SOC 2114 Families in Crisis
In the United States most people will experience a long-term relationship, marriage, parenthood, and caring for aging parents. Yet not all families look the same. Students explore diverse family forms including married couples with and without children, singles, cohabitors, interethnic relationships, blended families, LGBTQAI+ families, communal families, adoptive families, and couples without children. Students explore the connections between families and social institutions, including discrimination, oppression, and inequality (i.e., race and ethnicity, ability, social class, sexuality, and gender); the social construction of family; intimate partner violence, intersectionality, and the impact of social policies on family. Relying on sociological texts and concepts, active learning activities, collaboration, analysis, and reflection students explore the individual and institutional experiences of minority groups in the United States.
Offered
Fall, Spring