Family Life 100
Strengthening Marriage and Families: Proclamation Principles and Scholarship
When the School of Family Life was created, September 10, 1998, President Boyd K.
Packer called for BYU faculty to produce textbooks and courses on family life that
would: (1) be worthy of a great university (rigorous, excellent, challenging);
(2) be filled with moral and spiritual truths in full harmony with the restored
gospel; (3) help students be good spouses and parents.
Both the texts,
Strengthening Our Families and Helping and Healing Our Families, along with classroom instruction in FAMLF 100 attempt to
fulfill this apostolic charge. The purpose of this course is to make
The Family: A Proclamation to the World live in the hearts and minds of
students. In an environment of faith and scholarship, students engage in a
careful study of this inspired document. This course explores principles from
the Family Proclamation, in conjunction with support from relevant scholarly research,
to: (1) help students strengthen their understanding and testimony of the
principles of the restored gospel pertaining to marriage and family life; (2) help
students move forward with faith in applying principles from revealed truth
and supportive scholarship to strengthen their marriage and family relationships;
(3) prepare students to share and defend principles of successful marriage
and family life with others.