Resilience in Families
University:
Michigan State University 
Course Number:
HDFS 875
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $622 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 25, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Overview
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
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.
DirectoryDisability 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.
Learn MoreTextbooks
Ordinary Magic: Resilience in Development
Masten, Ann S.
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 9781462523719
Publisher: Guilford Press
Strengthening Family Resilience
Walsh, Froma
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 9781462522835
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.
