Problems, strains, solutions. 3 Credits Course examines legal institutions in their social context and cross culturally. 3 Credits Examines changing socio-cultural concepts of wellness, illness, disease, and medical practice. Examination of reciprocal relations between sports and society. Special topics include impact of other institutions, such as family, politics, mass media, education, economy and religion on sport and leisure pursuits.
Ecology looks at the intersection of the social and physical environment.
The course examines how demographic characteristics both impact and are affected by ecological conditions. Issues of pollution, population control, resource allocation, and policy making, etc., highlighted. 3 Credits Sociological approaches to the city and its problems from the perspective of community. History of cities from towns to development of the megalopolis. Consideration of the structure of the city, life-styles, demographic trends, politics and relation to suburbs.