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SCOM 440. Family Communication


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 001114 Grading Basis GRD

Study of the processes and functions of family communication, including managing dating, marital, parent-child and intergenerational relations. Theoretical and applied examination of communication and cultural processes that define and construct family structures, systems and boundaries. Course also examines histories of family communication as constructed in popular culture. Prerequisite(s): SCOM 280 .