SOC2031 — Sociology of the Family
SOC 2031 - Sociology of the Family SOC 2031 - Sociology of the Family Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: What makes a family? This course examines the family as a social institution, focusing on how family life both shapes and is shaped by larger social forces, including the economy and public policy. The diversity of family forms and experiences, and how these change over time, are examined along the lines of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation. The course also addresses the gendered nature of family roles and experience, i.e. the way that individuals’ actions may conform to, or challenge, dominant cultural gendered expectations of family members. This course meets the requirements for Elective A: Organizations and Institutions for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. MnTC Goals Goal 5 Goal 7A analyze the gendered nature of family roles and social forces that contribute to individuals conforming to and/or challenging cultural ideals of masculinity and femininity. apply sociological concepts such as social location (e.g. race, gender, class) and the conflict and order models of society to understand the family as a social institution. critique taken-for-granted assumptions and ideas about families and family life. articulate how family forms and experiences both shape and are shaped by larger societal forces economic, political, cultural, etc. evaluate avenues for social change on public policy issues affecting families.
Prerequisites: ENGL1020, ENGL1021