SOAN 260 - Social Institutions

This course focuses on the study of social institutions including marriage and family, religion, the economy, the polity, education, and healthcare. Other institutions such as science and the media will also be studied. The understanding of these institutions will be founded on three sociological perspectives including positivist sociology, critical sociology, and interpretive sociology. As a 200-level class in the sociology track of the major, it is also designed to build skills for analyzing arguments and working with data.

Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (offered spring only)
NOTE: This course fulfills the Social Scientific Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.