SO 107 - Social Problems

This course is focused on contemporary social problems, particularly on how isssues come to be “public” issues and eventually defined as problems in need of resolution. Often taught from the “constructionist” perspective, the problems that receive the greatest attention range from year to year and professor to professsor. Common problems include, poverty, stratification, prejudice and discrimination, drug and alcohol abuse, gangs, violence, hunger, economic development and many other topics. As with Intorduction to Sociology, this course focuses on the basic institutions of society.

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Liberal Studies Curriculum: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior