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Family & Community Services Graduate Programs

Master's Degree Course Information

Navigating Family Crisis, Trauma, and Resilience

University:
Michigan State University Michigan State University logo
Course Number:
HDFS 875
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $622 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 31, 2026 - December 18, 2026

Overview

Course Description

This course explores stress management, coping strategies, and resilience across the lifespan within a developmental and family contextual framework. Students will examine the bio-psychosocial nature of stress, effective family functioning in crises, and resilience across populations. The course integrates current research and resilience models to support personal well-being and professional practice by introducing evidence-based interventions.

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.

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

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 9781250223210
Publisher: Flatiron Books

Strengthening Family Resilience
Walsh, Froma
Edition: Third (2016)
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.

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University Contact

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