Course Objectives

Your personal objective in taking this course might be to complete a required elective in social science or sociology. A broader purpose of this course is to help you gain a sociological understanding of the main problems in our society. The specific objectives of this course include enabling you to:

1. see the world as a sociologist does

2. intelligently discuss social problems

3. understand key sociological concepts, theories, and studies in regard to social problems

4. understand the methods of research sociologists use to study social problems