Psychological, physiological, and social approaches to development and experience from adolescence to death. Marriage preparation, partner selection, marital adjustment, family structure and functions, and marital dissolution. Current problems facing the family, macro-intervention strategies for problem resolution. Causes, effects, and forms of racial prejudice and stereotyping, social conditions and attitudes, individual and structural consequences are examined. Fulfills the Cultural Diversity Elective requirement.
Topics examine preparation for field placement.
Social conditions and attitudes which affect the role and status of women and men in the institutions of society are explored. A study of the theories, principles, and techniques of community organization with an emphasis on practical research. Through reading, outside speakers, and interactive discussion, the course offers students an opportunity to consider the social implications that issues of sexuality have in our culture. A study of the issues and problems of the adolescent. This course will explore the causes and effects of racial and gender stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination on the individual, institutional, and cultural level.