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Family & Community Services Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Family Dynamics

University:
University of Missouri University of Missouri logo
Course Number:
HDFS 8012
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $600 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 21, 2023 - December 15, 2023

Overview

Course Description

Students examine theories of family function and dysfunction, techniques of assessment, and models of family intervention.

Contacts

Instructor

Richard Feistman
Office: 573-882-4035
feistmanr@missouri.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Directory
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 IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Introduction to Family Processes: Diverse Families, Common Ties
Denise Ann Bodman (Author), Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet (Author), Randal D. Day (Author)
Edition: 6th edition
ISBN: 1138312878
Publisher: Routledge

Course Access

Approximately two weeks before the first day of class at MU, the MU Campus Coordinator will email course access information to students for courses taught by MU. Using the instructions and information in the email, students will be able to activate their Canvas at Mizzou and MU email account. Instructors may restrict course access until the first day of class.

Students needing assistance with setting up their account should contact the MU IT Help Desk at 573-882-5000. If students haven’t received the course access information email, please reach out to the MU Campus Coordinator at mumzonidea@umsystem.edu.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.