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  • SOCI 101: Principles of Sociology

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Covers emergence and development of sociological thought and research. Introduces basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and methodological strategies for the study of social structures, processes, and relations. Focuses on the seven thematic areas of the department to cover a range of social issues useful to a critical understanding of society, social inequalities, and the interconnectedness across national and social borders. London, Sandoval Gir?n, Thompson.
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  • SOCI 210: Body Politics:A Sociological Perspective

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Examines issues related to body, sex, sexual orientation, and gender. Topics may range from the social and cultural meanings of the commodification of the body, reproductive health and technology, men's lives, parenting, gay and lesbian sexualities, transgender identities, and heterosexuality. Puri, Staff.
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  • SOCI 222: Transnational Studies

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 and junior standing. Introduces students to transnational studies. Addresses transnational studies as a critical tool for examining subjects, social relations, and cultural processes. Highlights issues of race, nation, gender, class and sexuality in a world where cultural and political borders are being reconstituted by capital. Focuses on themes of nationalism and belonging, citizenship, migration, cultural practices, and diasporas. Puri.
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  • SOCI 225: Social Movements

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Examines a variety of social movements around the world including the environmental movement, labor movement, peace movement, the civil rights movement in the United States, white supremacy movement anti-abortion/pro-choice movement. Explores theoretical explanations for the rise of social movements in modern societies. Pays special attention to the ways in which movements intersect and are informed by one another. Sandoval Gir?n.
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  • SOCI 230: Family and Society

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Critically analyzes assumptions about a unitary, normative family. Examines gendered family roles, social policies, and legal practices that derive from these assumptions. Topics include pairing, parenting, and separating; division of labor; and pressures encountered within this important social form. Staff.
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  • SOCI 231: Sociology of Childhood

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101. Examines sociological knowledge about children, including the social construction of childhood, social structures that affect children's lives, and the implications of these social factors for individual children. Comparisons will be made with other societies to help students understand children's lives in U.S. society. Leiter.
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  • SOCI 232: Race,Gender and Health

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Examines the unique perspective of healthcare from the cultural lens appropriate to women of color. Historical, social, environmental, and political factors that contribute to racial and gender disparities in healthcare are analyzed. Students will develop cultural competency tools for more effective healthcare delivery with individuals and families of color. Thomas.
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  • SOCI 239: Introduction to Social Research

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101. Introduces methods and strategies used in research in the social sciences. Teaches responsible consumption of social science research and presents the logic and skills of social research methods. Emphasizes the nature of inquiry and the relationship between theory and research. Includes social research ethics and an introduction to data analysis using computers in research. Previous courses in statistics or computers not required. Leiter, Sandoval Gir?n.
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  • SOCI 241: Health,Illness and Society

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Emphasizes social determinants of physical and mental health and cross-cultural experiences of illness and seeking care. Pays special attention to contemporary health care issues, including the unequal distribution of health and illness in population health and health social movements as agents for change. Leiter.
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  • SOCI 242: Death and Dying

    4.00 Credits
    Smith College

    4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or SOCI 241 or consent of the instructor. Analyzes social and cultural patterns in the meanings, attitudes, rituals, and institutional practices associated with dying, death, and bereavement. Examines individual and medicalized dying with associated ethical and political concerns, and public/political dying, such as homicide, capital punishment, and genocide. Staff.
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