GENED 130 : THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY

This course critically examines how people influence and are affected by their social worlds from the perspectives of anthropology, psychology, sociology and women's studies. The course focuses on how we experience life as individuals and as members of cultural systems that shape our personalities, behavior and perceptions of the world. May not be taken on an S/NC grade basis.

COURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This course will enhance students' ability to do the following:

1. Think critically and analytically, integrate and synthesize knowledge, and draw conclusions from complex material
2. Make sound ethical and value judgments based on the development of a personal value system
3. Understand and appreciate American and other cultures, both contemporary and historical, appreciate diversity, and live responsibly in an interdependent world
4. Acquire a base of knowledge common to educated persons, the capacity to expand that base over their lifetime.
5. Understand the nature of scientific and systematic inquiry in the social sciences
6. Understand the major concepts, theories and perspectives employed in the study of human behavior and the social and cultural world
7. Understand the richness, complexity and diversity of human behavior through comparative study of human cultures and societies
8. Understand the development of individuals of individuals within a social, cultural and historical context
9. Understand the effects of gender, race, class, and nationality on individuals in society
10. Understand how individuals and groups are interrelated, and the ways in which groups, organizations and institutions are created and evolve
11. Recognize the potential for people to effect change in social institutions, and acknowledge the responsibility of individuals for their greater social world.