Social Problems (202-0-20)

Instructors

Austin Abernethy Stimpson Jenkins

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-335: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri 9:30AM - 11:30AM

Overview of class

This course is intended to give students (1) social-scientific tools for describing, diagnosing, and solving social problems and (2) a critical understanding of the ways in which such social-scientific ideas and methods can be, and have been, misused. This course will also examine some of the most prominent social problems in the contemporary United States and the ways in which Americans' views about social problems have changed over time.

Class Attributes

Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area