Family Life Studies, Undergraduate Minor

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

About the Family Life Studies Undergraduate Minor Program

The College of Arts & Sciences and College of Human Sciences jointly offer an interdisciplinary minor in family life studies. The program involves an integrated course of study that provides the student with diverse perspectives on the family. The minor consists of 18 hours chosen from several disciplines. No more than 6 hours may be taken from any one department. Courses counted toward the major will not count toward the minor. At least 6 hours must be at the junior-senior level.

Contact: Dr. Charlotte Dunham, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, charlotte.dunham@ttu.edu

Courses may be selected from the following:

COMS 3333 - Communication in Relationships 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 3334 - Gender and Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
HLTH 1300 - Patterns of Healthful Living 3 Semester Credit Hours
HLTH 3313 - Health for Preadolescents 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 2300 - Gender Development: Life Span Perspectives 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 2303 - Life Span Human Development 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 2322 - Partnering: The Development of Intimate Relationships 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3301 - Theories of Human Development and Family Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3320 - Contemporary Families 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3321 - Human Sexuality from a Life Span Perspective 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3322 - The Family in the Community 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3324 - Dynamics of Family Interaction 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3326 - Families in Crisis 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3331 - Parenting 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3332 - Aging in Families 3 Semester Credit Hours
HDFS 3350 - Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3311 - Social and Cultural History of the Southwest 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3322 - Women in Early America 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3323 - Women in Modern America 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 3394 - Religion, Family, and the State in Asia 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4325 - Major Issues in U.S. Women’s History 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4326 - A History of Sexuality in the United States 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4375 - Social and Cultural History of Europe, 1800 to the Present 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 4380 - A History of Masculinity 3 Semester Credit Hours
PFP 3301 - Introduction to Personal Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 2301 - Child Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 3341 - Close Relationships 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 4300 - Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSY 4301 - Developmental Psychology 3 Semester Credit Hours
SOC 3325 - Gendered Lives 3 Semester Credit Hours
SOC 3331 - Sexuality, Intimate Relations, and Family Life 3 Semester Credit Hours
SOC 3335 - Family Violence 3 Semester Credit Hours
SW 2311 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
SW 3312 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Lifespan 3 Semester Credit Hours