This course is an interdisciplinary study of significant relationship in peoples' lives using concepts drawn from the social and behavioral sciences. Relationships studied include acquaintances, kinship ties, coworkers, same-gender friendships, male-female relationships, mentors, and cross- cultural friends. The dynamics of these relationships including the functions they serve, their development, and their importance will be studied. Recommended: Lower division Social Science or Human Services courses. Counts in the Behavioral Science or Social Science Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours