SOCI 105 Social Problems

Course Description

This course in contemporary social issues uses the methodology and paradigms of sociology to examine the nature and types of social problems. Topics include the nature and definition of social problems, theory and research in social problems, race, social inequality, gender population growth, urbanization deviance, world economy, and family, etc. Course contains theoretical and descriptive studies of crime, delinquency, mental illness, drug abuse, suicide, and other social problems of mass society.