FCE Teaching Assistantship Positions*
(See Schedule of Courses for details.)

Teaching Assistantship Application Form

FCE 145 - The Individual, Marriage and the Family
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Restrictions: Open only to freshmen or sophomores. Description: Development of the young adult in the human ecological context. Issues of sexuality, gender, parenting, work and family interface, communication, and resource use. Diversity in relationships and families.

FCE 211 - Child Growth and Development: Conception Through Early Childhood
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Restrictions: Not open to freshmen. Description: Physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and ecological aspects of human growth and development from conception through early childhood.

FCE 212 - Children, Youth and Family
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: An ecosystems perspective on development during childhood and adolescence emphasizing family and community contexts.

FCE 225 - Ecology of Lifespan Human Development in the Family
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Restrictions: Not open to seniors. Description: Human development across the lifespan with an ecological perspective. Relationships between human resource professionals and family systems.

FCE 238 - Personal Finance
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Summer of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Strategies, techniques and resources useful in the management of personal finance.

FCE 270 - Introduction to Family Community Services
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 4. Description: Family community services from an ecological perspective. Professional orientation and factors influencing the field. Participation in community agency required.

FCE 280 - Community as Context for Individual and Family Development
Semester: Fall of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Families' and individuals' fit within a community over their life span from an ecological perspective. Analysis of change. Influence of context on development and its implications for family community services.

FCE 345 - Principles of Family Studies
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Historical, social, cultural, and economic perspectives on contemporary families. Approaches to studying families. Role of communication, resources, and decision-making in family systems.

FCE 346 - Helping Skills in Family Community Services
Semester: Fall of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Foundational skill development necessary for the delivery of services to diverse families. Communication, interviews, problem-solving, and assessment. Application of skills in a field experience.

FCE 347 - Programming in Family Community Services
Semester: Fall of every year. Credits: 4. Description: Analysis of youth and adult service programs. Program planning processes involved in delivering services to clients and learners. Application of program planning skills. Field experience.

FCE 405 - Work and Family
Semester: Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Historical perspectives on work and family. Effects of work on family members across life cycle, and employer and public policy response.

FCE 442 - Ethnic Minority Families in America
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Historical, structural, and functional components of selected ethnic minority family systems in America. Lifestyles, pressures, adaptations, viability, and continuity.

FCE 444 - Interpersonal Relationships in the Family
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Personal awareness and interpersonal relationships within the family system. Small group discussions.

FCE 445 - Human Sexuality
Semester: Fall of every year. Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Family and psychosocial factors affecting the development of a person's sexuality across the life cycle. Reciprocal impact on society and the legal system.

FCE 447 - Management of Family Community Service Programs
Semester: Spring of every year. Credits: 3. Description: Analysis of family and community service programs and organizations. Effective management and leadership processes. Programs and organizations from an ecological perspective. Service-learning experience.

*Pending adequate enrollment and available funding.