Course Descriptions

EXSC 495D - Practicum: Laboratory Assessment

EXSC 496 - Individual Study

EXSC 497 - Honors

EXSC 498 - Special Topics

EXSC 499 - Seminar

FCL 101 - Skills for Marriage and Intimate Relationships

Provides an overview of romantic relationship dynamics and common issues in relationships from inception to dissolution. Students learn strategies for their own relationships and skills to work in relationship education. Formerly FS 101, students may not receive credit for both. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer).

Credits: (4)

General Education Category: K6 - Individual & Society

General Education Pathways: P2 Health & Well-being, P6 Ways of Knowing

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Describe antecedents, consequences, and intervention for common romantic relationship issues based on theory and empirical research.
• Articulate how contemporary societal values and issues underlie romantic relationship processes.
• Analyze romantic relationship processes within the contexts in which they take place using Ecological Systems Theory and empirical literature.
• Analyze romantic relationship processes using Family Systems Theory and the Investment Model of Commitment.
• Summarize historical and contemporary variations in romantic relationship formation, dynamics, and termination and changes in individuals’ behaviors within relationships over time.
• Summarize key findings from empirical articles about romantic relationship dynamics, and critique research methods in relationship science.

FCL 232 - Child Development

• Use knowledge of bow children develop and learn to provide opportunities that support the physical social, emotional language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of all young children from birth through age eight. (WA ECE Standard Kl .1 & S1.1) (NAEYC Guideline l.l)(CTL Standard 1.1)
• Use knowledge of bow young children differ in their development and approaches to learning to support the development and learning of individual children. (WA ECE Standard K.1.2 & S 1.2) (NAEYC Guideline 1.2) (CTL Standard 1.1)
• Apply knowledge of cultural and linguistic diversity and the significance of socio-cultural and political contexts for development and learning, and recognize that children are best understood in the contexts of family culture, and society. (WA ECE Standard 1.4) (NAEYC Guideline 1.3) (CTL Standard 1.8, I. 11)
• Use informal and formal assessment strategies to plan and individualize curriculum and teaching practices. (WA ECE Standard 4.1 & S 4.1) (NAEYC Guideline 4.1) (CTL Standard 1.2, 1.3)
• Actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally by locating and using appropriate professional literature, organizations, resources, and experiences to inform and improve practices. (WA ECE St. K5.5 & S5.5) (NAEYC Guideline 5.5) (CTL Standard 1.3)
• Observe and participate under supervision of qualified professionals in a variety of settings in which young children, from birth through age eight, are served (such as public and private centers, schools, and community agencies). (WA ECE K6.1) (NAEYC Guideline 6.1) (CTL Standard 1. 7 1.8, 1.11)

FCL 234 - Contemporary Families

• Describe contemporary perspectives and trends regarding family life (union formation and dissolution, parenting, division of labor, economic well-being etc.).
• Identify the roles and functions families serve in society as well as individual lives.
• Recognize the impact of historical and environmental influences on familial development over time, with a focus on culture, the economy, policies, and social structures.
• Explain the research methods common in family science, and demonstrate some of the practical skills necessary to find, read, and evaluate the quality of research in the area of family science.
• Relate theoretical perspectives to historical and contemporary patterns of family life.

FCL 235 - Relationships and Personal Development

• Understand the development of intimate relationships
• Evaluate the use of effective and ineffective interpersonal communication.
• Demonstrate an ability to show empathy, own feelings and properly paraphrase
• Understand and be able to practice skills in conflict resolution

FCL 236 - Parent Education and Guidance

• Describe principles of effective parenting across child development.
• Interpret parenting practices in the context of culture.
• Compile resources for parents of diverse backgrounds.
• Design a parenting education curriculum.
• Evaluate the efficacy of existing parenting education programs.

FCL 237 - Human Sexuality

• Explain the physiological and psychological aspects of human sexuality and reproduction.
• Articulate the roles of familial and societal factors on human sexuality and reproduction.
• Identify sexually transmitted diseases and family planning techniques.
• Identify and describe societal values about human sexuality and reproduction and origins of their values.
• Describe the main theories of sexual behavior, including defining the social and relationship processes that are integral to understanding human sexuality.
• Articulate the ways in which issues of gender, identity, preference and orientation are addressed within the context of cultural norms and expectations.
• Analyze human sexual behavior through research and analysis of data.
• Articulate the cultural values that have controlled the institution of sexual behavior throughout different time periods and cultures.
• Create a report on an original research project that analyzes group dynamics in sexual expression.

FCL 298 - Special Topics

FCL 299 - Seminar

FCL 310 - Family Issues in the 21st Century

• Articulate conservative, liberal reactionary and radical political viewpoints and their relationship to economics and family issues.
• Describe different theoretical perspectives and value systems accompany arguments about family issues.
• Evaluate the source of knowledge used to support arguments from different perspectives on family issues, and their links to ways of knowing. 
• Analyze the various perspectives on family issues, demonstrating clear linkages to political ideologies and socioeconomic background.
• Articulate perspectives on family issues from diverse gender, socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, and sexual orientation groups.
• Articulate viewpoints about family issues that are unique from one’s own.

FCL 320 - Theories of Family Dynamics

• Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of theory and its role in the scientific process.
• Describe the fundamental assumptions and specific constructs from relevant family theories.
• Apply the major theoretical orientations to family phenomena.
• Analyze family functioning from various theoretical perspectives.
• Address family change and crisis using a family systems perspective.

FCL 332 - Trauma and Resilience in Children and Adolescents

• Summarize empirical literature about the impacts of childhood trauma on development.
• Describe mandatory reporting laws related to child maltreatment.
• Apply the risk and resilience framework to assessment and intervention with children and families.
• Evaluate and develop strategies to prevent trauma and promote resilience among children and families.
• Reflect on personal experiences of adversity and personal, family, cultural, and community factors that contributed to resilience.

FCL 333 - Culture and Marriage

• Examine the plurality of marriages and families and explore the changes that have taken place.
• Evaluate how culture shapes marriage and other family and social arrangements.
• Compare the structure and function of families, dating, courtship, marital choice, kinship, cross-cultural and minority families, changing gender roles, demographic trends, historical issues, work-family relationships and societal relations across cultures.
• Relate theory and research to the understanding of marriage across cultures.

FCL 334 - Family Problems and Mediation

• Identify contemporary stressors and family problems.
• Articulate the distinction between normative and non-normative events in family life.
• Demonstrate an understanding of concepts, selected theories, and research concerning family stress, coping, and social support.
• Apply the ABC-X model of family stress to normative and non-normative stressor events.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the strategies families use when adapting to crisis situations.
• Match intervention strategies with the nature of the crisis event, family dynamics, family strengths, and current family circumstances.

FCL 335 - Divorce and Remarriage

• Understand the development consequences of divorce throughout the life cycle.
• Identify prevention strategies and policies dealing with divorce.
• Understand the key processes underlying the antecedents and trends of divorce.
• Evaluate critically the role and impact that divorce has on contemporary society.
• Examine the history of marriage and divorce.

FCL 339 - Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

• Describe physical, cognitive and social-emotional development in adolescence and emerging adulthood
• Identify the major cultural an demographic shifts that have contributed to the development of the emerging adulthood period
• Synthesize the variations in adolescent and emerging adult development based on culture, race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation
• Design interventions for adolescents or emerging adults based on theory and empirical sources
• Assess adolescent and emerging adulthood development using developmental and ecological systems theories

FCL 340 - Supporting Children with Special Needs and Their Families

• Summarize the history and rights of individuals with developmental disabilities.
• Analyze and articulate the implications of personal and societal biases related to special needs, including current trends and issues in research and intervention.
• Identify the causes, incidence, and characteristics of a variety of conditions contributing to childhood developmental disabilities.
• Describe the role of advocacy for children with special needs and their families, based on knowledge of the impact of disabilities on development, socialization, education, and relationships between children with special needs and their families, communities, and cultures. 
• Demonstrate assessment skills, including identification of red flag behavior characteristics associated with young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate with and adapt patient care to children with special needs, including simple, appropriate and effective techniques for behavior management.

FCL 344 - Foundations of Marriage and Family Therapy

• Describe the core assumptions of Family Systems Theory and how they apply to the practice of MFT.
• Explain the similarities and differences among MFT models of therapy.
• Identify personal identities, experiences, and assumptions, and describe how these might influence work with clients who are similar and different.
• Demonstrate basic skills and interventions used in the MFT profession.
• Discuss the ethical, clinical, and legal complexities when working with children in a systemic framework.
• Develop a basic personal theory of change in counseling.

FCL 345 - Advanced Concepts in Child Development

• Students will be able to summarize theoretical influences and empirical findings related to child development from birth through middle childhood. 
• Students will be able to analyze and articulate advanced concepts relating to cognitive, social, emotional, and identity development.
• Students will be able to critically assess how sociocultural factors directly impact the lives of children and families. 
• Students will be able to identify adaptive strategies that develop in children and caregivers as a result of social, ecological, and cultural influences.
• Students will be able to analyze and articulate strategies to assess, communicate with, and adapt support, education, and advocacy for children and families at various stages of development.

FCL 355 - Family Financial Counseling

• Identify appropriate financial resources for individuals and families
• Explain effective cash flow management strategies
• Identify debt management strategies and consumer protection laws
• Utilize financial counseling strategies to motivate clients to change negative behaviors and/or adopt positive behaviors
• Utilize advanced communication and counseling skills in financial counseling or planning situations

FCL 396 - Individual Study

FCL 397 - Honors

FCL 398 - Special Topics

FCL 399 - Seminar

FCL 403 - Family Communication

• Attain a consistent communication focus in viewing and understanding family life.
• Demonstrate the utility of applying theoretical frameworks to questions about family communication.
• Demonstrate an ability to apply critical thinking to contemporary family forms and functions.
• Identify dysfunctional family patterns and their root causes.
• Articulate the importance of family communication rituals.
• Identify the role of communication for coping with stressors and mediating conflict.

FCL 405 - Professional Obligations and Responsibilities

• Describe the legal and ethical considerations that inform their practice, including medical ethics.
• Evaluate their own professional biases and areas of professional growth.
• Demonstrate skills in legal testimony.
• Assess hypothetical ethical and legal situations and justify plans of action.
• Prepare legal documents to use in their practice.
• Analyze the process by which regulatory agencies enact rules that govern their professions.

FCL 414 - Coping with Grief and Loss

• Describe developmental and cultural variations in the expression of grief and implications for interventions.
• Evaluate contemporary theories of grief and loss using developmental and cultural lenses.
• Assess grief responses, including complicated mourning and risk for pathological responses.
• Design loss and grief interventions for clients of various developmental ages and cultural backgrounds.
• Analyze personal assumptions, biases, attitudes, and reactions to loss and grief, and how they might influence interactions with grieving children and adults.

FCL 415 - Therapeutic Play

• Synthesize the core assumptions of classical and contemporary theories of play.
• Summarize typical changes in play across child development.
• Formulate considerations for use of play with children in special populations.
• Design play interventions for children of various ages and in many contexts.
• Demonstrate skills to facilitate play for assessment and intervention purposes.
• Demonstrate skills to engage the family system in therapeutic play.

FCL 416 - Child Life I: Child Life Scope of Practice

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of Child Life professional standards and the process of certification including the Code of Ethical Responsibility, Child Life Competencies, and the Standards of Clinical Practice.
• Communicate an in-depth understanding of the history and scope of Child Life practice and the foundation of evidence-based practice.
• Identify the potential impact of hospitalization and stress at various developmental stages, and integrate family-centered care principles in identifying appropriate support.
• Use assessment skills to plan advocacy and coping interventions specific to work with children experiencing medical stress and/or trauma.
• Summarize ethical issues in child life and evaluate guidelines for practice when faced with ethical dilemmas. 
• Graduate students will be able to argue for the importance of child life services in children’s hospitals.
• Graduate students will be able to synthesize application of child and family theories to child life practice.

FCL 417 - Pediatric Diagnoses and Medical Terminology

• Describe common childhood diseases, disorders, and treatment protocols using medical terminology.
• Identify childhood diseases and disorders and the impact they have on children and their families
• Interpret and draft hospital documentation.
• Prepare step-by-step coping plans to support children and families with common childhood diseases.
• Synthesize current research related to child life and childhood diseases and summarize how it informs child life practice.

FCL 418 - Child Life II: Impact of Child Hospitalization

• Discuss principles of communication, advocacy, helping skills, and interdisciplinary and therapeutic relationship formation in a hospital setting. 
• Describe the impact of chronic and acute pain on pediatric patient.  
• Demonstrate appropriate support and intervention strategies for children and families including relaxation, comfort positioning, guided imagery, and pain management techniques.
• Demonstrate culturally competent care in a hospital setting.
• Describe principles of program administration and supervision in child life.
• Apply formal and informal assessment techniques to determine developmental and emotional state. Students will be able to adapt approaches, resources, and support to audience need.
• Graduate students will be able to design interventions for children and families to improve coping during child hospitalization.
• Graduate students will be able to evaluate the efficacy of child life services.

FCL 419 - Research in Family and Child Life

• Explain the importance of research in the scientific process and the benefits to the human condition.
• Apply principles of research methods in social sciences, including: sampling, design, measurement, ethics, and basic statistics.
• Evaluate causality using principles of causal inference and statistical interpretation.
• Conceptualize, design, and conduct a research study.
• Manage data, perform data analysis, and interpret results, with assistance.
• Prepare and effectively deliver a research presentation.

FCL 432 - Theories in Child Development

FCL 433 - Family Life Education

• Define FLE, where it is practiced, and the major issues in FLE.
• Explain the content areas involved in becoming a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) as determined by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).
• Assess CWU and Ellensburg community needs.
• Identify and explain one family life issue that meets a family life education need.
• Evaluate a family life education curriculum for children or youth.

FCL 434 - Diversity in Families

• Describe concepts such as privilege, oppression, inequality, racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism (etc.) and how they are useful in understanding individual and family functioning and well-being.
• Articulate how socially constructed systems of stratification such as race, class, and gender intersect to influence one’s opportunity structure in American family life and in the broader society.
• Recognize and articulate the impact of one’s own culture, values, beliefs, and behaviors on interactions with diverse populations.
• Apply conceptual frameworks of family systems, ecological systems, and the risk and resilience model to diverse family structures, backgrounds, and circumstances.
• Demonstrate skills to communicate and collaborate effectively with families. Students will be able to evaluate family risk and protective factors. 
• Determine appropriate strategies for supporting families with diverse structures, backgrounds, and circumstances.

FCL 435 - Adult Development, Aging, and Family Life

• Discuss societal attitudes of discrimination toward the elderly.
• Evaluate issues in interpersonal relationships common in adulthood.
• Describe key theories related to adulthood development, including the lifespan perspective, Erikson’s model of psychosocial development, and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of development.  
• Explain the typical physical, psychological, and social changes from early adulthood to end of life.
• Reflect on personal feelings toward aging and working with older adults and their families.
• Graduate Level: Evaluate peer-reviewed sources related to adulthood and aging.
• Graduate Level: Critically analyze one issue related to intervention with adults and their families.

FCL 438 - Attachment Theory and Practice

• Describe the core assumptions of attachment theory.
• Describe the impact of separation, loss, abuse, and neglect on children’s development and attachment formation.  
• Synthesize the empirical evidence regarding attachment formation and intervention to enhance attachment.
• Assess parents’ and children’s attachment strategies from an attachment theory lens.
• Evaluate existing attachment-based interventions using empirical evidence and theory.
• propose policy changes based on attachment theory and research.  

FCL 439 - Families and Public Policy

• Analyze the process by which policy is formulated and implemented.
• Identify public policy issues relating to families at local, state, and federal levels.
• Formulate and articulate ideas for changing policy to meet family needs and improve family well-being.
• Advocate policy changes to policy makers as participants in the political process.

FCL 440 - Teaching for Family and Child Life

• Articulate a personal philosophy of teaching.
• Evaluate student submissions using assignment rubrics.
• Effectively present course material in class lectures.
• Write application- and evaluation-level exam questions.

FCL 490 - Cooperative Education

FCL 491 - Workshop

FCL 492 - Family and Child Life Practicum

• Practice skills in communication and interaction with children and/or families as they directly interact with children and/families at their practicum site.
• Demonstrate professionalism and ethical behavior in a work environment.
• Apply skills they have developed in Family and Child Life courses at their practicum site.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of community resources, agencies, and organizations.
• Evaluate their progress toward goals and professional development in their practicum experience.
• Analyze experiences at their practicum site and design programs or interventions to address unmet needs at their site.

FCL 495 - Undergraduate Research

• Conceptualize and design research studies based on empirical literature
• Collect data from a representative sample of a target population
• Demonstrate an ability to interpret statistical results
• Deliver a clear presentation about the developed research study

FCL 496 - Individual Study

FCL 497 - Honors

FCL 498 - Special Topics

FCL 499 - Seminar

FCS 166 - Applied Creativity

FCS 205 - FCS Entry Assessment

FCS 296 - Individual Study

FCS 298 - Special Topics

FCS 299 - Seminar

FCS 320 - Program Management and Planning (Put on reserve 9/16/18)

FCS 366 - History of Housing and Furniture I

FCS 367 - Family Housing

FCS 371 - Real World Finance

• Explore a variety of consumer issues impacting individuals and families in our society.
• Evaluate the impact of advertising on consumer decisions.
• Demonstrate comprehension of the economic and ethical issues related to major expenditures (food, clothing, housing, transportation, and recreation).
• Identify the essentials of money management including coping with credit and investing resources.
• Evaluate risk management throughout the life span as it relates to health care, life insurance, home insurance, and transportation insurance.
• Demonstrate comprehension of a variety of ways to handle fraudulent practices in the market place.

FCS 379 - Professional Development and Internship Planning

FCS 392 - Housing Practicum

FCS 396 - Individual Study

FCS 397 - Honors

FCS 398 - Special Topics

FCS 399 - Seminar

FCS 405 - FCS Exit Assessment

• Demonstrate clear communication strategies and techniques in oral, written, or expressive form.
• Apply higher-order critical thinking and/or problem-solving skills.
• Reflect upon, integrate, and apply the knowledge and skills they gleaned from their undergraduate experience, including General Education.
• Synthesize and present a response, propose a solution/answer, or showcase their own creative work.
• Create and prepare a portfolio that identifies, illustrates and explains skills obtained while earning a degree at CWU.
• Perform a practice interview  demonstrating abilities obtained for a job while earning a degree at CWU.

FCS 472 - Life Management

FCS 490 - Cooperative Education

FCS 491 - Workshop

FCS 492 - Housing Practicum

FCS 496 - Individual Study

FCS 497 - Honors

FCS 498 - Special Topics

FCS 499 - Seminar

FCSE 298 - Special Topics

FCSE 299 - Seminar

FCSE 326 - Curriculum in Career and Technical Education for Family and Consumer Sciences

• Design a CTE program with course outlines and instructional learning plans to meet state standards.
• Identify a variety of instruction activities to accommodate the learning needs of the student from special populations and culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Establish the purpose and procedure for organizing and utilizing an advisory committee to obtain advice from the community for up-grading of competencies needed to balance individuals, family, home and work responsibilities in a changing society.
• Develop a management plan for record keeping related to student growth, formative and summative evaluation, leadership projects, and departmental management.
• Identify methods to utilize resources in planning and evaluating curriculum and instruction.
• Advocate and provide information on integrating CTE curricula with content from other subject matters.

FCSE 396 - Individual Study

FCSE 397 - Honors

FCSE 398 - Special Topics

FCSE 399 - Seminar

FCSE 426 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences

FCSE 451 - Methods and Materials of Teaching FCS Laboratory Course Content

• Align and implement career and technical education teaching and learning lessons and assessments while meeting state standards
• Use instructional strategies that develop students’ lifelong learning and goal setting related to entry, transition, and continuation in the educational process and in the workplace
• Develop effective assessment methods which may involve student, family, employer, and community
• Demonstrate industry appropriate CTE skills
• Publicize program content and benefits to family and community
• Determine and implement effective and safe layout of classroom and/or lab facilities that provide learning opportunities for all learners
• Identify and apply strategies (including individualized instruction) needed to instruct special populations; special needs, disabled, gifted, ethnic, and culturally diverse learners
• Relate work ethic, workplace relations, workplace diversity and workplace communication skills to career development and employability skills
• Encourage teamwork and project-based learning
• Assist state approved career and technical education student leadership organization members or other state approved student leadership organization members in developing a yearly program of work

FCSE 491 - Workshop

FCSE 496 - Individual Study

FCSE 497 - Honors

FCSE 498 - Special Topics

FCSE 499 - Seminar

FILM 150 - Film Appreciation

• Determine film form and narrative structure.
• Identify terminology related to visual approaches to cinematic storytelling, editing, and sound design.
• Recognize the structure of the film industry and phases of production.
• Distinguish between characteristics of feature-length narrative films, short films, and documentaries.
• Apply concepts of form and content to personal viewing of films.

FILM 214 - Basic Film Equipment

• Explain the fundamental purpose of film and television equipment.
• Apply basic tools of film and television equipment management and storage.
• Utilize proper film and television equipment  storage and usage.

FILM 215 - Production Technology Skills

• Demonstrate understanding of the fundamental purpose of the technology.
• Apply the basic tools of the technology.
• Demonstrate competency in the technology.

FILM 216 - Basic Audio Technology

• Explain the fundamental purpose of audio technology
• Apply the basic tools of audio recording and post-production.
• Present culminating audio project

FILM 217 - Basic Editing: Final Cut Pro

• Explain the functions of Final Cut Pro editing software
• Apply basic editing tools for video and audio
• Present completed editing projects
• Recognize responsible usage of creative materials

FILM 218 - Basic Editing: Premiere

• Explain the functions of Premiere editing software
• Apply basic editing tools for video and audio
• Present completed editing projects
• Recognize responsible usage of creative materials

FILM 219 - Basic Editing: DaVinci Resolve

• Explain the functions of DaVinci Resolve editing software
• Apply basic editing tools for video and audio
• Present completed editing projects
• Recognize responsible usage of creative materials

FILM 220 - Basic After Effects

• Explain the functions of After Effects animation software
• Apply basic tools animation and compositing in text and image
• Present completed animation projects
• Recognize responsible usage of creative materials

FILM 221 - Color Correction

• Describe  basic color science and technology
• Explain function and application of video compression
• Explain the function of industry software
• Apply color correction and grading techniques in pre- and post-production
• Recognize responsible usage of creative materials

FILM 222 - Advanced Equipment

• Explain the advanced purpose of film and television equipment
• Describe advanced tools of film and television equipment management and storage
• Apply advanced film and television equipment  storage and usage

FILM 225 - Film Classics

• Explain formal aesthetic elements of classic films
• Explain canonical elements of classic films
• Identify key components of assigned films