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Of course I will let you!

Lots of classes have assigned small groups or partners, so that would be easiest, my guess.

Sociology sounds much more like what you want than political science. There's overlap, to be sure, and she'd doubtless take some poli sci classes along the way, but what you have in mind falls firmly within sociology, to my mind. To prove my point, here are a few of the soc classes offered next semester at my school:

Perspectives on Society
The Family
Population and Society
Populations in Danger
Human Needs and Social Services
Race, Class and Ethnicity in the Modern World
Social Exclusion
Demographics and Development
Knowledge Networks and Global Transformation
Update on American Society: Social Trends in the Last Decade

The last one in particular sounds like it's what she'd study.

At my school, the soc department has three types of track: development studies, soc theory, and modern soc/research prep. She'd probably fall into the third, although I don't think it has an official name.

Lorien