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Analyzes sport as a microcosm of society. Specifically focuses on American sport from youth through the professional levels. Studies sport and the following: socialization, business, mass media, ethical dilemmas, race, gender, structural inequality and secular religion. Examines the sociological reasons why contemporary sport is organized and functions as it does. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Analyzes the relationship between dominant and minority groups, theories of prejudice and discrimination, and ways of reducing intergroup conflict and tensions. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Studies population concepts, trends, and principles, social consequences of population changes, and issues of population policy at the national and international levels. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Examines American society through the medium of film. Students learn how to analyze movies sociologically, to place them in their historical and cultural context, both as shaping forces in society and as reflections of underlying social issues. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Examines scientific methods commonly used in the study of social phenomena as well as ethical and political issues related to the research process. Explores the various steps of research design, data collection (questionnaire construction, interviewing, observation, content analysis), and data analysis. Prereq: SOCI 100 and two sociology electives
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3.00 Credits
Studies the relationship between medical sociology and social gerontology, basic health and aging concerns of older people, and the aging process from biological and social perspectives. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Analyzes social and cultural influences on the meanings of death, the process of dying, near death experiences, grief/bereavement, caring relationships, and ethical and medical issues. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Examines the changes in social roles and relationships that occur as people move through the life course. Considers the social forces that influence the individual aging experience and explores the relationship between the quality of life in old age and an individual's cumulative experiences, choices, constraints, and opportunities over the life course. Includes adult development and life course transitions, caring for frail elderly, old age and the welfare state, as well as the economics of aging, aging policy and the economy, and aging and inequality. Prereq: SOC I 100 and junior/senior status
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Explores and analyzes stratification systems, theories of stratification, social mobility, types of inequality, methods of measuring inequality, and the impact of inequality upon life style and personality. Prereq: SOCI 100
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Examines the cultural meanings of food production, distribution, preparation and consumption. Topics include food and the construction of identity, food choices, food movements (vegetarianism, organic farming, slow food, etc.), work in the food industry, food controversies (genetically engineered food, E. coli, etc), family and sexual relationships, eating disorders, fast food, globalizing markets, and others. Prereq: Completion of Tier II Self & Society domain
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