COR 301 BECOMING AN ADULT IN THE MODERN ERA
This course explores how large-scale social forces have shaped what it means to become adult in modern society, as well as the cultural consequences of contemporary patterns in the transition to adulthood. Students will apply multiple disciplinary lenses to the study of the transition to adulthood, including perspectives in sociology, demography, neuroscience, developmental psychology, anthropology, public health, and moral philosophy. Generational differences in becoming an adult will be explored, and attention will be paid to diversity in experiences, with attention to global variation, immigrant experiences, and the roles of disability and illness, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and social class in becoming an adult.
Prerequisite
Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.