Family & Community Services Graduate Programs

Master's Degree Course Information

Family Policy

University:

Kansas State University

Course Number:

HDFS 860

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $622 per credit

Start/End Dates:

August 25, 2025 - December 19, 2025

Overview

Course Description

Examines the development, formation, implementation, and application of policy issues related to family issues and social problems. Emphasis placed on how policy is made and how professionals can influence policy issues and outcomes.

Contacts

Instructor

Carol Johnston
cajohnston@ksu.edu

Campus Coordinator

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

Textbooks

TBD

Course Access

Canvas

Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class at K-State, the K-State campus coordinator, Ashley Schultz, will email course access instructions to visiting students for courses taught by K-State. These instructions are also available on the Visiting Students webpage at K-State. By following the course access instructions, visiting students create their K-State eID and complete the K-State Course Access Form. Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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