Applied Kinesiology
Applied Sociology
Contemporary American Experience
Cross Cultural Leadership
Environmental Studies
Families, Gender & Society
Geographic Information Science
Health Care Administration
Information Technology Strategy for Organizations
Organizational Leadership
Personal Community Health Perspectives
Understanding Media and Visual Culture
Self-Designed Concentration
Concentration: Families, Gender, and Society
This concentration is designed to provide students with an interdisciplinary view of family life in contemporary times, preparing students to work or to advance in careers requiring work with families, children, teens, and/or the elderly.
Courses focus on analysis and examination of familial relationships, systems, and structures in varied settings.This concentration will work well as follow up to a Pre-K Associate degree or for those previously in early childhood education who have decided to apply their skills in other career fields.
According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Labor Market Information web site, the Cincinnati-Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) growth projection for Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations is 13.7 percent and for Community and Social Services Occupations is 13.7 percent by 2014.
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* Denotes courses that are offered primarily or only on the Oxford campus.
** Denotes courses that are currently not offered
*** If selecting FGS as your Concentration, at least one course should be from a discipline other than FSW.
| Course |
Title |
Credit Hours |
Take three (3) of the following: |
| ENG 262 |
Children’s Literature |
3 |
| FSW/KNH 207 |
Serving and Supporting Children, Youth, and Families
|
4 |
| FSW 261 |
Diverse Family Systems Across the Life Cycle |
3 |
| FSW 281 |
Child Development in Diverse Families |
4 |
| FSW 381 |
Parent-Child Relations in Diverse Families |
3 |
| PSY 231 |
Developmental Psychology |
3 |
| SOC/WGS 203 |
Sociology of Gender Roles |
3 |
| WGS 201 |
Introduction to Women’s Studies |
3 |
| Take one (1) of the following: |
| SOC/FSW 363*** (formerly SOC 361) |
Sociology of Families
|
3 |
| PHL 312 |
Contemporary Moral Problems |
4 |
| WGS 301 |
Women and Difference: Intersections of Race, Class, and Sexuality |
3 |
Take one (1) of the following: |
| EDT 422 |
Studies in Educational Issues |
3 |
| FSW 481 |
Adolescent Development in Diverse Families
|
3 |
| FSW/SOC/WGS 451* |
Family Violence |
3 |
| KNH 473 |
Children and Youth in Sport |
3 |
| SOC/GTY/WGS 463 |
Gender and Aging |
3 |
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