Also, this quote had me reeling:

“Women continue to make more inroads into traditional male bastions, which could be provoking Patterson to do this,” Key said. Patterson is “trying to draw the line in the sand of where women need to be.”

I’m sorry, what year is this again?

Oh- I understand and share your pain!! 7 days to go. If next summer is like this one, they will visit me on weekends at a home for the criminally insane by July.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u7SGkcf4pbc

My major was Consumer Sciences, so most of my classes were Consumer Law, Consumer Finance, Family Policy, etc. However, we were required to take at least one elective in each of the other areas. By far, my favorite was the Family & Child Development course of “Nontraditional Families” (that’s not scare quotes, that’s just what the class was called).

Fashion Merchandising and Interior Design nearly bored me to tears though!

It’s a shame their program can’t be more like the one that I went through. I’ve been out of college for 3 years, and I still refer back to the classes I took (much to my boyfriend’s chagrin!).

Oh, and my 2 cents on a helpful course:
Family Relationships 101: In-laws - can’t live with ‘em, can’t shoot ‘em. How to deal without ending up in prison.

I’m not sure if this was already answered above, but southern universities often use the term “hour” where northern ones use “credit”. It’s usually not meant to translate directly to time spent in the classroom.

For instance, my college major had a total requirement of 24 credits in my major. Since most courses offered in my school were worth 3 credits apiece, that meant that I had to take 8 different courses.

Technically, the number of credits awarded per class corresponded to the number of hours per week we were to meet. So a 3-credit course would meet for three hours a week, for a 18-week semester, i.e. 54 hours.

I would guess that the Southern Baptist Seminary means “credits”, not literal hours.

My criticism is mainly, why on earth would any sane person do this? If you want to study textile design, major in that. If you want to study nutrition, major in that. If you don’t plan on ever pursuing a career outside the home, don’t go to college at all (or shit, go for something you really like and don’t worry about the money aspect).

Go and take a look at the stuff Marilyn Waring has written on the topic. She’s a brilliant person, both in print and in person.

This sort of degree *could* be done right. Lots of women do want to stay home and take care of families as their only full-time job. But seeing this program offered by a Baptist seminary…. ooh, icky.