1.
Provide
the student with both a macro-level, structural analysis of marriage,
families and close relationships, as well as a more micro-level,
individualistic perspective.
2.
To
familiarize the student with various methods used to collect and
analyze data in social science research and discuss some of the research
findings related to marriage, families, and interpersonal
relationships.
3.
To investigate many of the historical, cultural, and subcultural variations in the meanings and practices of family life.
4.
To examine, from a social context, some of the stressors commonly facing today’s families.