Marriage+and+Family+Topics+-++PSY+4304

PSY 4304 Marriage and Family Topics 2010 Spring Semester Professor Dell Canright  Office Phone: 817-461-8741, ext 118 Meeting Times: T Th 11 am – 12:15 pm Office Location: CE, first floor  Office Hours: Tu 12:30 – 5 pm

// Arlington Baptist College endeavors to prepare men and women for Christian life and ministries, both lay and professional, through studies in Bible, general education, church vocations, and practical service, integrating faith and learning in the context of a Christian worldview. // // This course will consider such issues as premarital counseling, divorce counseling, financial counseling, spousal abuse, adulterous affairs, sexual difficulties, and parent/child relationships. Designing and facilitating a marriage or family improvement project will be a part of the student’s responsibility for this course. // Upon completion of this course, the student will: Required: // The Complete Financial Guide for Young Couples // by Larry Burkett //Strengthening Your Marriage// by Wayne Mack //Intended for Pleasure// by Dr. Ed and Gaye Wheat Suggested: // Love Life for Every Married Couple // by Dr. Ed Wheat
 * Mission Statement: **
 * Course Description: **
 * Course Goals: **
 * 1) // Help the student grasp the importance of being equipped to counsel in specific areas of needs; //
 * 2) // Encourage the student to consider an area of particular interest which he/she may want to pursue at a deeper level of understanding; //
 * 3) // Challenge the student to choose a particular area of need in his/her own life for personal growth throughout the semester. //
 * Instructional Goals: **
 * 1) // Understand the need of having a broad understanding of marriage and family counseling needs; //
 * 2) // Begin to develop a deeper knowledge of a particular area of counseling interest which he/she may consider as a “special field of study”; //
 * 3) // Apply that deeper level of knowledge to his/her own life throughout the course of the semester //.
 * Instructional Objectives: **
 * 1) // The student will participate in class discussions related to major areas of need in counseling; //
 * 2) // The student will complete daily reading assignments which will deepen his/her knowledge of those major areas; //
 * 3) // The student will present written assignments dealing with topics of special interest to him/her; //
 * 4) // The student will complete a personal improvement project for one of the major counseling areas studied during the semester. //
 * Course Texts: **

// This class uses a “contract grading” system. The student may choose his/her grade based upon the quality and amount of work he/she is willing to do. Please keep in mind that doing the prescribed amount of work for each letter grade does not guarantee the student will earn that grade. Grading will be based upon quality and quantity. // // Please include a cover page with YOUR NAME, CLASS TITLE, and ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION (For example: John Henry, Family Counseling, “C” Assignment, Personal Project). All work must be typed, neat, grammatically correct, and spell-checked. Document borrowed information using parenthetical references. // // All assignments are due by the beginning of class on the due date. Work turned in after the beginning of class will be considered late, and will result in an automatic point deduction. //** No credit will be given for work turned in one week after the due date! ** Pl//ease keep this syllabus in your notebook and refer to it often so you will be able to keep up with the dates and reading assignments.// Requirements for Obtaining a “C” (total of 84 points): With special permission, you may choose a different assignment**//. //** Due April 29: **// Daily Reading: There are 24 daily reading assignments. The student must complete 20 of them before the beginning of class to receive full credit (1 //**. Requirements for Obtaining a “B” (total of 92 points):  Due April 13: > > Requirements for Obtaining an “A” (total of 100 points): > Due April 29: > > Extra Credit: > **// There will be a comprehensive exam worth up to 5 points on your final average. Date of final will be posted towards the end of the semester. // > > ** > Bibliography: See the school website for a complete bibliography list. > ** > PSY 4304 Marriage and Family Topics > Class Schedule >  Read > January: > 12: Intro to Class and Discussion of Syllabus     > 14: Five Pre-engagement questions > Reading Due: Pre-engagement handout      _ > __ 19: God’s Purpose for Marriage__ > _ > Reading Due: SYM, chapter 1      _ > 21: The Role of the Wife > Reading Due: SYM, chapter 2      _ > __ 26: The Role of the Husband__ > _ > Reading Due: SYM, chapter 3      _ > 28: Communication > Reading Due: SYM, chapter 4      _ > __February: > 02: Intended for Pleasure > Reading Due: Intended for Pleasure, chapter 1 ___ ** > “C” Assignment Due: Oral Book Presentation“C” Assignment Due: Counseling Project“C” Assignment Due: Personal Project“C” Assignment: Personal Project“B” Assignment Due: Four Response Papers“B” Assignment Due: Option A or B“C” Assignment Due: Daily Reading Sheet**
 * Course Requirements, Grading and Attendance Policy: **
 * We will follow the student handbook on the attendance policy//.// **// Please note, that being absent on the day an assignment is due does not extend the due date. The assignment will still be considered late if it is not turned in by the beginning of class. Please make any necessary arrangements. //
 * 1) ** Due February 2: **//  Oral Book Presentation: Each student will read a book of at least 200 pages; submit a 2-page review of the book and do a 5 minute oral presentation to the class. (Worth up to 14 points.) //
 * 2) ** Due February 16: **//  Counseling Project: Choose one of the following topics (Premarital counseling, divorce counseling, financial counseling, sexual difficulties, spousal abuse, or parent/child relationships) and develop a detailed plan of action on how you would conduct your counseling sessions. Write one 8-page paper discussing how you would help this individual/couple/family achieve peace and harmony by applying Scripture to their situation. You may even divide your paper into 8 different counseling sessions and present who will be attending, what will be the goal of each session, etc. (Worth up to 30 points.) //
 * 3) ** Due March 25: **//  Personal Project: Each student is to develop a detailed budget using [|www.crown.org] or some other budgeting tool. This budget is to be based on your current income. If you do not have income, you may use a hypothetical figure – but be realistic! (Worth up to 10 points.) //
 * 1) // **5 points). Each reading completed within one week of the due date is worth .75 points. (Worth up to 30 points.)** //
 * 1) // Fulfill all of the requirements for “C”; //
 * **// Write four 2-page response papers. These are not research papers, but merely the student’s thoughts related to something discussed in class. (Worth up to 1 point each.) //**
 * Due April 22:
 * 1) **//  Option (Worth up to 4 points each): //
 * 2) // Do a 5-minute class presentation on the topic of your choice (related to this class). Along with this assignment, please submit at least an outline of your presentation to the professor. //
 * 3) // Do a 2-page paper discussing any of the topics that have been presented in class. (This is not a response paper; this is a paper that is adding more information to the topic than our class time allowed. In other words, going deeper…) //
 * 1) // Fulfill all of the requirements for “B”; //
 * 1) **// Option (Worth up to 8 points): //
 * 2) // Book Review (of at least 150 pages) with a 2-page summary; //
 * 3) // Creative Project which must be approved by the professor. This is a project of your choice which you think will be helpful to you in a specific area of ministry. (For example, you may want to write about or somehow present information about ministering to “blended families”.) //