SOCI 264 - American Families: Comfort, Conflict, and Criticism

Next Offered: 2011-2012
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, CD
This course forcuses on the diversity of families in the United States and incorporates an intersectional framework for understanding class, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality within the context of family. The work family nexus is investigated in order to understand how these institutions are reciprocally related. The conflict that surrounds many family forms is examined through public policy debates as well as ethnographic accounts of families and experiences.

 
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: D. John
Consent of the Instructor Required? No
Prerequisites & Notes
One course in sociology or consent of the instructor