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SOC U357: Growth and Decline of Cities and Suburbs
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Introduces students to the field of urban studies. Focuses on these central issues: how cities and suburbs evolve, what makes a city or suburb a good place to live, and how cities and suburbs are (or are not) planned. Students review the ways in which urban scholars and practitioners study cities and suburbs, their research methodologies, definition of issues, and division of labor among different disciplines. Students explore the roles of individuals, communities, the private sector, and government in planning and shaping the city.
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SOC U358: Current Issues in Cities and Suburbs
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Introduces students to pressing urban issues: urban sprawl, poverty, education, transportation, economic development, and housing, through an intensive analysis of the Boston metropolitan area. The course is cotaught by university faculty and practitioners in government, community, and nonprofit organizations throughout the metropolitan area. Offers students the opportunity to analyze Boston data, go on outings to see development in progress, talk with urban practitioners about what they do, and conduct research on an urban issue of their choice.
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SOC U401: Social Policy and Intervention
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Focuses on study of the formation of social policies in response to social problems. Analyzes policies and problems, supporters and opponents of policy change, conditions under which control agencies adopt new policies, and effects of policy change. Particular emphasis is on case studies of social action and legal change.
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SOC U402: Feminist Perspectives on Society
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Examines social science and interdisciplinary feminist literature that focuses on women in families and at work, and that deals with physical issues including violence against women and abortion. Incorporates the perspectives of women of color. Considers and evaluates women's views of social life as well as recognizes the differences among women.
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SOC U403: American Society
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Focuses on American society, culture, and major social institutions: economic, religious, governmental, familial, educational, welfare, and recreational. Examines social classes and stratification, mobility, and individualism.
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SOC U406: Class,Crime,and the Legal System
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Summarizes the major psychological, social, biological, economic, and political theories about the cause of crime. Applies these theories to the daily operations of the police, courts, and prison system in the United States. Examines white-collar crime and the class bias inherent in the more lenient treatment of elite criminals.
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SOC U407: The Immigrant Experience:Ethnicity,Race,and Inequality in America
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Explores the integration of today's immigrants into the housing and labor markets and political system by their ethnicity and race. Focuses on how immigrant children and the children of immigrants are incorporating into American society. Addresses several key questions, including: (1) How do white and nonwhite immigrants compare to native-born whites and nonwhites with respect to their residential attainment (2) Do white and nonwhite immigrants negatively affect native-born white and nonwhite workers (3) How politically active are white and nonwhite immigrants relative to their native-born counterparts Students research how immigrants are incorporating into the Boston metropolitan area.
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SOC U408: Sociology of Organizations
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Examines sociological perspectives on the structures and processes of large-scale formal organizations in Western society and contemporary organizational theory and research, with illustrations from business, governmental, and other organizations.
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SOC U415: Society and Culture in Russia
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Retired August 31, 2004; replaced by SOC U215. Focuses on contemporary Russian society. Emphasizes the social, economic, and political reforms of the Gorbachev period and the ways in which the Soviet Union has evolved since 1917 and in the post-Soviet period.
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SOC U418: Greater Boston Urban Policy Seminar
4.00 Credits
Northeastern University
Designed to introduce the advanced undergraduate sociology, political science, or economics student to the broad area of public policy related to the specific problems of large metropolitan areas. Throughout the seminar there will be a focus on greater Boston. Among the issues discussed are racial attitudes and residential segregation, the urban labor market, housing, urban sprawl and transportation, education, public health, and urban planning. Links between all of these issues are explored.
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