Local Prerequisites
ENG-002 P1 or satisfactory placement scores.
Session Cycle
ALL
Description
This course covers the institution of the family and other intimate relationships. Emphasis is placed on mate selection, gender roles, sexuality, communication, power and conflict, parenthood, diverse lifestyles, divorce and remarriage, and economic issues. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze the family as a social institution and the social forces which influence its development and change.
This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education requirement in social/behavioral sciences.