Social Problems

Catalog description

This course examines how various conditions within society come to be defined as social problems. Individual, social, cultural, economic and political causes and consequences of such problems are analyzed with contemporary social science research (i.e., studies in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology). Possible intervention strategies are also assessed. Problems covered include health and well-being, social and interpersonal violence, conformity and deviance, social and economic inequality associated with poverty, minority status, aging and sex roles, institutional change, and future issues and trends.