SOCA125 Sociology of Families

This course is a sociological analysis of the family as a social institution including historical development, contemporary patterns in the United States, and possible future trends. Topics include the definition of family; families and work; love and sex; child-rearing, family violence; divorce and re-marriage; and variations in marriage and family patterns as related to culture, class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. Prereq. - SOCA 103. Also available through Online Learning. Core: SSHB, D.