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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2009-10 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2009-10 [Archived Catalog]

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T3 480V - Contemporary American Family


Study of American families based on psychological and literary analysis in professional literature and recent fiction and drama. Four questions designate the nature of the synthesis: (1) What is the relationship between the psychological study of the American family and its presentation in recent literature? (2) Do the portrayals of families in the literature reflect the family dynamics described by the psychologists? (3) What conclusions are best revealed by each approach? (4) What results from the synthesis of literary and psychological disciplines? Concerned with structures, functions, communication, roles, conflict, and intimacy in family settings, and also with the manner of their presentation in the literature.
Credit Hours: 4General Education Code: T3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.



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