The Family

SAME AS SCA-UA 724.

THIS SECTION IS NOT OPEN TO NYU STUDENTS. ONLY OPEN TO PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS.

Introduction to the sociology of family life. Addresses a range of questions: What is the relationship between family life and social arrangements outside the family (e.g., in the workplace, the economy, the government)? How is the division of labor in the family related to gender, age, class, and ethnic inequality? Why and how have families changed historically? What are the contours of contemporary American families, and why are they changing?