Class YearCounseling, Human Services & Social ServicesEMBARKENGAGEEXPLOREEXPOSURESociology, Criminology & Anthropology

SOC 122 Social Problems

This course is an introduction to the discipline of sociology, the study of social interaction and institutions as it relates to contemporary American social problems. This course will focus on several sociological perspectives that are used to analyze such problems as poverty, homelessness, racism, sexism, addiction, crime, delinquency, ageism, and health care. This course counts in the Core Curriculum as a social science in either Science and Quantitative Reasoning or Person and Society.

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