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| Family Dynamics | |||
| FAMILY DYNAMIC | |||
| CLASS CODE: | FAML 400 | CREDITS: 2 | |
| DIVISION: | EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | CHILD & FAMILY STUDIES | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | A study of family relationships using the groundbreaking work of C. Terry Warner, and using the framework of family stories, including family-oriented literature. Important concepts include moral agency, change of heart, influence in our families, and how/why we are either responsive or resistant in our way of being. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Fall, Winter, one Summer Term | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | Family Stories Bonds That Make Us Free (Warner chapters): Life's Sweetness Lost Living a Lie The Self-absorbed Way of Being Making Victims of Ourselves Being False Together The Darkness of Our Eyes The Light Beckons Always Opening Ourselves to Others Influence The Truth Dispels the Lie Doing the Right Thing What Comes After a Change of Heart? Changing the Influence of the Past Forgiving, Forgoing and Living Free The Frightful & Joyous Journey of Family Life (Goddard select chapters): Blockages to Joy Surprised by Joy Special Challenges to Finding Joy Divine Gifts Choosing a Partner Marital Myths A Divine Partnership Fidelity Learning How to Parent from the Perfect Parent Thinking Big Human Nature: What Makes People Change? Using the Principle of Prayer Enticed by Joy: A Divine Pattern |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | * To help students see themselves as moral agents with responsibility, and compassion for others. * To help students build their relationships on this Christlike way of being. *To help students find source of healing the troubles in their lives. To realize their own eternal potential, and their potential to serve others and have joyful, eternal families. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Short self-exploration papers, Critical thinking and analysis, Report and analysis of family literature, Family analysis paper. You may also view a more complete syllabus and schedule at http://www2.byui.edu/Ricks/employee/DUERDEND/default.htm |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2002 | ||