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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Problems of welfare in an industrial society; the system of public and private institutions that evolved to meet these needs; critical evaluation of their adequacy; strategies for change, e.g., community control, welfare rights movements, are explored. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the meaning of work in industrial society for blue-collar and white-collar workers; trends in the occupational structure, individual dreams and the opportunity structure. Particular occupations may be selected for intensive analysis through empirical studies, literature and observation. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
The components of population change births, deaths, migration and the importance of demographic trends for individual life changes are explored. Also discussed are the lasting effects of the Baby Boom generation, the migration to the Southwest, and changes in marriage patterns. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
Program planning and administration of services to the elderly are considered, as well as models of needs identification, the process of problem analysis, styles of leadership and administrative dilemmas, and elements of grant proposal writing. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
Approximately two-thirds of the inmates in U.S. correctional institutions have been found guilty of public order crimes, moral crimes, or crimes not likely to have a self-identified victim.This course concentrates on crimes associated with such activities as illegitimate gambling, consensual sex, and the criminal use and sale of both legal and illegal substances. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
Schools from kindergarten to the university as they relate to the community and the economic and political systems are considered. Also explored are the historical development of education; values imparted through education; the social process in the classroom; contemporary conflicts centering in the schools. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the ways in which society shapes our understanding, experience and definitions of health, illness and disease. Topics include the social factors related to disease such as age, gender and social class; the social roles of medical practitioners and patients; labeling and treatment/ mistreatment of the ill and disabled; changing definitions of illness; and the politics of disability. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course considers crime as a cultural phenomenon and a problem of social control; the nature of law; characteristics of the institution of criminal justice and types of crime; critical evaluation of theories of crime. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Year, All
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a systematic exploration of the causes and conditions of major social changes. Social movements such as the civil rights and women's movements are studied in terms of their capacity to respond to and generate additional change. Prerequisite: SO 101; Every Other Year
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3.00 Credits
The student devotes eight hours a week to work in a public or private community agency and two hours a week in conference with the instructor or in a seminar. The position is tailored to the student's preparation and interests and to the needs of the agency. The student learns how an organization actually works, its relation to other organizations in the community, how it serves its clients, and the problems that confront it. Enrollment, limited to majors, is a commitment by the student to adhere to a high standard of attendance and responsibility. For majors only in the junior or senior year. Every Year, All
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