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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Study of theories and practical applications of sustainable urban development at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Focuses on the sociological dimensions of urban sustainability including social, racial and regional inequalities, power structures, and ideology. Course emphasizes fieldwork and collaborative learning in local settings. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Meets with SOC 522.
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3 Credits Critical analysis of the theories and research on socioeconomic class and the reproduction of privilege, with a focus on the American class system. Addresses the prevailing cultural ideologies surrounding class as well as the ways in which class intersects with race, gender and sexuality. Prerequisites: 9 hours of sociology or consent of instructor Meets with SOC 531 and WMST 431.
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3 Credits Examination of religion as a social and cultural institution; impacts for communities and for society; shaping of religious identities, values, and practices; the role of religion in social control, social conflicts, and social change. Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or consent of instructor
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3 Credits Analysis of the school as a social organization. Among the topics considered are power and control in the school; classroom organization and procedures and their relation to learning and personality development in children; role of educators; and reciprocal relations of school and community. Prerequisites: 9 Hours of sociology
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3 Credits Analysis of the political order by means of specific sociological theory and method to relate power to social contexts, structural forms, and behavioral patterns. Prerequisites: SOC 111 or consent of instructor
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3 Credits An examination of the nature and types of formal organizations; their growth and development; the connections between them and the larger social context of which they are a part; and of various aspects of their internal structure, such as peer group and hierarchical relations, bureaucracy, processes of communication, management, and impersonal mechanisms of control. Prerequisites: 6 Hours of sociology
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3 Credits A description and analysis of changing social structures and social relationships as a response to technological innovation and change. Emphasis also given to the role of technology in the development of selected countries outside the United States. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement. Prerequisites: 9 hrs. of sociology including SOC 317
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Analyzes societies and cultures in light of increasing global interdependency. Studies the interaction between local and global levels in the development process and impacts on areas such as economic organization, technology, environments, political systems, transnational organizations, and everyday life. Comparison of alternative responses to globalization and development.
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3 Credits Examination of the impact of social movements on the political, social and cultural practices of contemporary society. The course includes a brief review of the 'movement politics' of the 1960's, contrasts these to the labor movement and other historical predecessors, with major attention devoted to the infusion of social movement practices and technology into the 'mainstream' structures of power and organizati
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Public welfare services including problems involved in reconstructing personalities and improving relationships between them; the scope of social case work; and social worker as visiting teacher, family case worker, and investigator in other fields. Topic and credit vary. Prerequisites: Upper division social science major Meets with SOC 543.
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