SOC 4280 - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

Effective Date 03/29/2016
This course explores mental health and illness in social context, focusing especially on the history, definitions, social and cultural determinants, and consequences of conceptualizations and treatment of mental illness. It includes an examination of perceptions of mental illness in popular culture, and the spread of psychiatric ideas in more global context. Pre-requisite: six credits of Sociology

Requisites Students must have completed six credits of sociology coursework before enrolling in this course.

Credits: 3