SOC 212 - Social Problems

Institution:

Community College of Allegheny County

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

This course provides a sociological understanding of social problems. One part of that involves looking at specific social conditions defined as social problems, analyzing the root causes of those conditions and proposing and evaluating attempts to solve those problems. The other involves analyzing the process through which certain social conditions are defined as social problems. Topics include inequalities based in race/ethnicity, class, gender/sexuality or other systems of stratification, global climate change and its effects and crime and the criminal justice system.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

SOC 101   

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.ccac.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 323-2323

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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