先撇開好壞不談，我們每一個人都是家庭的一部分，身為家庭中的一份子，我們需要關心家庭在社會中的意義與轉變。從過去到現在，「家庭」是重要的社會制度，她使其成員產生生理性或社會性的連結，也整合照顧與居住等功能，更重要的是－這些都將因時空而變化，而有多元的家庭樣貌。這一門課作為社會學系的大學部選修課，將帶領大家從社會學的角度來理解與討論「家庭」。本課程著重於台灣社會中的家庭，因此我將以林顯宗等著人合著的「家庭社會學」作為主要的教材，輔以許多社會學者對台灣社會中各種家庭議題的研究論文，逐步帶領同學以社會學的視野觀察與理解家庭的運作與變化。

Putting aside the good and the bad, each of us is a part of the family. As a member of the family, we need to care about the meaning and transformation of the family in society. From the past to the present, "family" has been an important social institution. It creates physical or social connections among its members, and also integrates functions such as care and residence. More importantly, these will change with time and space, and there will be diverse family shapes. This course, as an undergraduate elective course in the Department of Sociology, will lead you to understand and discuss "family" from a sociological perspective. This course focuses on the family in Taiwanese society. Therefore, I will use "Family Sociology" co-authored by Lin Xianzong and others as the main teaching material, supplemented by many sociologists' research papers on various family issues in Taiwanese society, and gradually lead students to observe and understand the operation and changes of the family from a sociological perspective.

林顯宗、曾敏傑、葉肅科、許人傑、周海娟，2011，《家庭社會學》。空大。
Kane, Kim（李佳穎譯）、Lucai Msciullo繪，2011，《家庭森林》。飛寶。
紀玉臨、周孟嫻、謝雨生，2009，〈台灣外籍新娘之空間分析〉，《人口學刊》38：67-113。
王永慈，2005，〈外籍與大陸配偶家庭之貧窮分析〉，《臺灣社會工作學刊》4: 1-32。

Lin Xianzong, Zeng Minjie, Ye Suke, Xu Renjie, Zhou Haijuan, 2011, "Family Sociology". Empty.
Kane, Kim (translated by Li Jiaying), illustrated by Lucai Msciullo, 2011, "Family Forest". Feibao.
Ji Yulin, Zhou Mengxian, and Xie Yusheng, 2009, "Spatial Analysis of Foreign Brides in Taiwan", "Journal of Demography" 38: 67-113.
Wang Yongci, 2005, "Analysis of Poverty in Families with Foreign and Mainland Spouses", "Taiwan Journal of Social Work" 4: 1-32.