SOC 1114 - Social Problems
3 Credits
Explores the significant social problems in contemporary society. The course examines the process of how these social problems arise in society, including controversies that accompany them, and considers possible solutions.
Major Content Areas
Crime and social control.Power and privilege. Poverty and economic inequality. Substance abuse and addiction. Health care and unequal access to medical treatment. Work and unemployment. Problems related to education. Environmental problems and pollution. Family violence and neglect. Other problems related to globalization and living in a global society.
Learning Outcomes
Identify what constitutes a social problem. Examine social problems with the tools and concepts of sociology. Explain how behavioral and institutional problems have social roots. Recognize who benefits from the continuation of social problems. Recognize that power and inequality are both outcomes and causes of social problems. Interpret how historical and socially constructed power relationships around race, class, and gender impact social structures and interactions. Investigate solutions to social problems highlighting the need to dismantle and reorganize oppressive social systems.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
05 - Hist/Soc/Behav Sci 7B - Race/Power/Justice
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