Course Syllabus
 
 
                 Term: Spring 2021
 
        Course Number: SOCI 2310 001
 
         Course Title: Contemporary Social Problems
 
         Credit Hours: 3
 
       Class Location: ROTC 117
 
        Meeting Times: M W - 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM
 
           Instructor: Yokum, Edna
 

Learning Objectives: Course Description This course studies the nature, scope, and effects of social problems and their solutions. The course will concentrate on sociological perspectives, theories, and key concepts when investigating problems, such as inequality, poverty, racism, alienation, family life, sexuality, gender, urbanization, work, aging, crime, war and terrorism, environmental degradation, and mass media. This course is designed to build students’ sociological understanding of how sociological approaches attempt to clarify various issues confronting contemporary life, as well as how sociologists view solutions to these problems. Student Learning Outcomes 1. Identify and explain major social problems in the United States, and how social problems become constructed as problems. 2. Describe and analyze policy-related solutions associated with social problems from various perspectives. 3. Critically examine social problems through the use of sociological theories, methods, and empirical techniques. 4. Identify connections, both national and global, between social problems and social inequalities (e.g., social class, race/ethnicity, and gender/sexuality). Required Materials: MindTap Sociology, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access, Enhanced for Mooney/Knox/Schacht's Understanding Social Problems Edition: 10th ISBN: 9781337570596 Author: Mooney Linda A. Knox David Publisher: Cengage Learning Formats: TXT If you have other classes that are using Cengage textbooks, you might look into purchasing the Cengage Unlimited Access which will allow you to access the book for this course as part of that one price. Technical Requirement: You are required to have reliable internet, a webcam, and a microphone.