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SOCIOLGY 250 SOCIAL PROBLEMS (GROUP 1 COURSE)
GS 3 u
The study of specific social problems, theoretical explanations of
their existence, and strategies for effecting change.
SOCIOLGY 252 MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY (GROUP
3 COURSE) GS
3 u
A course of study designed to familiarize the student with social and
cultural patterns of mate selection, marriage, and family life involvement.
Particular emphasis on changing perceptions surrounding gender roles and
the institutions of marriage and family in contemporary United States.
SOCIOLGY 265 RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS (GROUP
2 COURSE) GS/Diversity
3 u
This course examines relationships between racial minorities and the
majority group in the United States in their socio-historical contexts.
Early histories of relations between minorities and the majority as well
as present relations will be addressed. Questions raised include whether
American society should attempt to minimize differences between minorities
and the majority, whether to blend, or maintain group identities, and how
we should address existing barriers and inequalities. Relationships and
differences among minority groups will also be examined.
SOCIOLGY 270 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY:
GS/Diversity 3 u
A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (GROUP 2 COURSE)
This course provides lower level undergraduate students with systematic
sociological understanding of the historical and current experiences of
African American people.
Unreq: AFRIAMR 270.
SOCIOLGY 276 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
(GROUP 4 COURSE) GS
3 u
An introduction to the field of criminology through examination of
theories and patterns of criminal behavior, the operation of the criminal
justice system, and the politics of crime control policy.
SOCIOLGY 280 INTRODUCTION TO AUSTRALIAN STUDIES:
GS 3 u
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY & CULTURE (GROUP 2 COURSE)
The course will focus on Australia in the twentieth century and will
explore five major themes. They are: (1) Racial and National Identities,
(2) Comparisons with the United States, (3) Australia-Asia Interdependencies,
(4) The Impacts of Globalization on Australia, (5) Contemporary Debates.
Prereq: GENED 130 or GENED 140 or GENED 120 or consent of instructor
SOCIOLGY 290 SOCIOLOGY OF PACIFIC ASIA (GROUP
2 COURSE) GS 3 u
The course offers a multi-disciplinary survey of social, economic and
political issues in societies of the geographic-cultural region of East
Asia or the Pacific Rim. The region includes Southeast (Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand) and East Asia (China, Korea, Japan). The stress is
on the contemporary situation and recent past. The course will provide
students with an introduction to a non-Western region and is a foundation
for the further study of Asia. The specific issues discussed and range
of countries to be examined may vary by semester.
Prereq: GENED 130 or GENED 140.
SOCIOLGY 301 SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
3 u
Students in this course will learn about the knowledge creation process
by reading original research monographs. In addition, students will gain
"hands-on" experience in posing sociological questions and in trying to
answer those questions through the analysis of computer-based data sets
such as the General Social Survey.
Prereq: Sociology major (including Criminal Justice Emphasis) or minor,
plus three units of sociology and GENED 130.
SOCIOLGY 310/510 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND
ILLNESS (GROUP 3 COURSE)
3 u
This course examines the sociocultural aspects of health and illness,
the patient-practitioner relationship, the socialization of health practitioners,
the social organization of health care services, and the role of ethics
in medical decision-making. It analyzes the problems and inequities in
our present system of health care delivery in the United States, with particular
emphasis on the sexism, racism, and classism in policy and practice. It
analyzes alternative models of health care delivery, and discusses modifications
in policy and practice necessary to bring about change.
Prereq: 3 units in sociology or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 312 SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT
3 u
This course will examine the social/cultural history of sports, how
sociological theories may be used to understand sport, the complex gender
issues surrounding sport, the link between racism and sports, and the link
between violence and sports.
Prereq: Prior completion of 3 units of sociology or consent of instructor
SOCIOLGY 330 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION
(GROUP 3 COURSE) 3 u
A study of educational institutions as a social system. Consideration
of role relationships, community contexts, and relevant values and ideals.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLOGY 336 WOMEN IN ASIA: ENVIRONMENT,
WORK, AND DEVELOPMENT 3u
This course will focus on understanding broad cultural/global issues
and gender relations in three regions of Asia: east, Southeast, and South.
The course will focus on theoretical explanations as well as demographic,
employment, environmental, and socio-cultural processes and how these influence
gender issues.
Prereq: GENED 140 or GEOGRPY 230 or SOCIOLGY 290 or SOCIOLGY 385
SOCIOLGY 340 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND COLLECTIVE
BEHAVIOR (GROUP 1 COURSE) 3 u
An examination of the causes and consequences of social movements and
collective behavior, including such phenomena as riots; fads; panic; trade
unions; reform, revolutionary, and liberation movements; utopian communities.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 345 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (GROUP 2
COURSE) 3 u
This course will analyze gender as a process and as a social institution.
It will examine how we can experience gender in ways that maintain existing
gender relations or in ways that challenge them.
Prereq: WOMENST 100 or 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 350/550 CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE SOCIETY
3-4 u
This course examines contemporary Japanese society. It includes a study
of social institutions, processes, and culture of Japan. The course examines
the following areas: (a) culture (beliefs, customs, social identity); (b)
social institutions (family, religion, education, work, media); (c) societal
processes (socialization, deviance, urbanization); (d) inequalities (gender,
income, race-ethnic, region); and (e) the politics, economy, and international
position of Japan.
Coreq: A course on East Asia or an East Asian language or consent of
instructor.
SOCIOLGY 351/551 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND
SOCIAL INEQUALITY (GROUP 2 COURSE)
3 u
An analysis of the causes, consequences, and remedies of inequalities
in power, income, wealth, authority, ethnic and social status.
Prereq: 3 units in sociology or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 352 URBAN SOCIOLOGY (GROUP 1 COURSE)
3 u
A study to acquaint the student with historical development of urban
centers, the increasing societal dominance of urbanism, the aspects of
urbanism that constitute societal problems as well as societal contributions
and new urban trends such as suburbanism and urban renewal.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 353 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
(GROUP 3 COURSE) 3 u
A study of the function and forms of religious groups in primitive
and contemporary societies as well as theoretical examination of religion
as a basic social institution. (Offered jointly with Religious Studies.)
Prereq: 3 units of sociology. Unreq: RELIGST 353.
SOCIOLGY 355/555 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(GROUP 1 COURSE) 3 u
An examination of the process and results of human interaction with
an emphasis on attitudes and attitude change, society and personality,
inter-group relations and processes of socialization.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 356 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY (GROUP 3
COURSE) 3 u
An analysis of the impact of social cleavages and cohesions on the
operation of political institutions; the composition and behavior of power
elites; the social bases of political power; and the social functions of
electoral behavior. (Offered jointly with Political Science.)
Prereq: SOCIOLGY 140 or POLISCI 141. Unreq: POLISCI 356.
SOCIOLGY 362/562 POPULATION DYNAMICS
(GROUP 1 COURSE) 3 u
A study of the development of world population and the social significance
of different population sizes and growth rates; emphasis on the social
determinants of fertility, mortality and migration.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 365 SOCIOLOGY OF LAW (GROUP
3 COURSE) 3 u
An introduction to the interdependence of law and society through an
analysis of legal concepts and organization from a sociological view.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 370/570 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
(GROUP 4 COURSE) 3 u
A study of the incidence of delinquency, theories and findings regarding
causation, and the policies designed for treatment and prevention of delinquency.
Prereq: SOCIOLGY 276 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 372/572 WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
(GROUP 4 COURSE) 3 u
An examination of the patterns, causes, costs, and strategies of controlling
non-traditional crime committed by persons of respectability and high social
status. Topics covered include: occupational crime and employee theft,
the mafia and criminal syndicates, corporate crime, and governmental crime.
Particular attention is given to the origin and control of criminal behavior
that helps organizations achieve their operational goals.
Prereq: SOCIOLGY 276 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 374 SOCIOLOGY OF POLICE AND COURTS
(GROUP 4 COURSE)
3 u
A sociological analysis of the development and behavior of the police,
lawyers, prosecutors and judiciary in society and their role in social
control.
Prereq: SOCIOLGY 276 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 378 SOCIOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT AND
CORRECTIONS 3 u
(GROUP 4 COURSE)
The critical analysis of probation, parole, halfway houses, jails and
prisons. Their origins in and possible function for the larger society
will also be examined. Field trip is required.
Prereq: SOCIOLGY 276 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 379 WOMEN AND CRIME
3 u
This course examines the frequency and nature of female offending;
the frequently blurred boundaries of female victimization and criminalization;
the role of criminal law, police, and courts in the processing of female
offenders; and the role of "correctional" institutions, prisons, and contemporary
alternatives in the punishment of female offenders.
Prereq: WOMENST 100 or SOCIOLGY 276
SOCIOLGY 380/580 ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY
(GROUP 1 COURSE) 3 u
An examination of the growth and role of organizations in society with
specific attention to American society.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 385 SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION
(GROUP 1 COURSE) 3 u
A survey course designed to critically examine the sociological theories
of change. Also examines contemporary empirical developments and their
relevance for social policy. Illustrations will be drawn from work done
in the developing countries.
Prereq: 3 units of sociology.
SOCIOLGY 388/588 THE HOLOCAUST: NAZI
GERMANY & THE GENOCIDE OF THE JEWS (GROUP 2 COURSE)
3 u
This course will examine the origins, implementation, and legacies
of the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews. It is intended to help students
gain an appreciation of the importance of the Holocaust to the Jewish experience,
while understanding that other groups also were victimized. (Offered jointly
with religious studies).
Prereq: 3 units of sociology, history or religious studies. Unreq:
RELIGST 388/588.
SOCIOLGY 391/591 PROCESSES AND PATTERNS OF RACIAL/ETHNIC
INEQUALITY (GROUP 2 COURSE) Diversity
3 u
An examination of the circumstances under which racial and ethnic groups
received privileged or disadvantaged social locations. Particular consideration
is given to theories of racial and ethnic inequality and the processes
that form the structures of differential and unequal relations in society.
A cross-national comparison of the social construction of race and ethnicity
will provide additional context of understanding patterns and theories
of race and ethnic relations.
Prereq: Completion of university diversity requirement.
SOCIOLGY 392 AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES
(GROUP 3 COURSE) Diversity
3 u
This course will survey the historical development of the Afro-American
Family from Africa to modern times. Significant events (e.g., the slave
trade, slavery, and migration) will be scrutinized in order to ascertain
their role in shaping the contemporary Black Family life. Other important
social and economic forces will be illuminated to assess their impact.
The latest body of literature models, paradigms, hypotheses, and statistical
findings will be critically examined to enhance understanding of modern
day Black Family premarital and marital relations, adaptive patterns, and
dislocations. (Offered jointly with Afro-American Studies.)
Prereq: 3 units of sociology or 3 units of African American studies.
SOCIOLGY 455/655 SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
(GROUP 3 COURSE) 3 u
An analysis of the family as a social institution with emphasis on
its development, characteristics, and condition in a rapidly changing social
milieu.
Prereq: 6 units in sociology including SOCIOLGY 301 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 465/665 EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS: THE
SOCIOLOGY OF INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES (GROUP 1 COURSE)
3 u
This course is a sociological analysis of a selection of unique groups
in our society that illustrate tremendous range of subcultural diversity.
The groups studied are chosen for three reasons: they illustrate major
sociological principles in concrete form, they are diverse, and they are
interesting.
Prereq: 6 units in sociology including SOCIOLGY 301 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 474 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
3 u
An examination of the ideas and theories of the major classical sociologists,
both European and American, the collective thrust of whose works is largely
a critique of capitalism and the effects of the industrial revolution upon
traditional social structure.
Prereq: 6 units in sociology including SOCIOLGY 301 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 475/675 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY 3 u
An advanced approach to the study of contemporary sociological theory,
giving emphasis to the major assumptions, concepts, propositions and methodology
of the main perspective.
Prereq: 6 units in sociology including SOCIOLGY 301 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 476/676 METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
3 u
To acquaint the student with research methods in sociology and the
social sciences; the foundation of sociology in science; the role of theory
in research; construction of the research design; sampling, data gathering
techniques, and analysis and interpretation of data.
Prereq: 6 units in sociology including SOCIOLGY 301 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 478 SOCIOLOGY IN PRACTICE
3 u
This course will examine the ways in which sociology can be applied
in both academic and non-academic settings and the various alternative
careers open to sociology students. Special attention will be given to
the ethical issues involved in sociological research and practice and to
the impact of sociology and sociologists
upon the decision making process in both the public and private sectors.
This course is required for Sociology majors who are planning to take the
Applied Sociology SOCIOLGY 493.
Prereq: 6 units in sociology including SOCIOLGY 301 or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 490/690 WORKSHOP
1-6 u
Repeatable. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 491 TRAVEL STUDY
1-3 u
Repeatable.
SOCIOLGY 493 APPLIED SOCIOLOGY
1-12 u
This course involves a supervised internship in a public or private
organization. Through on campus seminars and written assignments on the
intern experience, students learn how sociology can be applied to solve
social problems. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 units in degree.
Prereq: Restricted to sociology majors, or criminal justice or sociology
minors, and junior or senior standing. SOCIOLGY 478.
SOCIOLGY 494/694 SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY
3 u
Repeatable. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 496/696 SPECIAL STUDIES
1-3 u
Repeatable. Prereq: 6 u. in sociology or consent of instructor.
SOCIOLGY 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY
1-3 u
Open to majors and minors in sociology. Repeatable. Prereq: Junior
or senior standing and staff approval.
SOCIOLGY 499 SENIOR HONORS
1-3 u
Provides opportunity for selected students to work with special topics
in the field of sociology under the direction of one or more members of
the staff.
Prereq: Senior standing and invitation of the staff.
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