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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the sociological aspects of crime with particular attention to the theoretical definition and the statistical incidence of criminal behavior in the United States. Focuses on major sociological theories of crime, the analysis of homicide, and sociohistorical attempts to control crime and rehabilitatecriminals. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or equivalent. Offered spring semester.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory examination of the social study of population. Topics include current concern about population expansion; history of global demographic increases and decreases; examination of important demographic theories, particularly those of Malthus and Marx; analysis of the major demographic variables of fertility, mortality, and migration. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
An overview of how the mass media and American cultural, political and economic institutions mutually affect each other. Systems of mass communication examined include books, the Internet, magazines, movies, newspapers, and television. Two topics to be emphasized are: 1) the production, control, and consumption of various forms of information in the mass media; 2) comparative analyses of the uses of mass media in different countries. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester. Same as: BKHIS 810.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the important themes involved in the sociological analysis of health problems and their treatment. Topics include different health care systems, doctor-patient relationships, professional socialization, other health care providers, epidemiology, and the social-psychological aspects of medical technology. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permissions of the instructor. Offered spring semester.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of different theoretical approaches to the study of deviance and their application to a variety of topic areas (e.g., juvenile delinquency, prostitution, white-collar crime, and violence against women). Special focus on gender, labeling, and stigma. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined.
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4.00 Credits
A presentation of the main themes and the dominant theoretical perspectives involved in the study of political processes and political institutions. Topics include politics, elections, nation building, national elites and public policy making, parties, and social movements. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester. Same as: RLSOC 115.
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4.00 Credits
Seeks the understanding of socioeconomic and political changes in the contemporary societies from a historical and comparative perspective. Deals with two major issues: The rise (development) of the Western world and the underdevelopment of Third World societies. Covers the major theories of development, e.g., modernization, dependency, and world-system theories, as well as discussions of empirical issues, e.g., starvation, illiteracy, the destruction of the environment. Addresses topics such as peasant revolts, revolutions, liberation movements, alternative paths to national development (e.g. socialism, capitalism) and how these events, social processes, and alternatives affect the domestic situation of each society and the international community. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined. Same as: RLSOC 116.
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4.00 Credits
A presentation of the main themes involved in the management of corporations and other business organizations. The themes examined are communication, decision making, innovation, leadership, strategy, and politics. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the institutionalized ways of educating and training people in the United States. Emphasizes the functions of education for maintaining and/or changing the social structure. Examines the purposes and needs of the intellectual community. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview of the ways in which a sociological perspective informs our understanding of mental health and illness and will cover the historical, social, and cultural contexts encompassing the experience of mental illness. This course emphasizes social, rather than the biological or medical, factors in order to gain a better understanding of the meaning and precursors of mental illness, paying particular attention to the ways in which these processes differ across social groups. We will discuss how mental illness is defined and how those definitions are applied to different people. In addition, we will examine how persons with mental illness are cared for and how "care" has changed over time. Prerequisite: SOC 1 or permission of instructor. Offered annually.
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