Course Details

SC 206 Overview

This course will examine micro- and macro-sociological changes in American families including the decrease of traditional two-parent families and increase of single-parent families, cohabitation, divorce, remarriage, same-sex relationships, and blended families; conflict and feminist perspectives on class, gender, race and ethnicity as they relate to marriage, families, and family values controversies; dating, mate selection, intimacy, sexuality, and interpersonal communication.