This course emphasizes the fundamental concepts and principles of sociology including culture, socialization, interaction, social groups and stratification, effects of population growth and technology in society and social institutions.

Prerequisites: RWR 100 or appropriate placement test scores.

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab/Clinical Hours: 0

This course is a survey of current social problems in America, stressing the importance of social change and conflicts as they influence perceptions, definitions, etiology and possible solutions.

Prerequisites: SOC 101.

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab/Clinical Hours: 0

This course examines the behaviors of individuals in interaction in terms of the personality system (attitudes, needs, traits, feelings, learning, and perception), the social system (relations between/among persons), and the cultural system (agreed-upon ideas about the social and non-social world).

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab/Clinical Hours: 0

This course presents the nature, extent and causes of juvenile delinquency, including strategies used in the prevention, intervention and control of deviant behavior.

Prerequisites: SOC 101.

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab/Clinical Hours: 0

This course includes an application of theory and research related to family behaviors, roles and values with emphasis on understanding family problems.

Prerequisites: SOC 101.

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab/Clinical Hours: 0