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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines the social construction of sports as well as the impact of sports upon society. Specifically, the class consists of an overview of the social experience and patterning of sports; the political, economic, and environmental circumstances that impact sports; and the societal forces that shape sporting systems and events as well as people's responses to and interpretations of sports.
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2.00 Credits
This course is the travel portion of Sociology of Sport (SOC 213). Students in this course will travel to a different country where they will take part in and explore sport through the lens of tourism. The focus of the course is on how international sport tourism is effecting people, cultures, and the environment in various parts of the world.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the social psychological development of children. Specifically, the class consists of the bio-psychological experiences of early human development, the processes, norms, and agents that contribute to the socialization of children within specific social, historical, medical, and political contexts; and the ways in which children interact with societal forces to shape their own experience of childhood in contemporary societies.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special courses may be offered each year.
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4.00 Credits
A comparative study of inter-group relations, social conflict and modes of adjustment in the United States and elsewhere. Examines prejudice and discrimination, their sources, their consequences and potentials for change.
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4.00 Credits
Cross-listed wih WST 307. This class examines the impact of globalization on family life in the U.S., other industrialized countries, and the developing world. The class consists of an overview of the relationship between globalization and work-family issues, gender, migration, poverty and inequality, and the status of women, children and the elderly.
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4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
A historically situated, cross-national examination of the ways in which our political, cultural, economic, and social systems reflect and perpetuate economic stratification. Emphasis is placed on the role of personal, cultural, organizational, and institutional forms of racism and sexism (and ther various intersections) that perpetuate economic inequality. Possibilities of positive and sustainable social, political, and cultural change are also reviewed.
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4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
The course is designed to provide students with an overview of the field of population studies, also known as demography. In this course, we will examine the causes and consequences of population growth, size, and composition related to changes in health and mortality, fertility, migration, and family and household structure. Students will also be introduced to basic demographic measures, methods, and sources of data.
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