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1.25 Credits
A hands-on, integrated-learning workshop where students are trained to pursue collaborative design projects, and carry out a design project in which they use these skills. Students read sociological analyses of particular case studies of collaboration in innovation and design, illustrating particular social-science approaches to collaboration and sustainable design. Prerequisite(s): Electrical Engineering 80S or 80J. Enrollment limited to 30. E. DuPuis
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1.25 Credits
Examines media institutions, communication technologies, and their related cultural expressions. Focuses on specific ways the media-including media studies and criticism-operates as social and cultural factor. Contemporary theory or equivalent in related fields recommended. Enrollment restricted to upper-division students . F. Guerra
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1.00 Credits
Explores modern California youth as a transitional generation whose trends signal a "new sociology" in the interplay of race, immigration, class, gender, and age. Examines the myths/realities of youth crime, violence, suicide, drug abuse, school failure, and other social issues. Course 1 or course 10 recommended but not required. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Considers the role of popular music as a site of contemporary social practices and cultural politics. Examines the institutional organization and production of popular music, its cultural meanings, and its social uses by different communities and social formations. Also examines popular music as a vehicle through which major cultural and political debates about identity, sexuality, community, and politics are staged and performed. Prerequisite(s): course 105A or 105B. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Focus includes the following three areas: historical examination of sociological theories of knowledge with reference to Durkheim, Weber, Mannheim, and others; examination of black and feminist perspectives within sociology; examination of whether and how "outside" observers can analytically grasp the inner workings of other cultures. Prerequisite(s): course 103B or 105A or 105B. J. Childs
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1.25 Credits
Focuses on the role feminist discourses play in cultural politics emphasizing sex, sexuality, and sex work as related to gender, race, and class. Examines the relationship between academic and popular feminisms. Interrogates post-feminism, third-wave feminism, and generational differences in feminisms. Prerequisite(s): course 129 recommended. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. J. Bettie
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1.25 Credits
Analysis of the current health care "crises" and exploration of the social relationships and formal organizations which constitute the medical institution. Study of the political, economic, and cultural factors which affect the recognition, distribution, and response to illness. J. Reardon
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1.25 Credits
Critical examination of the American health-care system, its history, and the interests it serves; and an analysis of the health-care systems of comparable nations. C. Chaufan
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1.25 Credits
Explores the social forces that shape legal outcomes and the ways law, in turn, influences social life. Traces the history and political economy of American law; the relation between law and social change; how this relation is shaped by capitalism and democracy; and how class, race, and gender are expressed in welfare and regulatory law. (Also offered as Legal Studies 122. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) C. Reinarman
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1.25 Credits
Blends the latest research in criminology with that from social stratification, inequality, and social welfare policy with the objective of exploring the relationship between levels of general social justice and specific patterns of crime and punishment. The focus is primarily on the U.S. although many other industrialized democracies are compared. An introductory course in sociology is recommended as preparation. (Also offered as Legal Studies 123. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) The Staff
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