2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin

SOC 227 Sociology of Mental Illness

3 hours 

This course will explore how people create, respond to, define and conceptualize mental illness using the theoretical and methodological tools of sociology. Students will review the history of mental illness, explore cultural variability in defining the phenomenon, and analyze the many theories of mental illness, including social constructionism.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101, SOC 101