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SOC 240: Sociology of Violence
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits This course explores social and cultural theories, definitions, and perspectives on violence; examines the presence of violence in our contemporary society in various situations and events including family violence, bias violence, political violence, religious violence, state violence; looks at representations of violence in art and popular culture; explores perspectives on nonviolence.
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SOC 241: Gender:Roles and Identities
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. Examines the roles of contemporary American men and women as participants in family, vocational, community, and sexual institutions against a background of a historical and cross-cultural survey of gender roles. Evaluates the evidence for innate temperamental differences between the sexes. Appraises the desirability of various proposals for realizing the full potentialities of both sexes.
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SOC 244: Sociology of Deviance
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. The structural and interactive roots of deviation covering the spectrum from nonconformity to hyperconformity. Various deviance theories will be analyzed, including the labeling perspective, anomie theory, subcultural theory, etc. The role of social control and social control agencies in the deviance process. Discussion of the variety of nonconventional lifestyles. Deviance will be examined in terms of culturally patterned responses to economic, political institutions, and cultural expectations.
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SOC 246: Criminology
4.00 Credits
Adelphi University
4 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. Examination of various theories of criminality; sociological analysis of the patterns of criminal behavior, the relationship of crime to law, and other aspects of the social order; critical examination of theories of criminality; societal reactions to crime; analysis of the criminal justice system; the police, courts, prison and its alternatives.
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SOC 249: The Italian-American Experience
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits Prerequisites: SOC 100 and permission of instructor. A sociological analysis of the basic socio-political-historic roots of the Italian-American experience. This course is an in-depth study of the culture and institutions (family, religion, politics, education) of the Italian group in Italy as well as the changes that resulted in those who immigrated to America as a response to the new way of life. The course stresses the effects of social change upon this group through the succeeding generations, from a socio-historical perspective.
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SOC 260: Cities,Towns,and Suburbs
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. Life in modern urbanized communities: cities, towns, and suburban areas. Growth of cities and the proliferation of city influences to towns, suburbs, and metropolitan areas generally; the growth of the megalopolis; analysis of different kinds of modern community structure, and the social forces operating therein; the impact of urbanization on other spheres of life; family, education, ethnic relations, leisure, economics, and politics.
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SOC 261: Crime and Punishment
4.00 Credits
Adelphi University
4 credits This course will explore such fundamental questions as “what is crime ” and “what constitutes justice ” The class will examine broader issues associated with crime and punishment, including the connection betweenthe criminal justice system and society in genera
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SOC 270: American Ethnicity
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits Prerequisite: SOC 100. A study of American racial, ethnic, and religious groups; their historical development, special problems of adjustment and assimilation, and specific present-day problems and trends.
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SOC 275: Media Images of Italian-Americans
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits The manner in which Italian-Americans have been perceived by the American society has been, to a large extent, created and perpetuated by the mass media portrayal of this ethnic group. This course will analyze the socio-historical development of the media portrayal of the Italians in America.
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SOC 277: Law and Social Inequality
3.00 Credits
Adelphi University
3 credits This course will explore inequality in the United States, different forms of oppression and discrimination, ways in which the legal system has historically favored the wealthy and worked against the poor, racial/ethnic minorities, women, and the disabled. The course will examine how these groups have used the legal system to achieve social change and gain civil rights. The sociological theories explaining social inequality and legal responses to it will be presented and examined.
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