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CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
Liberal Study
Lower Level
Credits: 4
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1. Summer. Fall 1.
Course 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.
