multiple roles and perspectives of the individual, the family, society and the professional. Prerequisites: None.

CFS243: Cross-Cultural Parenting – 3 credits

Focus on the study of parents and children from a cross-cultural position. Emphasis on parenting styles and practices from a cultural directive and expectation perspective. Course designed for those seeking careers in Family Studies, Parent Education, Psychology, Social Work/Human Services. Prerequisites: None.

CFS250: Social Policy and Families – 3 credits

Examines the impact of social policy on family systems and the implications for professional roles and practice. Prerequisites: None.

CFS259: Sexuality over the Life Span – 3 credits

Examination of the physical, psychological, social, and cultural contributions to human sexuality. Emphasis on family life and cultural variation. Examination of facts and myths, current literature, and changing mores regarding human sexuality. Sexuality of males and females in contemporary society; impact of sexual trends on society; home/school issues in sexuality education. Prerequisites: Permission of Department or Division. Student must be 18 years or older.

General Education Designations: SB

CFS282: Inclusion of Young Children with Special Needs – 1 credit

An exploration of the educational, social, and behavioral concerns involved in the successful inclusion of children with special needs into typical preschool classrooms. Includes discussion of strategies for adaptations and modifications of the environment and accessing existing resources in the community. Prerequisites: None.

CFS285AA: Family-School Interaction: Preschool – 1 credit

Interaction among parents, teachers and the preschool. Emphasis on methods used cooperatively by parents and preschool teachers to provide for education and developmental needs. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (CFS/ECH176 or CFS278), or permission of Instructor.