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May 14, 2024
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2017-2018 HillBook (Class of 2021) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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SOC 205 - Sociology of Marriage and FamilyThree Credits
Fall Semester
This course examines families today and in the past with a view to understanding the changes that have taken place in gender roles, sexuality and reproduction, courtship, co-habitation and marriage, parenthood and child-rearing. We will look at the institution of the family within a political, social and economic framework. We will also examine some of the challenges facing families today; poverty, teen pregnancy, adoption and foster care, surrogacy, child abuse and neglect and domestic violence.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): SOC 101 .
Note: Course may be applied to the American Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies programs.
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