This course meets the requirements of POSC 312. Independent work on a special sociological program. Sociology major of junior standing and permission of the chairperson of the department and the instructor involved. Examines the interchangeability of female and male roles in society. An introduction to the sociology of health and medicine.
Emphasis is on the relationships between social factors and health.
The course will survey both the theory and practice of medicine in its social setting. Regular courses or seminars on special topics of sociological interest for majors and non-majors as determined by need and availability of staff. A study of structured social inequality from the viewpoint of sociological theory and research. Social class theory, class consciousness, occupations and social mobility will be considered. Junior standing, approval of the department chairperson and supervising instructor, and nine hours in sociology, including SOC 101.