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Family Interaction |
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FAM INTERACT |
| CLASS CODE: |
SOC 311 |
CREDITS:
3
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| DIVISION: |
EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT |
| DEPARTMENT: |
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: |
This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Traces the historical development of the modern American family and, using major sociological theoretical perspectives, examines the impact of society upon the family and the major elements of family life. |
| TAUGHT: |
Winter, Summer, Fall |
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: |
Major theoretical perspectives; major economic and social forces that have shaped the family; family racial and socioeconomic diversity; issues of family dynamics-communication, sexuality, stages of family life, parenting, family violence and divorce. |
| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: |
The student will learn major theoretical perspectives in sociology and how they can be used to study the family; understand the transformation of the family due to economic and social forces over time; and understand some of the internal dynamics of the post-modern American family. |
| REQUIREMENTS: |
The student is required to take four major exams, furnish discussion items for small-group and whole-class discussions, attend and participate in special discussion topics, write a short paper on the way their parents handled family life, write a research paper on a family-related subject of his/her choice, and participate in a student group presentation to the class. Class attendance is also required. |
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| OTHER: |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: |
August 2001 |
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