SOC 2350: Social Problems and American Values
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Explores relationship between contemporary social problems and American values. Explores how contradictory values impede political consensus while complicating our ability to define and solve social problems. Discussion may focus upon: working conditions, income and wealth, poverty and welfare, impacts of technology on society, criminal justice and victimization, reproductive rights and gender, child rearing and education, immigration and race, guns and violence, and environment and climate change. Meets U.S. Cultures and Communities Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)