Transcript title
Social Problems
Credits
4
Grading mode
Standard letter grades
Total contact hours
40
Lecture hours
40
Course Description
Applies the sociological perspective to the study of social problems, including their social construction, causes, and consequences. Explores the complexities surrounding their solutions, such as how solutions are socially constructed and policy proposals from sociologists and social movements. Topics may include poverty, discrimination, interpersonal violence, crime, addiction, ecological crises, war/global conflict, and health inequality.
Course learning outcomes
1. Describe the ways in which social problems are defined and constructed.
2. Apply the sociological perspective to identify and analyze social problems.
3. Distinguish between individual and structural explanations of social problems.
4. Assess the effects of social problems using empirical evidence.
5. Examine the structural, institutional, and cultural roots of social problems.
6. Assess solutions to address social problems.
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