Offered WI even years Lecture‐3 3 credit hrs/3 contact hrs Prerequisite: SOC 171 - Introduction to Sociology or PSY 161 - Introduction to Psychology with “C” or better (2.0 out of a 4.0 scale) or Instructor Permission Sociological analysis of marriage and the family. Examines the family as a social institution, the position of the family in a changing society, courtship and mate selection, marital adjustment, parent‐child interaction.