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Course Information
Families in Poverty
| University: | Michigan State University |
| Course Number: | HDFS 895 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $590 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | May 16, 2022 - June 30, 2022 |
Course Description
This course focuses on causes and impact of poverty, the relationship and interrelationship of poverty to individual and family functioning, and programs, actions and proposed actions to break the poverty cycle.
Contacts
Instructor
Laurie Bulock
Office: 517-355-7680
bulockla@msu.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university 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
Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts
Broussard, C. A. & Joseph, A. L. (2009)
ISBN: 0789037416
Publisher: New York: Routledge
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.
As a full-time high school Ag teacher, FFA Advisor, and two-sport coach, I excelled in the flexibility and structure of the Great Plains IDEA program. This program has allowed me to balance my school workload with my profession and responsibilities at the school. I have also benefited from the ability to apply what I am learning to my classroom and have shared my teaching experiences with classmates to create an integrated, immersive learning experience for others and myself.