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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course provides an overview of quantitative research methods. It explores research design and quantitative methods, including field research, literature review, formulating hypothesis, collecting, organizing, describing, summarizing and interpreting data, using computers to handle data, testing hypothesis, and developing and writing conclusions in response to data analysis. It requires study and hands-on use of these methods.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits Prerequisite SOC 100 This course provides an overview of qualitative research methods. It explores the logic of sociological inquiry, ethical issues in working with human subjects, research design, and qualitative methods, including field research, interviewing, focus groups, and content analysis. It requires study and hands-on use of these methods. SOC 202 Development of Social Thought 3 credits Historical survey of the sociological tradition, from the 17th and 18th century social philosophers (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau) to the classics of the 19th century (Tocqueville, Stuart Mill, Marx) to the beginnings of modern sociology (Durkheim, Weber). This course is strongly recommended to all students in the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Historical survey of the sociological tradition, from the 17th and 18th century social philosophers (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau) to the classics of the 19th century (Tocqueville, Stuart Mill, Marx) to the beginnings of modern sociology (Durkheim, Weber). This course is strongly recommended to all students in the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 100 and 202. 3 credits This course focuses on sociological theories working from the mid-20th century to contemporary time. Emphasis will be on the application of sociological theory to empirical data, normative assumptions, and to specific social issues and social behavior.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. The social structure and operation of work organizations—factories, offices, schools, hospitals, etc. Included are such subjects as formal and informal organization, management, work motivation, labor unions, alienation from work, intrinsic and extrinsic meanings in work, and the Protestant ethic.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The family and marriage today, in modern society, compared with the past and with other societies. Is the family becoming obsolete What alternatives are emerging What roles do extended kin play in the modern world Have the generations grown farther apart What happened to the sexual revolution
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course covers basic communication patterns in the family. The following topics will be discussed: the role of emotion and assumptions in communication, the importance of power, anger attributions, and trust. Communication will be analyzed in dyads as well as multi-generational family systems.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Presentation and discussion of family poverty and economic constraints, single parenthood, divorce and its consequences, violence and abuse in relationships, addiction and co-dependency, remarriage and step-parenting. Students will do field research in an area of their choice.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. Analysis of mass media in contemporary society, including media organization, types of content, effect on audience. The different media will be compared, including the impact of the different technologies.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Presentation and discussion of family poverty and economic constraints, single parenthood, divorce and its consequences, violence and abuse in relationships, remarriage, and step parenting. Students will do field research in an area of their choice.
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