This course will focus ion the impact of beliefs and values on medicine. A range of definitions of health and illness, as well as the treatments which flow from these definitions, will be considered. Offered in the Spring semester. A survey of changes in family systems over the years. The course also examines cross-cultural comparisons and considers alternatives to traditional family forms.
Emphasis is placed on the use of empirical evidence to evaluate popular beliefs.
Offered in the Fall semester. A social scientific approach to the nature, role, and effects of chemical and psychological addiction in society. Explores a variety of addiction issues as they relate to the social institutions of family, education, politics, and medicine. Directed work on a special topic or project in Sociology.