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Rutherford Thinking sociologically enables us to understand the intersection of our individual lives with larger social issues and to grasp how the social world works. Students in this course will become familiar with the background of sociology and the core analytical concepts employed by sociologists. Students will also gain familiarity with the major substantive topics explored by sociology, with focused attention given to the study of cultural formation, social identities, social control, social inequality, and globalization. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Perspectives on the creation of and response to the problems of young people. The problem of generations and relations between young and old. Perceptions of personal freedom and social responsibility with respect to public issues that directly affect youth including alcohol, tobacco, drugs, gambling, guns, and sexuality. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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Levitt The goal of this course is to learn to analyze real life situations using sociological tools. The course is organized around a series of exer-cises that will teach students different analytical techniques and explore sociological theories and concepts. Projects may include reading novels, analyzing films, working with census data, interviewing, conducting surveys, participant observation, debating, and a small inde-pendent research project. Each project will focus on a subfield in the discipline and will serve as a platform from which students can ex-plore basic theories, analytic categories, and methods. Students will work individually, in pairs, and in small groups. Prerequisite: Open to first-year students only. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. How are your personal problems related to larger issues in society and the world In what ways do global economic and political shifts affect your personal trajectory as a college student in the United States In this course, you will come to un-derstand sociology as a unique set of tools with which to interpret your relationship to a broader sociopolitical landscape. By integrating classic readings in the discipline of sociology with the principles of global political economy, we will analyze and contextualize a range of social, economic, and political phenomena at the scales of the global, the national, the local, and the individual. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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Cuba Why are some behaviors, differences, and people considered deviant or stigmatized while others are not This introductory sociology course examines several theories of social deviance that offer different answers to this question. We will focus on the creation of deviant categories and persons as interactive processes involving how behaviors are labeled as deviant, how people enter deviant roles, how oth-ers respond to deviance, and how those labeled as deviant cope with these responses. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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Levine (Economics), McEwan (Economics), Swingle, McKnight (Economics) An introduction to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of quantitative data as used to understand problems in econom-ics and sociology. Using examples drawn from these fields, this course focuses on basic concepts in probability and statistics, such as measures of central tendency and dispersion, hypothesis testing, and parameter estimation. Data analysis exercises are drawn from both academic and everyday applications. Students must register for a laboratory section which meets an additional 70 minutes each week. Students may register for either SOC 190 or ECON 103 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: One course in sociology or ECON 101 or 102 and fulfillment of the basic skills component of the quantitative reasoning requirement. Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 220, PSYC 205 or POL 199. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis. Fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning overlay course requirement. Does not satisfy the laboratory requirement. Semester: Fall, Spring, Summer Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Rutherford A survey of the origins of sociology through the works of the classical founders of the discipline. Focused attention is given to the writings of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, with emphasis on learning to read and interpret primary texts. Students will understand foundational socio-logical concepts as used by classical theorists and will also apply these concepts to understand contemporary social life. Students will also explore the development of the canon of classical sociological theory with special emphasis on the place of women and African Americans in the history of that canon. Prerequisite: One 100-level unit. Required of all majors. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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Cushman An overview of important twentieth-century social and cultural theories. Focus on functionalist analysis, social conflict theory, dramaturgical theory, theories of modernity, and cognitive sociology. Class lectures and written work will focus on the application of sociological theories to the interpretation of a wide range of empirical phenomena. Prerequisite: 200. Required of all majors. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Cushman Human rights is one of the most powerful approaches to social justice in the contemporary world, yet it is a rapidly developing and chang-ing system. This course offers a critical analysis of human rights as a social, cultural, and legal system. It explores the historical and philo-sophical origins of the contemporary human rights system and its growth and development as a global social movement over the last few decades. This includes the diversification of rights to include social, economic and cultural rights and the collective rights of indigenous peoples. The course examines the ongoing controversy between human rights' claims to universalism in contrast to assertions of cultural difference. Special topics include the rise of nongovernmental human rights organizations, humanitarianism as an ideology, debates on military humanitarian interventions, the emergence of violence against women as a human rights issue, and the forms and types of justice in societies that have experienced large-scale violence. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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Silver NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course investigates why certain problems become matters of significant public and policymaking con-cern while others do not. We do not focus on a pre-defined list of social problems, but rather on the process by which some issues capture more attention than others. Our discussions analyze the actions of those institutions involved either in calling public attention to or distract-ing public attention away from particular problems in our society. This focus enables students to acquire a perspective on social problems that they are unlikely to gain from other forums, such as journalism or politics. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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