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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines health and illness from a global perspective. Current public health dilemmas are analyzed, highlighting the role of colonialism, culture, development, and public health policies. Case studies will focus on how health issues are handled in different parts of the world, highlighting the roles of culture and political economy. Leiter.
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4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Introduces a critical sociological approach to understanding race, class, and gender inequality. Examines the historical origins of oppression in the United States by exploring how slavery, colonialism and immigration have differentially shaped various groups' access to power. Explores contemporary struggles in South Africa. Examines impediments to the notion of the United States as a "mecca for diversity," including critical explorationsof how injustices manifest themselves in the economy, education, the family, the arts, the media, and other key institutions. Thompson.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Presents sociological contributions to understanding the contemporary city and selected urban issues using Boston as an example. Focuses on the cross-cultural study of the development of urban communities and urban policy and planning. Provides service-learning placements in Boston. London.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Critically examines types and patterns of behaviors socially defined as criminal. Focuses on major theories and research studies in criminology and issues relating to the three major elements of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and prisons. London.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101. Education majors are exempt from the prerequisite. Focuses on the contributions of sociological theories and research applied to an understanding of the structure and functions of educational systems in contemporary society. Topics include such areas as education and social stratification, student subcultures, and race and education. Service learning includes working collaboratively as a class with a sixth-grade class in a Boston public school. London.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Examines diverse ways organized sports reflect and influence the values and social structures of society. Analyzes major political, economic, and social functions of sports in historical and crosscultural contexts. Topics include women and sports, violence, race and sports, and the changing functions of collegiate and professional athletics. London.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. International relations majors are exempt from the prerequisite. Topics include the history and emergence of global markets; the politics of development and industrialization; environmental and population issues; women, culture, and development; and resistance to cultural and economic globalization. Sandoval Gir?n.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101. Examines classical and contemporary theoretical schools of thought in sociology. Emphasizes the contributions of women social theorists and scholars of color. Addresses application of sociological theory to selected social issues and personal social behavior. Thompson.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines the history, culture, and politics of contemporary South Asia. Analyses how colonial rule and anti-colonial nationalist struggles set the stage for religion, gender, nation, and language to become points of contestation. Issues of how history is represented, partition and nationalisms, the rise of authoritarian and democratic regimes, and women's activism are emphasized. Puri.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: SOCI 101. Explores the interrelationship between birth and death as literal and metaphorical realities. Examines how structural inequalities shape people's birth and death rituals and how race, class, nation, and gender impact birthing and dying processes. Explores birth and death as uniquely individual and profoundly social processes. Thompson.
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