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3.00 Credits
3 credits Application of sociological concepts and principles to such problems of social disorganization in industrial societies as suicide, prostitution, unemployment, gambling, drug abuse, and alcoholism. Gamblers, specu lators, and sexual deviants also studied. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits A variety of topics relating to the organization and delivery of health-care will be discussed. The course will examine the definition and treat ment of health and sickness, analyze the doctor-patient relationship and health care delivery system with special attention to impact on the aging. In addition, the medical professions, education, and ethical issues, such as rationing, transplants, and end of life decisions will be explored. Medicare, Medicaid, drug coverage, managed healthcare, and other serv ice plans will also be included, among other topics. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or ANT 1002A. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits Exploration of the structure, function, values, and problems of the American educational system today. Focuses on the school system, including higher education institutions, as an agent of socialization, change, mobility, and as a culture carrier. Issues discussed include the education of the disabled, the disadvantaged, and the gifted student; the high school dropout; the decline of the school-age population; the place of the liberal arts and vocational training in the curriculum; budget cuts; and the relationship between students, teachers, school boards, and the community. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits The phenomena of social ranking; social mobility; allocation and dis tribution of property; and prestige and power in different societies, partic ularly the United States. Comparative studies of traditional class struc tures and the recent movements for social mobility in other societies. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits In this core sociology course, the students will analyze major global social issues such as the global wealth and social inequalities between and within nations, the global division of labor and its implications for both developed and developing nations, the changes in family structure and shifting gender norms that are brought by the advancement of globalization, the changes in the social institution of education around the world and the dangers that such global issues as international crime and war bring to various societies around the world. The students will also learn about the processes of global political development, the introduction (or decline) of global democratic governance around the world as well as at the issues of how ethnicity and religion affect the social, economic and political development in various parts of the world. Finally, students will also consider socio-economic issues that pertain to the sustainable development of our planet. Issues such as growing urbanization and the de-population of rural areas, population growth and the effects of socio-economic status on health as well as the growth of technology, the depletion of natural resources and their effect on the patterns of social interaction around the world will be discusses within the course framework. Offered: 2008 - 2010
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3 credits Methods of doing research from gathering and analyzing data to pre senting the report. Scientific methods of social research and its theoreti cal framework are systematically examined. Focuses on the techniques of participant observation, interviewing, opinion polls, surveys, and content analysis. The SPSS computer program is taught to analyze survey data. Logical, practical, and ethical problems of social research are examined. Highly recommended for majors in Sociology- Anthropology and in other social sciences. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permis sion of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits A systematic and comparative analysis of changing sex roles; effects of sex roles and sexism on modern society, specifically in identity forma tion, domestic life, industry, political movements, and media. Analysis of the feminist movement - its reasons, styles, and implications for social change in education, jobs, public policy, and the traditions of male domi nance-is central to the course. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits Explores the pattern of change in social, cultural, and personal sys tems of action. The direction, nature, and intensity of social change are examined in the contexts of technological development and ideological innovation. Topics include changing value systems and life styles; social change in the community; evolutionary and revolutionary political change; the Post-Industrial State; Future Shock; consciousness expansion: myth or rationality; environmental and ecological change; institutional change: family, education, religion, and mass media. The course also examines the construction of reality and alternate realities. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits What is the socio-cultural basis of political behavior? What are the ethnic and economic origins of political leaders? These and related ques tions are discussed in this course. Students read material on political soci ology by Marx, Weber, and recent writers and explore the relationship between political institutions and organization and other social institu tions - religion, economy, education, and the family. Various forms of political authorities and the manner in which they are sanctioned or chal lenged are included. Prerequisite: SOC 1001A or 1002A or ANT 1002A or per mission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits A study of the missing links between West-oriented sociological analysis and the Third World societies of Asia, Africa, Latin America. Includes theories and case studies of modernization and Westernization and discussions of the Third World movements. Prerequisites: SOC 1001A, 1002A; ANT 1001A, 1002A; or permission of the instructor. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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