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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. SUSAN BELL. Spring 2007. JOE BANDY. An analysis of selected works by the founders of modern sociology. Particular emphasis is given to understanding differing approaches to sociological analysis through detailed textual interpretation. Works by Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and selected others are read. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or permission of the instructor.
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Spring 2007. JANET LOHMANN. Focuses on crime and corrections in the United States, with some cross-national comparisons. Examines the problematic character of the definition of "crime." Explores empiricalresearch on the character, distribution, and correlates of criminal behavior, and interprets this research in the light of social structural, cultural, and social psychological theories of crime causation. Discusses the implications of the nature and causes of crime for law enforcement and the administration of justice. Surveys the varied ways in which prisons and correctional programs are organized and assesses research about their effectiveness. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Anthropology 101, or permission of the instructor.
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Spring 2007. ROY PARTRIDGE. Explores and critiques a variety of proposed solutions for healing racism in the United States. A working definition of racism is developed through a careful examination of the social structures that support the continuance of racism and discrimination based on race in the United States. The dominant/subordinate relationships of European Americans with African Americans, Latino/a Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans are reviewed. (Same as Africana Studies 217.) Prerequisite: Sociology 10 or 101, or Anthropology 101.
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3.00 Credits
ESD.Class,Labor,and Power
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. JOE BANDY. An examination of the complex social processes that define, create, and threaten the natural environment. Investigates the relationships among various environmental and social problems, as well as the many political ideologies, philosophies, and movements that define and redefine how we think of nature and sustainability. Explores issues of science and technology, popular culture, urbanization, racial and gender relations, as well as environmental movements. (Same as Environmental Studies 221.) Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Anthropology 101.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Human Population
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. SUSAN BELL. Explores a series of topics in health studies from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences: medical ethics, the development and use of reproductive technologies, relationships between doctors and patients, disability, public health, and the experience of illness. Encourages reflection about these topics through ethnographies, monographs, novels, plays, poetry, and visual arts, such as Barker's Regeneration, Squiers's The Body at Risk:Photography of Disorder, Illness, and Healing, Kafka's Metamorphosis, Bosk's Forgive andRemember, and Alvord's The Scalpel and the Silver Bear. (Same as Gender and Women'sStudies 223). Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Anthropology 101.
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3.00 Credits
IP.Globalization and Social Change
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3.00 Credits
Asian American Experience
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3.00 Credits
Sociology of Health and Illness
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