Seminar in Family Sociology

Introduces students to a wide range of studies to develop familiarity with the empirical, theoretical, and methodological foundations of family research in sociology. Examines demographic trends; relationship formation, dissolution, and dynamics; childbearing, childrearing, and parenthood; family structure/transitions; work/family issues; health and caregiving; gender, race/ethnicity/nativity, and social class; intergenerational and interhousehold families; and policies affecting families.