Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach

4 credits

An examination of the social, cultural, and political factors involved in the identification and treatment of mental illness. This course will emphasize historical material, focusing on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Developments in England as well as the United States will be examined from a historical perspective. Prerequisites: upper-division standing. Will not receive credit for SOCI 136E and SOCC 136A.