SOC 301 - Social Problems

    Recent Professors
    Jeffrey O. Sacha, Jessica C. Fleck, Jenna Rawlins, Debra L. Welkley
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of SOC 301
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · CSU GE Area D0
    Description
    This course examines contemporary social problems in the US within a theoretical and global context. It examines the role and the structure of power and ideology in shaping our understanding and approach to social problems. This course supports students to include a critical analysis of their causes, consequences as well as an evaluation of proposed solutions and methods of treatment. Attention is directed to poverty and inequality, race and gender inequalities, problems of the environment, unequal access to education as well as problems in the economic and political systems and the impact of globalization on these problems.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 1:30pm–2:50pm, Mon Wed 12:00pm–1:20pm, Tue Thu 1:30pm–2:50pm, Wed 1:30pm–2:50pm