OVERVIEW CALENDAR INSTRUCTOR PEOPLE RESOURCES SYLLABUS COURSE UNITS DEPARTMENT CSUS	Soc 166 The Family California State University, Sacramento	Unit 1: Getting Started Unit 2: The Family Institution Unit 3: Conjugal Relationship Unit 4: Parent-Child Relationship Unit 5: Extended Family  Unit 6: Family Conflict and Dissolution  Unit 7: Family and Other Institutions  Unit 8: Alternative Family Patterns
	Unit 2: The Family Institution Unit Goals and Objectives   You should be comfortable with the use of ideal-type constructs; be familiar with major theories of the family; and be conversant with the typo logy of the family structures. Reflect upon your experience: Where do you place your experience on the ideal-type continuum of traditional vs nontraditional families? Observe dramatic changes in family organizations in recent decades and diversity of family forms. Select a theoretical framework and apply it to certain aspects of family interaction. Lecture Notes  Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3   Assigned Readings Chapter 1 Issues and Changes Chapter 2 Theoretical Frameworks Chapter 3 Kinship Organization  First week Activities Visit families in local homeless centers or read a few chapters from Jonathan Kozol's Rachel and Her Children (Ballantine, 1988) and report to the class.  Let students present a "theory" about some family issues and write it on the board. Then the class will evaluate it.   Exercises Using the data on pp.35-36, compute multipliers of the 1993(94) figures as compared to those of 1970 and draw a line graph. Construct the ideal type of traditional vs nontraditional family and locate your family of procreation. List major difficulties associated with the five theoretical frameworks on family.   Discussion Groups (COW)   Discussion Topics: How well does Bernard Farber's pluralistic model of the family fit contemporary family life? What is your position on the issue of abortion? What can the feminist perspective contribute to family studies that is neglected by traditional theories? How do you make use of your family relationships for the airing of frustrations in the outside world? Discuss the importance of the role of the family.   Web Resources  Kinship and social organization Family values Cultural variations in Family values       Library Resources  Partha R. Burt and Barbara E. Cohen, "Differences Among Homeless Single Women, Women with Children, and Single Men," Social Problems, 1989.   Assessment     OVERVIEW / CALENDAR / INSTRUCTOR / RESOURCES / SYLLABUS / COURSE UNITS DEPARTMENT / CSUS Page updated: February 7, 2000