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  • SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    Provides the foundational concepts and theories used by sociology to understand social life. The student will be introduced to the power of social forces to affect human behavior - culture, socialization, social structure, inequality, social institutions such as family, religion, education and the effects of social change.
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  • SOC 102: Contemporary Social Issues

    3.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    Starting from a foundation of sociological theories, concepts, and methods, this course examines major social problems facing the United States today. Topics may include poverty, racism, sexism, health care, crime, addiction, and damage to the environment. Students employ a sociological perspective to analyze the factors contributing to the development of problems, their characteristics and the consequences for society.
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  • SOC 215: Perspectives on Women and Men

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    An examination of current sociological and psychological theory and research on the causes and consequences of sex role expectations to individuals, society and the relationship between men and women. (cross-listed with Psychology 215)
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  • SOC 221: Popular Culture

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    An introduction to important readings on popular culture from the perspectives of sociology and communication studies. The study of popular culture takes the forms, content, values, and norms of popular culture productss as data for analysis and critique. Students will focus on mass communication forms of popular culture such as movies, advertisements, television shows, magazines, music, and music videos. This course will focus on the period from 1945 to the present. (cross-listed with Communication 221)
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  • SOC 285: Travel Course:Amazing Thailand

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    Amazing Thailand is on the other side of the earth - a third world, nonWestern country - exotic and mysterious, completely unfamiliar to most Americans. The language is tonal, the religion is Buddhism, they have a king, kick-boxing is their sport and they are the friendliest people you'll ever meet. This travel course will give you the exciting opportunity to see and experience a completely different culture from your own. You will attend lectures at Chiang Mai University and you will have the opportunity to provide humanitarian service in an orphanage nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. (offered every other year)
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  • SOC 300: Sexuality and Society

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    Primarily focusing on the United States, this course examines sexuality through a sociological lens. We will explore how sexual attitudes and behaviors have changed over time, looking at which sexual attitudes and behaviors are considered ?normal? versus ?deviant,? and ?moral? vs. ?immoral? in mainstream society and different subcultures. At both the interpersonal and societal levels, the course will examine how these beliefs influence societal responses to current social problems related to sexuality: adolescent sexuality, teen pregnancy, contraception, STDs, sex education, sexualized violence, prostitution, pornography, sexual orientation, changing gender roles, and portrayals of sex in popular culture.
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  • SOC 331: Religion and Society

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    An examination of the interplay between religion and society. What are the social functions of religion? What societal conditions give rise to religious sects and cults? How do religious beliefs affect human behavior? In addition, the course will examine the role of religion in the culture wars, the conflict between church and state, religion and politics, religion in higher education, the effects of secularization, technology and multiculturalism on religion.
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  • SOC 332: Death and Dying

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    It is in thinking about death that we begin to understand the meaning of life. Using sociological, psychological and spiritual perspectives, this course will examine such topics as American cultural influences on the meaning of death, how we die in a technological age, euthanasia and legal issues, the funeral and other death rituals, suicide, life after death, children and death, the grief process and cross-cultural perspectives on death and dying. The course will use active-learning methods such as journaling, field trips, guest speakers, interviewing and participant observation.
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  • SOC 340: Sociology of the Family

    4.00 Credits
    California Lutheran University

    This course examines contemporary marriage and family in American society. Topics include gender roles, sexual values, dating and mate selection, alternative families and lifestyles, single-parent families, raising children, domestic violence, dysfunctional families, divorce, remarriage and stepfamilies. This course is designed to give the student sociological insight into this fundamental social structure; to enable the student to gain new perspectives on his or her own family and gain insight into the diversity (cultural and historical) of both the structure and function of marriage and family.
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