SOC 3630 - Adoption from the Inside Out: Sociological-Psychological Perspectives on Adoption

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Explores the practice of adoption through sociological and psychological lenses. Relinquishment and the adoption process in the U.S. and internationally are examined with consideration of how gender, sexuality, race, class, age, and disability intersect with political, economic, and religious institutional structures. Approved for LAS Cultural Diversity and Social Science area requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity).