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3.00 Credits
The major issues involved in the criticisms of family systems with a view to predicting how current forms are likely tomesh with changing trends to form marriage and family patterns in the future. Areas of study include family history, changing demographic patterns, family structures, gender roles, sexuality, reproductive technology, marital interaction and power, marital discussion and resconstituted families.
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Examines work as both a social and economic phenomenon; focuses on the role of work in people's lives and on the nature of occupational roles as an element of social structure. Areas of study include the impact of technology on the meaning and organization of work, the global economy, reward structures, unemployment, and the changing composition of the labor force of the future.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to when and how to do sociological analysis of popular and scholarly opinion, with a focus on developing and/or improving communication and critical thinking skills. The course integrates sociological theory and methods and requires students to analyze and critique theories, opinions, and research found in a variety of popular and scholarly materials using a sociological perspective.
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3.00 Credits
Examines different sociological explanations of the causes and consequences of social inequalities at the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality; explores the linkages between social stratification in the United States and global inequalities and how inequalities are institutionalized, legitimized, and experienced by different goups of people. This is a writing intensive course.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of the sociological works, both past and present, in the area of social deviance. In addition, traditional and alternative definitions and explanations of deviant behavior will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the role played by the Latina, and the social, economic and political issues that affect her life. The relationship between class and gender, and the impact of modernization on women's roles and status will also be examined.
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3.00 Credits
The aging process, examined from both an individual and societal perspective; problems, potentials, and realities of aging. Topcs of study include the nature and quality of relations among members of different generations, age norms, age constraints, and adult socialization as well as historical and cross-cultural comparisons of aging.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes women's varying roles, statuses and life opportunities; covers the feminist movement, past and present with special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race and social class.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the central themes that have emerged in the feminist-inspired sociological research on men and masculinities. These themes include men's institutionalized power and privilege over women, inequalities among different groups of men (e.g., power disparities across race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and nation of origin), and the costs men and women pay for men's corformity to rigid notions of masculinity. In our exploration of these themes, we will discuss masculinities at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, societal, and global levels.
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3.00 Credits
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