FAM 509 - THE U.S. FAMILY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

College of Ag, Food and Environment

Credit(s): 3

A study of American family experience and values from its pre-industrial Anglo-European roots to the present. Using an interdisciplinary focus, the course will examine the shifting boundary between family and community and the interaction between domestic life and demographic, religious, and economic influences in American history.

Prereq: FAM 353 or SOC 409 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.