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  • FCS 3370: Parenting & Cultures

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course considers parenting practices across diverse cultures around the world and within the United States. The interdisciplinary approach examines how evolution and geographic, political, religious, cultural , and economic characteristics of the community affect specific childrearing approaches and practices. The course also addresses whether there are universal patterns of parenting, or near-universal patterns, and examines which practices are indisputably variable. In trying to understand parenting practices, we will also examine parenting practices in our own community through a service learning project. The project will involve working with one of a number of agencies. These agencies include United for Kids, a family resource program which empowers parents in the NW quadrant of SLC, International Rescue Committee, And Early Literacy First. (Service Learning)
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  • FCS 3380: Soc Sci & Hlth Care

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will explore the ways in which social behavioral factors influence health. It is essential that future health care providers consider how the family structure, culture, and environment positively and negatively impacts the type of care a patient receives over the life course. The objectives for this course were developed in collaboration with faculty members from the College of Social and Behavior Science and faculty members from the School of Medicine. This course was co designed by the Department of Family and Consumer Studies & the School of Medicine.
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  • FCS 3420: Housing Policy & Issues

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines national and local programs that enhance affordability; economic and demographic trends that predict the future of housing; social and psychological aspects of housing that promote well-being, and design ideas that make housing and neighborhoods safe, attractive, healthy and convenient. Both web-based and on-site explorations enrich the understanding of housing challenges. The course is relevant to renters and home owners, planners and advocates, government officials, and residential designers, builders, and financiers.
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  • FCS 3450: Family Economic Issues

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Introduction of the economic approach to family-decision making across the life course. Topics include consumption, saving, time allocation, human capital investment, housing, marriage, divorce, fertility, and retirement.
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  • FCS 3470: Interntl Consumr Policy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Examination of consumer problems and policies in a variety of more and less developed countries. Attention to ways in which U.S. consumer policy has influenced and is influenced by other nations.
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  • FCS 3500: Financial Skills

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Financial planning is the lifelong process by which individuals and households determine, pursue, and achieve financial goals. The principal mechanisms of personal financial planning include: responsible use of credit, investing and asset allocation, risk management, tax planning, retirement planning, and real estate planning. The course serves booth s an all-in-one primer in financial literacy and as a foundation for further course work for students who wish to become financial planning professionals.
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  • FCS 3510: Tax Prep & Community

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This class gives students the opportunity of participating in a national program to help individuals and families prepare their income taxes, called Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). Students will devote the first weeks in the semester to gaining knowledge and the skills necessary for IRS certification. The remainder of the semester will be assigned to putting that certification to work by engaging in tax preparation and directing clients to other resources in the community to assist with financial well-being.
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  • FCS 3520: Financial Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Personal financial counseling is a fast-growing career field. A financial counselor can help individuals and families successfully navigate a financial crisis, overcome debt, modify ineffective money management behaviors, build an effective spending plan and provide a strong financial education foundation to meet both short-term needs and long-term goals. This course will prepare students to take the Accredited Financial Counselorr exam, through AFCPEr which sets the standard in this field. Other careers this course will prepare students for are Certified Financial Plannerr, financial coach, housing counselor, and credit counselor. In addition, students who complete this course with an A or a B are eligible to apply for a position with the Financial Wellness Center to begin their completion of 1,000 hours of counseling experience needed for the certification. Recommended Prerequisites: Completed with a C- or better FCS 3420 AND FCS 3500
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  • FCS 3600: Consumer & Community

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Study of national and local public policies that affect consumer well-being and shape communities. Examples of topic areas covered are transportation, urban/suburban growth, housing, credit markets, energy use, retail marketing, and privacy.
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  • FCS 3620: Envir Psych & Sustain

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Addresses the psychological processes connecting humans to their natural and physical worlds, such as environmental cognition and wayfinding; pro-environmental attitudes; personal space, privacy, territoriality, and place attachment; and nature as a restorative agent. Investigates how psychology can address challenges of climate change and what constitutes more sustainable and healthy communities.
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