St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 5
History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
1.
Proposal Number:
Prepared by: Kathleen Ofstedal
Phone: 308-5445
Email: Kofstedal@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: COE
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: CFS 220 Parent Child Relations
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Child development, parent development; the co-relationship between mothers and fathers and their
children in the developing years. Traits and characteristics of healthy families. 3 credits offered fall and spring.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
It is a general education course for any student who may become or already is a parent. Just as every
student should take a class on how to learn how to drive, every student should take this course to learn how to be
a parent! It also fulfills a need in our Birth-3rd grade teaching license/Major in the Child and Family Studies
Department. This course has typically "hooked" students into our Child and Family Studies minor or major.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
N/A
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
N/A
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11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 5: History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Develop understanding of human societies and behaviors, and of the concepts, theories, and methods of
history and the social sciences.
Social and Behavioral Sciences explore the activities and interactions of people through observations and
study. These are the fields which investigate different aspects of human society. CFS 220: Parent-Child Relations,
deals with the rights and duties of parents in socializing their children to be able to be a productive member of
society. It is a course to educate parents (or parents to be) by studying sytematic processes of parenting. This class
also investigates the decision processes and communication strategies within and between members of families.
CFS 220 helps students understand the factors that make each family unique through the study of their own
families of origin. Research shows we tend to parent children the way we were parented. In this class, students
examine how they were parented (democratic, authoritarian, permissive) and begin to understand the implications
of how this will effect their behavior in future jobs. Some students have not lived in "healthy" families and need
to understand how to create a healthy environment in which to raise children. As we develop an understanding of
different family structures and how children are socialized differently, we begin to develop a deeper
understanding of society in general. Students are asked to analyze parent behavior across cultures and in
America.They are asked to develop explanations for and explore solutions to historical and contemporary
parenting issues. They reflect upon themselves in relation to their own family and how they were parented.
Finally, they apply and critique alternative parenting systems in reference to their own and their classmates'
family systems.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 5, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Describe or use the methods and data by which historians, social scientists, or behavioral scientists investigate
human conditions.
2. Analyze human behavior, cultures, and social institutions and processes from the perspectives of history or the
social and behavioral sciences.
3. Develop explanations for and explore solutions to historical or contemporary social problems.
4. Reflect upon themselves in relation to family, communities, society, culture, and/or their histories.
5. Apply and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories about human societies and behaviors.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
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SLO 2. Bigner text: Chapter 1: Parent-child relations in social context, Chapter 2: Cultural perspective,
10%
SLO 3. Bigner, J. (2010) Parent-Child Relations text - Chapters 4, Parenting Strategies, Chapter 5, The transition
to parenting 10%;
Issue Comparison Paper; familiarize students with a current issue in parent child relations; familiarize students
with the manner in which an issue is treated by a variety of sources (popular magazine vs. referred Journal/
professional journal); and enable students to compare and analyze a parenting issue in internet, popular magazine
and professional journals. 20%
Parent-Child (Bigner text) Relations -- Chapter 3: Theoretical perspectives on parent-child relations (test over
content) 10%
SLO 4. Family Assessment Paper: 1) help students understand the factors that make each family unique through
the study of their own families of origin and gain some understanding of personal experiences and attitudes which
will influence students as they work with parents and families 15% ;
Bigner text Chapters 6-10: Parenting infants - young adults (test over content) 15%
SLO 5. Bigner text: Chapter 10-15: Parenting in single-farent family systems, stepfamily systems,
homosexuality family systems and adolescent family systems. (test over content) 20%
15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
SEE ATTACHED
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
Proposal Number
Department: CFS
Course or Course(s): CFS 220
Kathleen K. Ofstedal
Department or Unit Chair Signature
2/3/2010
Date
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair
of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
Recommendation of General Education Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of University Curriculum Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of Faculty Association:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
FA Senate
Signature
Date
Action of Academic Vice President:
Approve
Disapprove
Signature
Entered in Curriculum Data File
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Remarks:
Date