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2.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is open to religious studies majors and minors who wish to engage in independent study in areas that regular course offerings do not cover. Under the guidance of an instructor the student engages in comprehensive reading, writing, and discussion. Religious studies majors and minors ONLY. Permission of instructor is required.
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4.00 Credits
A critical analysis of contemporary social, economic, and political problems and their relationshp to patterns of human interaction and social change. Emphasis upon the development of conceptual tools to analyze and address social problems.
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4.00 Credits
(This course is designated for majors and minors ONLY.) The exploration of a scientific approach to social phenomena, including varieties and uniformities in culture, symbols, beliefs, socialization, family, religion, and government. Focus on social research, social issues and social change. Prerequisite to all courses in the department for majors.
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4.00 Credits
A critical examination of sociological models of modern societies and their relevance to Japan. Special attention is given to contemporary Japan in examinig the impact of culture and tradition on social, political, and economic organizations of the society.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of delinquency and criminal behavior, theories of causation, structures of criminal justice, correctional institutions, apprehension, treatment of offenders, and prevention of delinquency and crime.
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4.00 Credits
The study of addiction and substance abuse as a social issue within the larger context of U.S. systems of racial, gender, and ethnic stratification. Emphasis on prevention and treatment strategies in the African American community. Prerequisite: SPSY 200 or 201, or any 200 level SSOC or SANT course.
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4.00 Credits
A critical review of major African American theorists (DuBois, Johnson, Drake, Cayton, Frazier, etc.) and major early European theorists (Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, etc.) with the purpose of delineating relationships between cultural setting, ideology, and sociological theory, and of revealing the impact of sociological thought upon American society. Prerequisite: SSOC 201, SSOC 203, or SANT 203.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to statistics (quanititative measures used to describe and analyze empirical information). The course is designed to familiarize students with quanitative techniques used in social sciences to investigate and make meaning of social phenomena. Focus on both descriptive and inferential statistics. The course includes an emphasis on computer applications and SPSS. Prerequisite: SMAT 205, and SSOC 203 (Juniors ONLY).
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the transformation from rural to urban lifestyles with concentration on background concepts and theories. An exploration of specific issues and problems of urbanization and urbanism associated with cities of the United States as well as cities in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Focus on Atlanta as a case study. Prerequisite: any 200 level SSOC or SANT course.
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