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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOCIOL 368 - Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction

Formerly Alcoholism: Etiology and Epidemiology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course provides and in-depth interdisciplinary analysis of the nature, causes, and extent of substance use/misuse/abuse, including alcoholism and drug addiction. The course analyzes drinking patterns and drinking problems across gender, race, and ethnicity and among subgroups in the population such as children and adolescents, criminal justice clients, the elderly, and the homeless.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101  (and SOCIOL 102  for sociology majors)

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