WGS 221 Human Behavior

(Cross-listed from SOWK 221). This course is a study of the individual through the life cycle within the social environment. Foci include physical, psychological, social, cultural and religious factors in the development of the self. Dimensions of diversity (including but not limited to gender, race, class and sexual orientation) and their corollaries of privilege and oppression are seen as paramount in understanding how persons achieve optimum well-being. Select theories of development are discussed and critiqued against an understanding of current research, and an understanding of the value of persons and their right to self-determination. A Social World course in the Goshen Core.