SOC 403 - Sociology of the Family

Units: 4; Breadth Area: Diversity
Sociological analysis of relationships between the family and other institutions. Emphasizes sociological studies of the family in a global context, looking at diverse family structures across cultures. Examines the impacts of globalization and industrialization on the Family as an institution.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Apply sociological theories to better understand family structure and organization across time and cultures, including critical application to one’s own life experiences.
Describe in broad terms the changes in family life, family forms, and the shape of the life course in response to historical contexts such as industrialization.
Develop intercultural knowledge and competence regarding differences in family systems culturally, both within the United States and globally.
Explain how oppressive structures impact diverse family systems, including family experiences navigating immigration, exposed to war, embedded in the prison industrial complex, and in response to climate change.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.