Spring 2025
Social Problems
Course code: SS162-01 | CRN: 20652 | Credits: 3 | Seats: 11 / 22
This course runs from January 23, 2025 to May 13, 2025 on MWF from 2:35 pm to 3:30 pm
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