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3.00 Credits
Open only to Arts & Sciences students who are active members of the University Honors Program.
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Analysis of a selected topic of contemporary interest. Topics vary from semester to semester and might include: impact of public policy on rural life; white collar crime; student-athlete education; social change in the Third World.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Integrative review of sociological concepts and skills under faculty supervision.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the principles of political sociology. Processes of political socialization, participation within and outside established organizational channels, recruitment of elites, communication and influence, power, decision making, and policy outputs. Data are presented from a cross-national perspective.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of civilizations in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Afghanistan, including geography, philosphy, social, economic, political instritutions, and historical movements.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the socioeconomic and political dimensions of international development, with attention focused on developing world contexts. Special attention is given to understanding post-war development trends, including the debt crisis, globalization and neoliberalism, and movements for social change, such as the anti-globalization and the fair trade movements.
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3.00 Credits
The development and present status of social welfare in meeting changing human needs and the requirements in other parts of our social system; the analysis of present-day philosophy and functions of social welfare.
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3.00 Credits
A systematic survey of major theoretical approaches in sociology. The works of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and other classical theorists are examined, along with selections from major contemporary perspectives such as functionalism, symbolic interactionism, structuralism, critical theory, and feminist theory. Current debates over structure versus agency, postmodernism, and other controversies are considered.
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4.00 Credits
Treatment of the logic and procedures involved in the formulation of a research problem and the difficulties encountered in conducting research. Examines problems of explanation and prediction, the process of inquiry, elements of the scientific method, the design of research, and analysis in the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to field/qualitative methods. Includes collection and analysis of data using techniques such as interviewing, observation, and unobtrusive measures. Taking field notes, report writing, and ethical issues are also stressed.
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