The course will consider issues associated with population change, income and employment, retirement, health, and the family. Policy programs will be examined as well as projections of likely patterns of social change. Meanings of masculine and feminine and gender relations and corresponding responses of organizations and institutions are addressed through both women s and men s studies perspectives. Classic theorists treated include Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, and Weber, while among contemporary theorists Parsons, Bell, Goffman, Giddens, Bourdieu, Baudrillard and Habermas will be examined. Includes the theoretic bases of survey research, study design, sampling, measurement, data analysis, and research ethics.
Students learn a computerized statistical package.
Topic announced for each offering. Similar to 389. Must be taken concurrently with Internship. Must be taken concurrently with Intern-ship 388 and 389. Students are required to complete a survey research proposal and project.