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3.00 Credits
Analysis of socio-cultural influences on health and illness, with an emphasis on health, illness, and sickness as social identities. Particular attention is given to the organization of health-related occupations and health services in cross-cultural perspective, and to the ethical and policy-related issues raised by different models of organization. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/Wwith C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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Review and critique of classical and contemporary sociological interpretations of religion, with emphasis on the changing character of religious expression in the twentieth century. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/W with C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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This course provides an overview of sociological theory and research in social psychology on the central topics of social perception, social communication, and social interaction. The course focuses on the impact of sociological factors such as gender, race, and class on face-to-face behavior and on how face-to-face interaction contributes to the creation and maintenance of social structure. Specific topics include social psychological methods; causes and consequences of stereotyping; gender, power, and conversation; status structures in small groups; distributive justice; and social dilemmas. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/Wwith C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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This course offers an interdisciplinary look at hate violence beginning with a brief examination of some of the historical roots of contemporary hate violence in the United States. Students will then focus on major issues presented by hate violence from the mid-1980s to the present. In particular, students will examine the causes and impacts of hate violence and the legal and policy implications of how hate crimes have been addressed within the United States. Prerequisite: SOC 210 E/Wwith C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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This course surveys three strands of the literature: the nature of work under capitalism, the consequences emerging from such labor, and alternatives to capitalist relations in production. Specific topics include work in the global economy, Fordism and flexible capitalism, the division of labor, labor markets, control in the workplace, corporate dominance, jobs and the class structure, alienation, and workplace democracy. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/W with C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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Fertility, mortality, and migration as they affect every aspect of life whether political, economic, or social and the reciprocal impact of these on the population variables. Specific applications include: the relationship of population growth and aging; population growth and the status of women; population growth and urbanization; food and population policy; population growth and economic development; population characteristics and life changes; population characteristics in marketing; crime and the age structure; fertility changes and the labor market and the impact of immigration. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/W with C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on power relationships in U.S. society, with some cross-national comparisons. Specific topics to be covered include the nature and distribution of power among social groups and organizations, theories of the state, social class and political participation, policy formation, and the interactions between democracy as a political system and capitalism as an economic system. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/W with C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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This course examines the nature of modern organizations and their impact on individuals and society. Several theoretical perspectives on organization will be examined to gain an understanding of organizational life and organizations' role in modern society. In addition, we will consider dilemmas faced by individuals interacting with organizations as functionaries (for example, workers, government employees, teachers, police) and as clients. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/W with C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to theoretical and empirical literature on women's work in the paid labor force, on their unpaid labor in the home, and on the relationship between these two kinds of " women's work." The course emphasizes the diversitof women's work and the interconnections among race-ethnicity, class, and gender through a detailed examination of professional women, bluecollar women, and "pink-collar" employees.Additional topics include occupational segregation, earnings differentials, poverty, law and public policy, and labor militancy. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/W with C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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3.00 Credits
This course will use sociological concepts, paradigms, and research methods to engage students in a critical examination of leisure and consumption preferences and practices among the working, middle, and upper classes in the developed nations, especially the United States. Prerequisite: SOC 210E/Wwith C or better or permission of instructor. Cr 3.
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