APSY7743 · Education
Lynch School of Education & Human Development
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to family systems theory and theories of family counseling, within ecological and social justice frameworks. Major topics will include history, theory, and practice models, healthy and dysfunctional family functioning, family diversity, and intervention techniques. For mental health counseling students, issues relevant to couples counseling will also be included.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.3 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.5 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor of the Practice, Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology
4.2 / 5
3.9 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology
4.5 / 5
4.3 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psycholog
5.0 / 5
5.0 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsSpring 2024
2 sectionsSummer 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2021
1 sectionSpring 2020
2 sections