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5.00 Credits
Crutchfield Examination of deviance, deviant behavior, and social control. Deviance as a social process; types of deviant behavior (e.g., suicide, mental illness, drug use, crime, “sexual deviance,” delinquency); theories of deviance and deviant behavior; nature and social organization of societal reactions; and social and legal policy issues. Offered: AWSpS.
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5.00 Credits
Weis Introduces topics related to the crime of murder, including: laws of homicide; research on the characteristics of victims, killers, and murders; theories of murder and related violence; investigation strategies; and crime and control policies.
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5.00 Credits
Investigates sexuality on the basis of social construction of norms and values, within the context of gender, race, class, and sub-cultures and in the social control of sexuality and why it is so highly regulated. Looks for social, rather than biological or personal explanations for why human sexuality is conceptualize or practiced in a certain way.
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5.00 Credits
LePore Addresses fundamental questions about the relationship between education and society. Examines why some students learn more and advance further than others; what factors shape how schools are run/organized and which materials are taught; how race/class/gender affect students within schools; how schools maintain our economic system and can become more effective.
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2.00 Credits
Provides opportunity for students new to the major, or contemplating the major, to meet twice weekly in a small group to discuss issues relating to two designated five-credit sociology courses. Concurrent enrollment in the two five-credit designated courses required. See department adviser. Offered: ASp.
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Origins and conduct of war, readings from anthropology, political science, economics, and history, as well as two novels and some recent articles on the armscontrol controversy. Modern forms of warfare, including guerrilla war, world war, and nuclear war. Offered: jointly with SIS 301.
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5.00 Credits
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5.00 Credits
Introduction to sociological theory. Includes classical theorists Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber and their influence on contemporary theoretical debate.
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5.00 Credits
Morris A critical introduction to the methods used to col data in social science: surveys, archival research, experiments, and participant observation. Evaluates “facts and findings” by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the methods that produce them. Case based. Offered: jointly with CS&SS 320/ STAT 320; A.
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Introduction to statistical reasoning for social scientists. Built around cases representing in-depth investigations into the nature and content of statistical and socialscience principles and practice. Hands-on approach: weekly data-analysis Fundamental statistical topics: measurement, exploratory data analysis, probabilistic concepts, distributions, assessment of statistical evidence. Offered: jointly with CS&SS/STAT 321; W.
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