SOCI2036
Sociology of Marriage and the Family

Prerequisite:

SOCI1005 Invitation to Sociology OR CHSS1005 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology

This course attempts to develop a critical consciousness of the family as an idea, as a small group and as a social institution. Drawing upon critical theory and the new scholarship on power, conflict and gender/generation politics in the family, the course explores new ways of thinking about the family and marriage.