SOAN 205 - Social Problems and Policy

4 credits
This course introduces ways to think critically using an anti-racist and decolonial framework. This perspective is used to examine contemporary social problems such as inequality, gender, and racial discrimination, drug use, mass incarceration, underpaid and precarious work, and the harmful effects of media and our digital life. We will learn about the process through which social conditions are constructed as “problems” and how advocates push for their concerns to be recognized. We will explore the social causes and consequences of these social conditions and how social activists and policymakers respond to social problems.
Approved for General Education: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Capacity, University Studies - F Strand
* This course was formerly offered under a different number; students who took the following course(s) will not receive additional credit unless the course is stated to be repeatable in the description above: SOC 205.
Grade mode designated on a CRN basis each term. Students should consult current term schedule.