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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The critical analysis of film as a social construction, with particular emphasis on the historical and cultural influences on the creation of meaning in film (and society). Through this framework key sociological ideas will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Comparative family systems and the social construction of gender in a cross-cultural perspective.
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3.00 Credits
A consideration of the evolving patterns of conflict and cooperation among racial and ethnic groups. Major attention is given to the socially constructed nature of group identities based on ethnicity and race; racist ideologies, prejudices, stereotypes and various forms of discrimination; as well as the ongoing struggles for social justice.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on a sociological understanding of urban and community processes. Topics of special interest include the political economy of cities, growth, housing, urban revitalization, architecture and use of space, design for sustainability, and cross cultural comparisons.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of gender and sexuality as socially constructed categories of identity and social position. The course will explore the ways in which gender and sexuality are structurally rooted in the institutions of society and groups. Issues of gender and sexuality will be examined as they intersect with race, social class, and other markers of self and societal status. Micro and macro level relations of power will be emphasized around themes of liberation and oppression.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the major research methods used in sociology, including ethnographic fieldwork, social experiments, content analysis, and survey research. The focus is on applied projects as well as on a theoretical understanding of debates over the role of science in social investigation. The prior taking of a statistics course is recommended. Offered in 2004-2005 and alternate years. Prerequisite: BUSI 250, MATH 215 or PSYC 290.
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3.00 Credits
A sociological look at food in the context of cultural beliefs and social practices, from small-scale face-to-face interactions to the role of food in global systems. Some topics of interest include the relationship of food to community, understandings about nature, social jsutice and inequality, definitions of health, concepts of the body, celebration, and new technologies.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the culture of consumerism in local, national, and global contexts. A broad spectrum of beliefs and behaviors associated with consumerism will be traced from past to present, with an emphasis on the power relationships and ideologies that promote and oppose consumerism in the United States and around the world.
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3.00 Credits
While social change is an enormous topic, this course opens up some major questions relating to the study of social change. It begins with a look at processes of social change in general, and then focuses on the sociological study of organized movements to produce (and resist) social change. Selected past and present movements are included.
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3.00 Credits
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the city. Using images of the city recorded in literature and the visual arts, it examines the city as a symbol reflecting changing ideas about self and society, social order and change, and the relationship between nature and culture.
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