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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. A study of the causes and social effects of urban growth and decay in rich and poor countries. An examination of contemporary urban social classes and political coalitions, and how these are changing with shifting regional economies.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course will consider the sociological, political, and cultural criticisms of the traditional definitions of family. The course focuses on family demography, gay/lesbian family issues, African-American families, and the “family values†war as organizing topics.
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0.00 Credits
Satisfies: Capstone requirement for majors.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines theories, methods, and empirical research in several areas of the sociology of childhood. Major themes are (1) how social structure constrains children’s lives, (2) how children negotiate, share, and create culture, and (3) how children’s experiences vary within and across societies. Topics include historical trends in thinking about children, cultural reproduction in early childhood, children’s social worlds, contemporary attitudes toward children, and social policies for children. Students will design and carry out original research projects. Satisfies: Capstone requirement for majors.
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3.00 Credits
Pre-requisite: Soci 201, Soci 303, Soci 304. This course focuses on the sociological intersections of gender, work, and family across a variety of countries, with emphasis on (but not limited to) the European Union and the United States. Major themes are (1) how national context influences the work-family nexus for adults (women and men) and children (girls and boys), (2) how people negotiate, share, and create culture as it relates to work-family issues, and (3) how the experiences and ideologies of parents and children vary within and across societies. The course will cover a wide range of sociological vantage points, from macroscopic to microscopic issues.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of historical trends and current conditions in population structure and population processes in Central and South America.
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1.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Co-requisite: SOCI 619. A community service and/or research internship with a community agency or program in the New Orleans, metropolitan area. Placement in the internship is coordinated though the course instructor and a representative of the community service agency or program.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Investigates how urban planning efforts and government polices and programs have affected U.S. cities and metropolitan areas over the last hundred years. Students are introduced to traditional, mainstream, and radical planning theories and policy critique. Examines urban policy formulation and implementation, conflicts and struggles, and the relationship between theory, research, and planning/policy.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Uses a broad array of social scientific and humanistic analytical and representational elements to explore how individual persons and cultures experience, process, interpret, and express the modern urban milieu.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course will examine the social functions of educational institutions, the role of education in the American social and economic structure, and major controversies and debates concerning educational policy as social policy.
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