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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A theoretical and methodological examination of selected sociological topics with emphasis on current trends and tendencies in modern societies. This course may be repeated once for credit.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of stable and enduring social institutions, including the family, education, the economy, religion, government, the arts, science, law, and recreation.
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3.00 Credits
Human relationships in industry; the relations of industry to the community and society.
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3.00 Credits
A review of the relationships between society and the person. The social conditioning of the individual through infancy, childhood, and adult life and the reciprocal influences of the person in society are the essence of the course.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: three hours of mathematics above DEVM 0107. A study of descriptive and inferential statistics employed in social science research including measures of central tendency and variation, rates, graphing techniques, measures of association, tests of significance, and regression. Laboratory meetings also cover introduction to computer usage, spread sheets, and PC-based statistics programs. Successful completion of SOC 2707 and 2708 meets the general degree requirement for computer literacy. Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: SOC 1051. A comprehensive examination of the logic and applications of the scientific method in the social sciences. Topics include survey, evaluation, experiment, existing sources, and field research. In addition, the student is introduced to computer usage, including work processing and data analysis with a statistics package on a main frame computer. Successful completion of Sociology 2707 and 2708 meets the general degree requirement for computer literacy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sociology 1051 or consent of instructor. Examines environmental hazards and depletion of natural resources as important social problems confronting contemporary society. Alternative understandings of the seriousness and probable causes of a number of environmental problems, such as air pollution, toxic contamination, loss of wetlands, and species extinction, are explored.
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3.00 Credits
A comparative study of cities and social groups and processes in the urban environment.
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3.00 Credits
A study of contemporary social problems and their consequences for humankind with emphasis on American society. Topics include crime, drug abuse, family problems, inequality, mental illness, population problems, and suicide.
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3.00 Credits
U.S. society has been settled by immigrants from all over the world. In addition, such constitutional protections as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association create legal protections for diversity.The present course uses sociological concepts and theories to analyze diversity and multiculturalism is U.S. society. It identifies circumstances which tend to give rise to tolerance or repression, assimilation or separation, respect or condemnation. It addresses both the problems diversity generates, as well as the potential it has to enrich our lives.
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