SOC 5Social Problems
Introduces students to the ways that sociologists seek to understand social conditions, events, and behaviors that people think of as "social problems" that need to be solved. Students will examine a range of social problems, such as poverty, crime, inequality, violence, environmental change, and race/sex/gender discrimination, from a variety of perspectives regarding their causes, consequences, and solutions. Encourages students to use sociological tools to critically assess the validity of claims about social problems so they can decide for themselves what should be done to address them.
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.
General education
Social & Behavioral Sciences (GS)
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Fall (5 programs).
Required in (1)
- Education and Public Policy, B.S.
One of the options in (16)
- Communication and Social Justice, Minor
- Criminology, B.A.
- Criminology, B.S.
- Human Factors, Certificate
- Information Technology, B.S. (Abington)
- Information Technology, B.S. (Altoona)
- Information Technology, B.S. (Berks)
- Information Technology, B.S. (University College)
- Nursing, B.S.N.
- Psychological and Social Sciences, B.A.
- Psychological and Social Sciences, B.S.
- Security and Risk Analysis, B.S. (Altoona)
- and 4 more