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4.00 Credits
Seminar on socioeconomic conditions in Latin America, their effect on growth and development, social and political organization, class conflict and public philosophies concerning social protection and its funding. The class will include guest lectures providing students an opportunity to engage leading scholars in the field in a focused and informed discussion of their work. Prerequisite: Course 103. Enrollment limited to 30 students. R. Gay
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4.00 Credits
What is the difference between sex and gender How do we act out, perform, recreate gender This course is designed to familiarize students with the prominent discourses and major issues related to sex stratification. It examines how notions of masculinity and femininity evolve and how they affect social reality in such spheres as culture, work, politics and the family. Prerequisite: Course 103. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to gender theory. Theoretical concepts related to gender theory, such as social construction, standpoint, and intersectionality. New directions in gender theory pertaining to race and ethnicity, colonialism, globalization, and sexuality. Prerequisite: Course 103 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 30 students. S. Falcón
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4.00 Credits
Culture as a site of sociological analysis; definitions and theories of culture; distinctions in the study of culture (e.g., folk vs. mass; high vs. popular, etc.); cultural sites (e.g., the media; cinema; popular music); cultural stratification; the production of culture. Prerequisite: One semester course in Sociology or Anthropology. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
The study of the use and regulation of psychoactive drugs from a social perspective. An analysis of the use of psychoactive drugs in contexts of religion, health care, divination, celebration, recreation, and cuisine. A focus on the association between drug use and specific immigrant, ethnic, racial and socioeconomic characteristics. Prerequisite: Course 103. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Course examines the distribution, experiences and consequences of health, illness, and disease as products of political, economic, cultural, and professional forces. Topics include relationship between disease, race, class, gender, age, and social change; interactions between healthcare providers and patients; changing definitions of risk and illness; and issues in bioethics. Prerequisite: Course 103. Enrollment limited to 30 students. K. Irwin
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4.00 Credits
A study of the changing nature of work. How work processes have shaped race and gender relations. The impact of immigration on labor market opportunities. The future of organized labor. Prerequisite: Course 103. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of family violence. A focus on issues related to child abuse, gender violence, and elder abuse in families and institutionalized violence targeting the family. An examination of the relationship between the domestic and public realm, ideology of the family, types of violence, and types of intervention. Prerequisite: Course 103. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Ethnic and racial groups analyzed according to historical, cultural and social conditions; the racial and national composition of the U.S. population; cross-national consideration of group interaction patterns; the social structure of racism and minority status. Prerequisite: One semester course in Sociology or Anthropology. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Critical analysis of perspectives that focus on: origin and implementation of ideas that define immoral behavior; causes of behavior; consequences of labeling such behavior; role of conflict and power in establishing norms and laws. Consideration of social policy, especially toward crime. Prerequisite: Psychology 102 or 206, or a one-semester course in Sociology. Enrollment limited to 30 students. A. Ferrari
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