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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students will demonstrate competency of the research process by conducting a research study in their field of expertise, writing a research paper, and presenting their research in a senior forum. Prerequisite: SM497.
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Examination of behavior which is viewed negatively by society. Analyzes theories of deviance and how deviance is related to conventional values, roles, and institutions. Consideration of deviance as a social construction and a political phenomenon. Also covered may be crime, delinquency, sexual deviation, and drug dependency as specific forms social deviance.
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Analysis of the social basis of families, including the organization and functions of the family as a social institution, a primary group, and a set of roles; emphasizes contemporary U.S. families, with particular attention to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, social class, and sexuality.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of current thinking about the causation, identification, nature, and consequences of various types of addiction; examples range from caffeine and nicotine to alcohol and other drugs to food or fasting to gambling to love and sex to religion. Examination of specific concepts and controversies in the addiction treatment field. Description and evaluation of schemes of recovery, rehabilitation, and cure.
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3.00 Credits
Students may take more than one SY285, 385, or 485 course during their career with different titles and contents.
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3.00 Credits
A course initiated by student interest, contingent upon the expertise of current departmental faculty. Students may take more than one SY290, 390, or 490 course during their career with different titles and contents.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of social theory from the Enlightenment to the present, with an emphasis on selected classical sociological theories and theorists (whose ideas serve as the foundation for modern sociology) and their application to contemporary situations. Offered every spring semester; should be taken in the sophomore year. Prerequisite to SY410, SY430, SY435, SY440, and SY450.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of the extent and nature of crime in the U.S., including theories of crime causation and the nation's response to crime via the criminal justice system (police, courts, corrections).
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the social processes that produce and maintain inequality in modern society based on class relations, gender, and race. Consideration of the effects of economic deprivation on personal life chances; analysis of the American value system; exploration of alternative social structures which minimize social inequality.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the role of race and nationality in the society and cultures of the U.S.; patterns of conflict and cooperation; individual and institutional prejudice and discrimination; relation of race and nationality to ethnicity, inequality structures, and social change. Evaluation of attempts to provide remedies for discrimination and its consequences and discussion of current patterns and problems of immigration.
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