SOC R102 - Social Problems
- Recent Professors
- Juan Pitones, Edwina Williams
- Recent Semesters
- Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
- Class Size
- 35–50 students
- Credits
- 3
- Fall 2026 Sections
- View Fall 2026 sections of SOC R102
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · CSU GE Area D0
- Description
- This course is a study of contemporary social problems from a theoretical framework that emphasizes how social problems are rooted in structural conditions. Specifically, this course focuses on the role of power and politics in defining social issues as social problems, the causes and consequences of social problems, and practices and policies that can help alleviate social problems.