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HON 202
Family Socialization across Cultures

This course will focus on the concepts of the family, love, age, gender, marriage, childhood, relatives, adoption and reproduction in the United States and China. The objectives are (a) to provide the detailed descriptions of dramatically diverse cultures, and (b) to demonstrate that the understanding of human development requires sensitivity to the role of culture and socioeconomic context.

Two projects: One will be the student's own personal family portfolio including the documents of understanding the concepts of the family, love, age, gender, marriage, childhood, relatives, adoption and reproduction from your family members' perspectives. Another one will be to select some one else's family in the community, interview them, and build a family portfolio for that family.

A field experience to China: We will spend the last two weeks of the block in China. We will spend Chinese New Year in China to experience the different concepts discussed in class. We will build a portfolio for our trip to China. In addition, we will select families in China to make a portfolio of as a whole group. In order to travel to China, we need each student to have their passport /visa ready by end of September. We will need to buy tickets three months ahead of time to find an affordable price. Each student needs at least $1,600 for the trip.
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Substitutions: ENG. 167 Literature and gender (not for ED majors); ENG 102 ( not for ED majors); ED 240 Meeting the needs of the family; HIST 240 Far East; SOC 300 Sociology of the family; SOC 115; ANTH 105; May be used as an elective on the Literacy or SPED Minor

Instructor: Dr. Nili Luo

Time: Fall 2006, Block 5, 12-3pm Trip to china