Human Behavior and Social Environment

Catalog description

This course provides a conceptual framework for evaluating and understanding the correlation between human behavior and the social environment. There is a strong emphasis on the ecological perspective and the social systems theory. Life course, assets and resiliency-based perspectives are also utilized and examined. Theories, themes, and terms from the course will be applied to evaluating the impact of the social environment on human functioning with a focus on how these theories pertain to diversity, poverty, discrimination, and oppression. 3 credits. Prerequisites: A passing score on the college's reading and writing placement tests or concurrent enrollment in ENG 091 or ENG 092.