The role of various social agencies in defining, preventing, and responding to delinquency. The Community 3 cr. The study of families, peer groups, neighborhoods, voluntary associations, power structures, social classes and large scale organizations as they come together in local communities. U 346 Rural Sociology 3 cr. Demographic economic and sociocultural change in rural communities with an emphasis on the global economy, political structure, urbanization, and economic and social infrastructure.
Special attention is given to the rural west and Montana.
An introduction to world population growth and change, including the impact of population trends on family and community life, and local, national and world decision-making. UG 370S Social Change and Global Development 3 cr. Films, readings, lectures, and student projects explore the meaning of development and the impact of new forces such as expansion of export agriculture, food aid and foreign assistance, changing gender and class relations, environmental problems and debt crisis on rural systems and rural people. Same as EVST 375. Same as For 381.