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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Chinese Society since Mao
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3.00 Credits
Karl Ulrich Mayer, Ron Eyerman, Philip Gorski. tth10.30-11.20, 1 htba So (23) The major demographics and central dynamics of contemporary U.S. society. Use of sociological theory to analyze social macrostructures and their historical change. Major fault lines in American society; how social structures shape social landscapes. Population and migration, social class, education and social mobility, gender, family and the life course, race, ethnicity and urban poverty, social movements and popular culture, and religion and community.
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3.00 Credits
Numbers and Society
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3.00 Credits
The Sociological Imagination
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3.00 Credits
Scott Boorman. tth1-2.15 So Meets RP (26) Comparison of major algorithm-centered approaches to the analysis of complex social network and organizational data. Fundamental principles for developing a disciplined and coherent perspective on the effects of modern information technology on societies worldwide. Software warfare and algorithm sabotage; block-modeling and privacy; legal, ethical, and policy issues. No prior experience with computers required.
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3.00 Credits
Rene Almeling wf 10.30-11.20, 1 htba So (0) Introduction to the social processes through which people are categorized in terms of sex and gender, and how these social processes shape individual experiences of the world. Sex and gender in relation to race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, education, work, family, reproduction, and health.
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3.00 Credits
Philip Smith. tth 1.30-2.20, 1 htba So (26) An introduction to sociological approaches to crime and deviance. Review of the patterns of criminal and deviant activity within society; exploration of major theoretical accounts. Topics include drug use, violence, and white-collar crime.
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3.00 Credits
Race and Ethnicity
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3.00 Credits
Scott Boorman. tth1-2.15 So (26) Introduction to how policy is carried out-both nationwide and on a smaller scale-using the tools of markets, networks, bureaucracy, and legislation. Capabilities and limitations of those tools with respect to social structure, economics, and the law.
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3.00 Credits
Ivan Szelenyi. tth 11.35-12.25, 1 htba So (24) An introduction to the political economy of dictatorship and democracy, economic growth, and varieties of economic systems around the world and throughout history.
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