Family Resource Management

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of management of a variety of resources most often found in family systems, including the process of planning and decision-making for families, specific to financial, personal, environmental, and social resources. Students will gain an understanding related to societal and environmental systems that impact decisions that individuals and families make related to developing and allocating resources including time, money, material assets, energy, friends, neighbors, and space, in order to meet their goals. Students will also gain an understanding of effective communication and conflict management related to familial resources.