GVSU will move to REMOTE STATUS for Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 due to current and forecasted travel/road conditions. Students, faculty and staff, please check your email for details.
2013-2014 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
SOC 205 - Social Problems
Examines a range of social conditions, arrangements, and behaviors typically defined as problems in modern society. Applies sociological analysis to understand how problems arise from the organization of society, and the processes by which conditions become identified as social problems, and how ideology and power shape responses to social problems. Fulfills one of the Foundation - Social and Behavioral Sciences. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Offered every semester.
Credits: 3