Most are not longer dependent on farming, mining, or forestry, but they find it difficult to compete on the new global market. Their people are diverse, embracing many cultures. Their futures are uncertain. This course consists of four parts and thirteen units. All units but two have an accompanying one-hour video program.
All units have a textbook chapter and a study guide review.
The course will help learners understand how sociologists study and describe communities and social problems within communities. Along with the community stories, terms, concepts and research tools introduced in this course, four themes are addressed throughout the course. See also Course Overview in the Study Guide for more information as well as for course goals. This course will require you to use your higher order thinking skills, and it will require you to write well. You will be graded not just on the content of the your projects and essays, but also on your writing ability.