Courses
SOCI2036 Sociology of Marriage and the Family (3 units)
- Prerequisite:
- SOCI1005 Invitation to Sociology or CHSS1005 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology
- Medium of Instruction:
- English
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.