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Yakima Valley College Catalog 2018-2019 
    
Yakima Valley College Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 250: Marriage & Family

5 Cr
Quarters: S
This course focuses on the family as a social institution. It involves analysis of intimate and family relationships across the lifespan and in traditional and alternative family forms. Emphasis is on the modern American family, but historical and cross-cultural comparisons are addressed. Topics include changing family patterns and roles, love, courtship, marital success and dissolution, child-rearing, and family stress.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL& 101  and eligibility for MATH 085 .
Distribution for DTA: Social Sciences