SOSC 0108 - Sociology of The Family

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Kansas City Kansas Community College

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3 hours credit This course promotes understanding of the diverse forms of family through their structural relationships with the larger society. Family study as such is a special area within Sociology and hence a prerequisite course in introductory sociology is helpful but not absolutely necessary for students. The course focuses on the changing nature of families. Although other orientations outside sociology claim that family flux signals problems 'within' the family, sociologists see families as formsof social organization that exist within larger social systems. This social structure and the distribution of resources within it, creates much diversity among families. Individual family experiences and social 'myths' about families often obscureand mystify this structural reality. Hence it is the purpose of this course to penetrate these myths and provide the student with the fundamental social science concepts necessary to illuminate real family relations and forms.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kckcc.edu

Phone Number:

(913) 334-1100

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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