Fall 2025 Courses
Social Problems
Online Course | Course code: SS162-V1 | CRN: 40268 | Credits: 3 | Seats: 10 / 28
This course runs from September 02, 2025 to December 19, 2025
This course is designed as an analysis of major contemporary social problems, including illness and health care, alcohol and other drugs, crime and violence, family problems, social inequality, poverty and unemployment, problems in education and populations and environmental problems. Emphasis is given to placing these problems in a global context, analyzing them from the three main theoretical perspectives of sociology and strategies for societal action that may offer solutions.
Use this link to lookup course materials: Official Herkimer County Community College Textbooks
Instructor: Christopher Riddell
Note: prospective students can email the course instructor: Christopher Riddell