LSC Faculty/Staff Directory
Mayra Gomez
Faculty Department/Office: Liberal Arts And Sciences
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Mayra's courses at LSC
Subject
Course Number
Title/Description
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1140
Marriages and Families This course is an examination of marriage and family as a form of social organization existing within a larger social system. The course will emphasize both the larger social system and differences in individuals as factors that create wide diversity in families within each culture and across cultures. This course will critically examine cultural beliefs about and perceptions of "the family," including myths, ideals, and values. This course will cover the diversity of families in their functioning around intimacy, work, children, violence, marriage, divorce, economics, race, class, and gender. MnTC goal areas: (5) History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences and (7A) Human Diversity. (Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1165
Patterns of Domestic Violence This course examines the social context of violence in a domestic setting. It focuses on the commonalities in strategies used by perpetrators of violence and survival mechanisms common to those victimized. The course introduces local domestic violence services. Finally, the course connects students with state and national-level policy debates and legislative initiatives dealing with domestic violence. This course meets the Elective B Learning Outcome of the Minnesota State Sociology Transfer Pathway. MTC goal areas: (5) History and Social and Behavioral Sciences, and (9) Ethic and Civic Responsibilities. (Prerequisites: College-level reading) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
