SOC 255 - Dating, Relationships, and Families

5 CR

How are families adapting to modern challenges? How do we meet potential partners today, and how is this different from past generations? What can society do to better support families? Analyze the central role that families and relationships play in our lives. Themes may include dating and hookup culture, single parenting, varied family structures, love, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce.

Course Outcomes

Describe the complexity of “family” as an idea, using a sociological perspective.
Explain how families are connected to and shaped by culture and all the major social institutions, especially political and economic processes.
Illustrate how gender, class, sexuality, and race structure intimate relationships.
Debunk common myths about the family and relationships.

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

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