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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Peace and Justice Studies 111.) Debates about social justice, civic engagement, active citizenship, and democracy. Grassroots leadership development and creating and sustaining a power base. Competing models of community building, identification of issues, strategies and tactics, individual vs. organizational recruitment. Experience with local community-based organizations. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or above. Sociology 1 or other Sociology course preferred. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
Sociological findings and perspectives on crime and the processing of criminal offenders. Problems of definition and statistical assessment, public reaction to crime, theories of causation, penal institutions, and treatment programs. Examination of white-collar crime, organized crime, and professional theft. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Sociology Cities as global phenomena, studied with classic texts on U.S. urban social life and transnational comparisons. Analysis of economic globalization, redevelopment, and landscape formation in cities. Case studies of local politics and planning, socioeconomic inequality, urban cultural change, and citizenship struggles. Prerequisites Sociology 1 or 10 or consent. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
Contexts, dynamics, and experiences of power that shape leaders. Leadership in schools, communities, politics, business, and other settings. Impact on leadership of race and ethnicity, sexuality, gender, class, age, citizenship, and territory. Characteristics of effective leadership. Methods of engaging critically with leaders. Factors that make leadership subject to change. Prerequisites Sociology 1 or 10 or consent. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Peace and Justice Studies 120.) Dynamics of war and peace. Theoretical perspectives on the cold war and the nature of post-cold war armed conflicts. The process of constructing enemy images. Recovery and reconciliation following violence. Feminist perspectives on war, military training, and peace. Impact of peace movements, especially at the end of the cold war. Movements to ban land mines and abolish nuclear weapons. Debate over the meaning of national and global security. Prerequisites One sociology course, or Peace and Justice Studies 1, or junior standing. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester First Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Law as an agency of social control and its relation to other social institutions. Legal enactments and decisions seen in sociological perspective. Social functions of courts, judges, and the legal profession. The potential contribution of social research to understanding, formulating, and implementing law. Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Please see departmental website for detailed description. Prerequisites Junior standing and two sociology or psychology courses. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Peace and Justice Studies 130.) Socioeconomic class in U.S. with some global comparison. Intersections with race and gender. Social analysis of distribution of economic, social, political resources. Alternative visions and strategies for change. Opportunity for field placements in local community organizations. Prerequisites One sociology or comparable course, or permission of instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Peace and Justice Studies 135.) Social circumstances under which organized efforts by powerless groups of people to affect history are attempted, motivations for such efforts, processes by which such efforts are implemented and controlled, and the impact such efforts have on society. Major sociological perspectives on social movements. Selected use of films to illustrate major themes. Prerequisites Sociology 1 or 10 or other introductory-level social science course. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Sociopolitical context within which health, illness, and medical care are defined. Training and role delineation of health workers. Benefits and liabilities of becoming a patient. Social control implications of increasing medical intervention. Analysis of medical transactions in the examining room. Economic and organizational structure of the health-care delivery system. Prerequisites Sophomore standing. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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