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SOC 452 - Disability and Society

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: SOC 151  or SOC 161 
Description: Analyzes disability from a sociological perspective. Includes consideration of historical and current views of disability and a review of related concepts from the fields of medical sociology and the sociology of deviance. Also includes an analysis of the effects of disabilities on individuals and families through the life course and a consideration of related ethical, economic, political, and social policy issues. Emphasizes disability as a social construction.


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