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3.00 Credits
A sociological examination of race and ethnicity in contemporary U.S. society. Includes a focus on the nature and causes of prejudice and discrimination. Dominant-minority relations are examined, with an emphasis on current status of minority groups and issues. Prereq: Six hours of social science.
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3.00 Credits
Process of change in Western societies and its effects on the individual, communities, and economic and political institutions.
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3.00 Credits
Explores our culture’s relationship with drugs and alcohol from a sociological perspective, investigating all spheres of substance use: recreational, medicinal, instrumental & religious. Examines our long turbulent history with these chemicals, and the ways in which they have shaped our society.
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3.00 Credits
Topics covered include school socialization, A.D.D. diagnoses and drugs, special education, effects of standardized testing, race, ethnicity, gender, poverty in schools, public policies and funding, teacher burnout, student aspirations, secondary education and local issues in education.
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3.00 Credits
Causes and consequences of sex role differentiation at the individual, group and societal levels. Current issues related to changing norms and values concerning gender in modern society are examined. Cross-listed with WGST 3080.
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3.00 Credits
Design of social research. Application of statistical techniques and procedures to social phenomena.
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4.00 Credits
Quantitative techniques used in analyzing social phenomena. Prereq: MATH 1070 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Introductory-level course surveys the social history of Asian American groups from the mid-19th century to the present. Examines immigration patterns, the development of communities, social and economic problems, and anti-Asian movements and activities. Cross-listed with ETST 3297.
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3.00 Credits
Social problems are the subject of controversy, such as that surrounding controversy may swirl around definitions (e.g., the social net and the poverty line), around degree of seriousness, about “causes,” and inevitably about solutions. Controversy also centers on the “proper” role of the social theorist and social scientist, observer only or activist as well? While other disciplines study social problems, they are the very heart of the sociology perspective, and the wellspring of sociological inquiry.
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3.00 Credits
Study of those aspects of human interaction which deal with individuals perceiving themselves, and/or being perceived by others, as members of a social category. Focuses on the dynamics of intergroup conflicts–how they arise, what course they may take, and how they might be resolved. Prereq: Six hours of sociology, psychology, or any combination of the two.
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