SOC - 120 Marriage and Family

(3 s.h.)

This is a survey course that investigates the family as a set of relationships and as a social institution in modern American culture. A study is made regarding the history of marriage and family in a cross-cultural context, the social construction of the American family, the way that status characteristics such as race, class, sex, gender, and (dis)ability impact the family, and the problems the family is subjected to such as sex relations, social roles, communication, finance, and divorce.

Lecture Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 0
Clinical Hours: 0
Work Experience Hours: 0

Equivalent to 80-112, SOCS-112.