Robert Morris University SOCI1020 Contemporary Amer Social Prob Fall 2024, Start Date 10/19/24

This course focuses on major problems affecting basic institutions and groups in today's society. Students analyze these problems and consider alternative solutions. Topics of discussion may include juvenile delinquency, crime, poverty, mental disorders, drug addiction and alcoholism, family disorganization, overpopulation, and race relations. Hopefully, this analysis will provide you with a new way to look at the social world, and a better understanding of the sociological perspective of social problems.