Master's Degree - Family & Community Services

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2024 Fall Course Info
Crises Across the LifespanFamily DynamicsFoundations and Principles of Family and Community ServicesInterpersonal RelationshipsLifespan DevelopmentParenting EducationProgram Administration and ManagementProgram Design, Evaluation, and ImplementationResilience in FamiliesGrant Development & Management
2024 Summer Course Info
Family Resource ManagementLifespan DevelopmentNonprofits in a Global SocietyFamilies in Poverty
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Course Information
Resilience in Families
Course Description
In this course, students explore the evolution of a resilience approach to the study of families and human development across the life cycle.
Contacts
Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Ordinary Magic: Resilience in Development
Masten, Ann S.
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-1-4625-1716-9
Publisher: Guilford

Strengthening Family Resilience
Walsh, Froma
Edition: Third Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4625-2283-5
Publisher: Guilford Press

Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks before the semester begins, the Registrar's Office enrolls the student in the class and assigns them a student number (PID) and 4 digit passcode (PAN). These are sent to the student in two separate emails using the email address listed in ExpanSIS. The student must use the PID and PAN to activate their MSU email address. After 24-48 hours, the student can access the class through the course management system. The course information pages are sent multiple times to any and all e-mail addresses listed for the student in ExpanSIS.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
Members of the Great Plains IDEA are universities accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member universities recruit, admit and graduate students, teach in an academic program and contribute to the leadership and maintenance of the alliance. Membership in the alliance is a selective process that engages institutional leadership at all levels.
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Shaun Libby is a graduate student in the youth development program at Michigan State.It is incredibly refreshing to see major universities working together in order to offer such high-quality degree programs and experiences for their students all while keeping tuition rates affordable. I had a roughly 10-year gap between finishing my bachelor’s degree and starting my master’s program. I have found all of the faculty at the different universities extremely welcoming and encouraging, which has made my return to school so much smoother.

– – Shaun Libby, Youth Development Master's Degree Student,
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