SOCI 136ESociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach
An examination of the social, cultural, and political factors involved in the identification and treatment of mental illness. This course will emphasize historical material, focusing on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Developments in England as well as the United States will be examined from a historical perspective.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing. Will not receive credit for SOCI 136E and SOCC 136A.”
Where it sits in degree plans
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- Electrical Engineering and Society (B.A.)
- Sociology (B.A.)
- Sociology—American Studies (B.A.)
- Sociology—Culture and Communication (B.A.)
- Sociology—Law and Society (B.A.)
- Sociology—Science and Medicine (B.A.)