Family & Community Services Graduate Programs

Master's Degree Course Information

Crises Across the Lifespan

University:

Oklahoma State University

Course Number:

HDFS 5543

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $610 per credit

Start/End Dates:

January 13, 2025 - May 02, 2025

Overview

Course Description

This course provides students with resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan to use in their own lives and the lives of families they serve. Students learn about the biopsychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; and models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises.

Contacts

Instructor

Kuma Kennedy
kuma.kennedy@okstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Textbooks

Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences : A Developmental Perspective
Hays-Grudo, Jennifer, Morris, Amanda Sheffield
Edition: March 24, 2020
ISBN: 9781433832116
Publisher: American Psychological Association

Determined
Robert Sopolsky
Edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-1847925541
Publisher: Bodley Head

Course Access

Canvas at OSU

Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.

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Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Information is subject to change.

Please revisit this page again before the semester starts to make sure you have all the current information.

Drops and Refunds:

Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.

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