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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Examines the impact business and society have had on the development of science/ technology and the transforming or potentially transforming effects of changing science/technology on business and society.
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5.00 Credits
Examines the sociological nature of the intersectionality of race/ethnicity, social class, and gender by focusing on the interrelationships among social institutions, power relationships, and cultural patterns. May also focus on the impact of popular culture on the social construction of social identities.
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5.00 Credits
Examines how family forms have changed over time in the United States including the macro causes and consequences of different family structures and role expectations. Patterns and dynamics of dating, family formation, child rearing, divorce, and extended family support systems are also covered. Also listed as WGST 182.
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5.00 Credits
Examines criminal behavior on the aggregate level, and its effects on U.S. and other societies. Topics typically include: sexual assault and domestic violence, homicide, global terrorism, corporate, and political crime. Theoretical emphasis on classical and contemporary critical and social justice perspectives. Prerequisite: prior successful completion of one lower or upper division sociology course.
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5.00 Credits
Examines criminal justice systems in the U.S. and other countries from a comparative perspective. Topics typically include: law enforcement, the courts, corrections (prisons and probation), and juvenile criminal justice systems. Theoretical emphasis on classical and contemporary critical and social justice perspectives. Prerequisite: prior successful completion of one lower or upper division sociology course.
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5.00 Credits
Demonstrates the application of sociological research and insights to the challenges of modern business, human service, and public sector organizations. Practice components bring students into contact with people who are incorporating sociology to improve the functioning of their organizations and to inform policy-making.
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5.00 Credits
Explores the sociological and practical issues of operations, financing, and management in organizations providing services for people with health problems (organizations such as nursing homes and hospitals) or people with infirmities (organizations such as senior care centers and assisted living facilities).
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5.00 Credits
Analysis of the socioeconomic and political situation of African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans in contemporary U.S. society. Topics include race and class, occupational and economic inequality, racial discrimination, the culture of poverty, cultural stereotyping, and resistance to change. (5 units)
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5.00 Credits
Explores the impact of immigration to the United States, particularly the effect of the immigration reform law of 1965 that resulted in large increases in immigration to the United States particularly from Latin America and Asia. This wave of immigrants and their U.S born children have significantly changed the fabric of American society. This course examines case studies of immigrants and the second generation from Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Vietnam and Haiti using a comparative sociological perspective.
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5.00 Credits
Opportunity for students to employ sociological insights in human service/community, government, or business organizations. Students spend the majority of class time off campus and then reflect on their experiences through discussions in class and papers. May be repeated once for credit, under certain circumstances and with the approval of the sociology chair. Prerequisites: An overall GPA of 2.7 or permission of the sociology chair is necessary. Students must register with the internship coordinator the quarter before they wish to register for the course.
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