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  • SOC 218: Social Movements

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    The course will analyze the internal dynamics and external environments of social movements as mechanisms of social change. It will examine several case studies of American social movements, focusing on their rise and fall and their impact on institutions. Biggert/ Three credits
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  • SOC 223: The Fam ily in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    A study of the institution of the family from historical and cross-cultural perspectives that focuses on the relationship between other social developments and changes in family structure. A comparative view will be conjoined with a problems approach in order to examine contemporary family patterns and their alternatives. Melia/ Three credits
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  • SOC 224: Gen der Isues in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course addresses gender inequalities, practices, and identities from a sociological perspective. This means that gender differences and inequalities are socially produced and vary across history and cultures. In this course, students will become familiar with more recent sociological research that argues gender is a central institution in social life, organizing “men” and “women” into specific social practicand positions within the social structure. This course will also explore how gender inequality and differences interact with race, class, and sexuality. Specific areas of study include the changing roles of masculinity and femininity in work, family, sexuality, health, religion, education, and marriage. Farough/ Three credits
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  • SOC 225: Literature of Social Responsibility:Community Service Learning

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course offers students a combination of academic classroom learning and experiential learning in the community. Students will read contemporary American fiction and sociological monographs and cultural analyses, using these ideas to think critically about political, economic, and social issues in the community. Melia, Murphy/ Three credits
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  • SOC 230: Aging in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course is an introduction to the sociological study of aging and the analysis of aging and old age in human society, with particular emphasis on “the graying of America.” Duringthe semester students examine issues including identity and roles of elders; retirement and leisure; continuum of care in the community; housing; long-term care; aging families and relationships in old age; care giving; social policy issues and medical coverage; death; life review; and components of successful aging. Required for the Gerontology Certi?cate. Melia/ Three credits
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  • SOC 231: Sociology of Ritual and Belief

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course will examine the role of religion in modern society using classical and contemporary sociology theories. The course will explore the role of religion in the organization of meaning within human societies and the contribution of religion to the construction, maintenance, and transformation of the social order. Topics will include: religious consciousness; religion and identity; secularization; religion and gender, race, class, and age; religious solutions to the problems of social order; religious movements (sects and cults); and religion and social change. Melia/ Three credits
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  • SOC 232: Social Inequality in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    The purpose of this course is to focus on social inequality in the United States. Topics to be covered include the dimensions of strati?cation, theories of social strati?cation, social class, social mobility, occupational prestige, status attainment, poverty, wealth, and racial and sexual inequality in the United States. Biggert/ Three credits
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  • SOC 233: Work and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course examines the history and organization of work in modern capitalist societies. While technological innovation has always occasioned profound changes in how work is de?ned, organized, and carried out, recent technological advances, accompanied by an increasingly globalized economy, have led to rapid (and often disruptive) alterations of the social relations of the labor process. This course will focus on: the way jobs and occupations are shaped by social contexts; the interrelationships among the institutions of the economy and education; and the tension involved in managing the demands of work and family life. Gendron/ Three credits
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  • SOC 234: Social Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course examines the nature, purposes, and effectiveness of social policy in America. It looks at the relationship of society and politics, as well as the processes of creation and implementation of social reforms. The role of government, the corporate sector, social science, the media, and the public in shaping social policy is examined. The course presents an assessment of the successes and failures of American social programs having to do with children and their families, income support, the elderly, health care, education, energy, and the environment. Required for the concentration in Social Policy. Biggert/ Three credits
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  • SOC 241: Sociology of Health and Illnes

    3.00 Credits
    Assumption University

    This course focuses on the growing medicalization of society, the social and economic organization of the medical sector, medical care-giving institutions, practitioner-patient interaction, comparative medical care systems, and the future of American health care. The course critically examines the structural arrangements of medical practice in relation to economic, social, and cultural factors. The primary focus is on societal and professional responses to illness and the growing concern about the “health care crisis” in the United States.This crisis is investigated in terms of the inequities surrounding access to and utilization of health services, and the value and efficacy of the services themselves. Staff/ Three credits
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