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4.00 Credits
The study of individual motives, cognitions, attitudes; the role of the individual in groups and society; behavior as influenced by social forces. Offered intermittently. Cross Listed With: PSY - 310
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Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of instructor. This course examines social, economic, political and cultural dimensions of globalization from a sociological perspective. Theoretical approaches to the globalization thesis, neo-liberalism, and the decline of the nation-state are analyzed along with case studies of transnational movements of resistance that include workers, students, women, indigenous peoples, and environmentalists. Offered intermittently.
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Prerequisites: SOC - 338 or SOC - 226. The problems facing inner city schools are in fact issues that are endemic to our society as a whole. With that in mind, this course will examine the relationship between the urban school and its larger social environment with special attention paid to the role of schools as agents of socialization, stratification and control in our society.
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4.00 Credits
The social and cultural importance and the structure, variety, and extent of sport in modern societies. Social factors-institutions, processes, and systems-are examined in relation to sport and sport groups as subcultures. Offered intermittently. Cross Listed With: ESS - 362
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4.00 Credits
This course is a comparative inquiry into the bases and mechanisms of racial and ethnic thinking which have been used as the criteria to create social inequality. We look at the epistemological ways that people have come to understand the concepts of race and ethnicity and have used those understandings to perpetuate social inequality. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC - 150 or permission of instructor. Introduction to major theoretical perspectives, empirical work, and methodological issues in the sociology of culture: the social production of meanings and symbols (including art, music, literature, popular culture), and the impact of those meanings and symbols on society. Particular focus on the role of culture in power struggles, investigating when and how dominant groups use culture to maintain their power, and when and how subordinate groups use culture as a means of political resistance.
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4.00 Credits
This course is about how societies come to construct children and childhood through an examination of the history of childhood, kid's culture, families, schools, work, the 'traffic' in children, toys, myths and stories, and understandings of gender, race and class.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the structural and interpersonal bases of inequality, especially as they relate to differential opportunities, mobility, and power. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
Religion as a social phenomenon emanating from culture and influencing society; its cohesive force and potential for social change. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the subject of nationalism and citizenship, one of the most fiercely contested topics in modern society. Through an examination of various theories and case studies, the historical, political, and cultural development of nationalism and citizenship will be explored in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. By looking at nationalism and citizenship from a more comparative perspective, an appreciation of how the subject affects political, social, and personal identity will be gained. Offered in Fall.
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