CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Laura Wait/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 06/24/2010 02:32 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date: 05/06/2010
Modified: 03/12/2018
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Course Number: (prefix) SOC (number) 281214 ESC 2.0 Course number: SOCI-2005 SOCI-2005Contemporary American Social Issues & Problems

Name: Contemporary American Social Issues and Problems
Datatel Title: (30char) Contemporary American Social

Area Coordinator: Dee Britton Department Code: 10SO Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: LOWER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year: September 2011

GenEd Area 1: 3. Social SciencesFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1
First Term Offered: 2011FA (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes:
AC Changes:
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Description: What is the difference between a social issue and a social problem? Who decides that an issue is a social problem? This course uses a sociological perspective to explore a number of contemporary American problems in education, the family, health care, and criminal justice as well as issues of inequalities and deviance.

Prerequisites: "Exploring Society" or equivalent knowledge.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.

Generic:



Major Course Area
Social Science		Minor Course Area
Criminal Justice / Homeland Security, Sociology		SLN Disciplines
Sociology
Additional Course Requirements
Video Component		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


2


Meets General Education Requirement

Required Booknote:

Optional Booknote:


Archive Course:

genedcode for dpplanner: 3^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Social Sciences