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1.25 Credits
Concerns the routine and taken-for-granted activities that make up our interactions with one another, consisting in large part-but not exclusively-of verbal exchanges. Emphasis on the socially situated character of communication, whether intimacy between two people or dominance of a group. An introductory sociology course is recommended prior to taking this course. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors . W. Martyna
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1.25 Credits
A working seminar, involving the analysis of actual conversations. Covers fundamental ethical, conceptual, and methodological issues that arise in the collection of conversational data, as well as the skills and techniques of conversation analysis. Given our operating assumption, that talk is a primary means of constructing social identities, there is a heavy thematic emphasis on gender, status, and power in conversation. Prerequisite(s): course 142 or Psychology 80E. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 20. C. West
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1.25 Credits
Analysis of the social significance and social production of gender. Some consideration of how sex differences have developed. Major emphasis on the impact of gender as a categorical imperative in the present social context. In this context, the course is also about sexual segregation, sexual inequality, and the dynamics of interpersonal power. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. An introductory sociology course is recommended. C. West
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1.25 Credits
Examines conflicting views on the development and state of modern masculinity as adaptation, transitional phase, or pathology. Did men lose the "gender war" Do boys need rescuing What are common and divergent social experiences of men within race, class, gender, culture, era An introductory sociology course recommended. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Explores key issues, theories, and topics in the study of violence, war, and peace. Addresses aspects of aggression, personal violence, political violence, and war. In addition, various strategies for the prevention of violence and war are examined. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Examines learning and achievement from class, race, and gender perspectives; provides tools for improving learning and achieving goals; explores interplay between past and present social forces affecting learning and achievement. Class has dyads rather than sections. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Modern analyses of sexuality and gender show personal life closely linked to large-scale social structures: power relations, economic processes, structures of emotion. Explores these links, examining questions of bodily difference, femininity and masculinity, structures of inequality, the state in sexual politics, and the global re-making of gender in modern history. Recommended as background: any lower-division sociology course. The Staff
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1.25 Credits
Introduction to comparative and historical sociology. Focuses on the global integration of human society. Examines social changes such as industrialization, globalization, colonial rule, and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Uses social theory (including ideas from Marx, Weber, and Adam Smith) to explore the making of institutions like the nation-state, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. Fulfills lower-division major requirement. (General Education Code(s): IS, E.) P. Lubeck, S. Mc Kay
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1.25 Credits
Explores contemporary, historical, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on the social psychology of death and dying. Cultural norms and institutional contexts are studied, along with the individual experience, and the ways in which our perspectives on death and dying influence our experiences of life and living. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors. W. Martyna
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1.25 Credits
Focuses on advanced topics in verbal and nonverbal communication. Members of this research seminar select a specific area of human communication (e.g., "gestures," "facial expressions," "the voice," etc.). Students assemble an annotated bibliography, drawing on literatures in many social science disciplines, and write scripts that demonstrate complex communication issues. Finally, students use audio and video equipment to illustrate these scripts. Prerequisite(s): course 135. Enrollment limited to 25. The Staff
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