Proposed solutions are critically examined. An analysis of the social, political, economic and psychological problems related to a rapidly developing urban community. The urban complex is viewed as a means for the satisfaction of human needs as well as a contributor to social disorganization. Study is given to the impact of industrialization and technology on urban problems and solutions. An analysis of the causes, processes, and consequences of social dissent.
Emphasis is placed on the impact of dissent in changing social values, customs, and institutions.
Minority impact of women's rights, youth protests, and new family and communal structures are included as examples of social dissent. A review of the basic forms and functions of the family in historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Emphasized is analysis of the internal dynamics of marriage in such areas as expressiveness, power and negotiation, and conflict and its management. Student interest will determine the allocation of time devoted to such areas as children, two-career marriages, alternate life styles, and social change. A study of the origins of religious expression, the way in which religion fits into society, and the development of the major world religions.