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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours, 3 credits. Analysis of education as a social institution, the school as a social system, and the professional and organizational roles of teachers. Special attention is given to the problems of education and the school in the urban community.
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3 hours, 3 credits. The impact of society on thought processes, emotions, and the conception of self. An exploration of childhood socialization, the shedding of old identities, and the development of new ones. Contexts examined may include slavery, concentration camps, religious experiences, the culture of youth, and commune life.
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3 hours, 3 credits. Racism and ethnocentrism in the post-colonial world in two of the following areas: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America.
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3 hours, 3 credits. Production and transmission of culture within society. Topics include popular culture, such as film, television, and popular music; institutions in the production of culture; and social class and culture.
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3 hours, 3 credits. Sociological, psychological, and healthcare perspectives and ethical issues surrounding the processes of dying and bereavement. Topics include: the history of attitudes toward death, the new medical technology, the ways individuals confront their own death and that of others, dying in institutions, death and the child, and suicide.
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3 hours, 3 credits.
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3 hours, 3 credits. The origins of conflict between Christianity and Judaism, and the fate of the Jews in Medieval Europe. The gradual liberation and assimilation of the Jews of Western Europe, 1789-1870. The rise of modern racism and anti-Semitism in Europe, 1889-1939. Hitler, the Nazis, and the destruction of European Jewry. Anti-Semitism in the contemporary world. Social-psychological and cultural theories of anti-Semitism will be considered.
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3 hours, 3 credits. The changing role of the elderly in the family and work force; styles of life of the elderly; systems and organizations that service the elderly; problems of leisure and retirement.
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3 hours, 3 credits. Analysis of major processes of change in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Theories of development applied to migration, population growth, urbanization, class structure, revolution, and reform.
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3.00 Credits
4 hours, 3 credits. Intensive study of the procedure and precepts of modern sociology analysis. Consideration of the nature of sociological questions and derivations of conceptual frameworks and working hypotheses. Emphasis is given to the logic of theoretical models and the application of empirical data.
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