SOCI 303 The Family
The study of the family as the basic social institution and its important functions of procreation and socialization. Emphasis on the permanence and pervasiveness of this social institution and the fact that there is no human society in which some form of the family does not appear; nor, so far as we know, has there ever been such a society. Cross-cultural description and analysis of family forms; major focus on the family in the United States.
PRQ: SOCI 295 (students must earn grade of C- or above) or consent of instructor.
Scheduled: Every third semester
Meets: SNOC.
Attributes
- Includes community-based learning component
- May be used for major requirement
- May be used for minor requirement
- Meets social science requirement