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3.00 Credits
This course covers the knowledge and skills required to install and maintain programmable logic controllers (PLC) in automated control systems. Students will be given the opportunity to learn to write programs to solve basic control problems, connect sensors and actuators, and configure PLCs. Prerequisite(s): Course placement into MATH 0070 or higher or completion of MATH 0030 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of sociology's major theoretical perspectives and research methods. Basic concepts include culture, socialization, groups, organizations, deviance, social institutions, change, and inequalities based on class, race, and gender. The course explains how sociological research is conducted using concepts, theories, and methods as well as the significance of a global perspective for understanding social behavior. This course meets the Introduction to Sociology course requirement for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940 with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051 with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
How are individual family problems connected to broader social systems? This course explores the social forces that influence family crises. It covers a variety of issues, such as poverty, family violence, and contemporary social problems that affect families. Relevant social policy debates are also discussed. This course meets the requirements for Elective B: Social Inequality and Stratification for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940 with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051 with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the sociology of a selected set of social problems in the U.S. and globally, e.g. crime and violence, poverty, unemployment, war and terrorism, environmental degradation, and population growth. The social-structural and cultural sources of these problems are critically analyzed, and structural and cultural solutions following from such analyses are examined. This course meets the requirements for Elective B: Social Inequality and Stratification for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940 with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051 with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the criminal justice system in US society, including the philosophy, history, organization, and function of the police, courts, and corrections. Sociological perspectives are applied to an analysis of crime and victimization, ethics, and the concept of justice. Topics include foundations of crime; justice and law; federal, tribal and state elements; victimization; victim rights; crime statistics and the extent of crime; police issues; juvenile justice system; juvenile delinquency; court systems; corrections, community corrections; professional career opportunities; and future trends. This course meets the requirements for Elective A: Organizations and Institutions for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940 with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051 with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052 with a grade of C or higher.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An opportunity for an in-depth study of a particular topic. Prerequisite(s): Instructor and dean consent.
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3.00 Credits
What makes a family? This course examines the family as a social institution, focusing on how family life both shapes and is shaped by larger social forces, including the economy and public policy. The diversity of family forms and experiences, and how these change over time, are examined along the lines of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation. The course also addresses the gendered nature of family roles and experience, i.e. the way that individuals' actions may conform to, or challenge, dominant cultural gendered expectations of family members. This course meets the requirements for Elective A: Organizations and Institutions for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020 with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the complexity of diverse racial/ethnic groups in the United States. It focuses on the historical development of the concept of race and the ways race is structured in a variety of social institutions. It also addresses contemporary issues of racial formation, individual prejudice and discrimination, institutional racism and discrimination, racial/ethnic identity and collective resistance, and white privilege. This course meets the requirements for Elective B: Social Inequality and Stratification for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020 with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
Starting with a brief history of disability in the United States, this course examines how disability is socially constructed and forms an axis of inequality in society. Topics include disability culture and identity, disability policy, the intersection of disability and gender, portrayals of disability in the media, and disability rights movements in the US and abroad. This course meets the requirements for Elective B: Social Inequality and Stratification for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020 with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.
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3.00 Credits
Why do individuals and groups behave as they do? This course examines from a sociological perspective such topics as building and breaching reality, symbol use, language, the self, socialization, reference groups, naming, social identities, stigma, self-presentation, emotional labor, inequality, and culture. This course meets the requirements for Elective A: Organizations and Institutions for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020 with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.
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