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3.00 Credits
The course examines the patterns, causes, and consequences of crime, and the ways in which the criminal justice system attempts to deal with the crime problem in the United States. Speci?c substantive topics will include analyses of how laws are created; theories of crime causation; penology; the relationship between crime/criminal justice and social class, race/ethnicity and gender; fear of crime; the social construction of crime in the media; the growth of the prison system; and an assessment of the ef?cacy of alternative “crime -?ghting? ?strategies, such as community policing.Required for the Criminology Concentration. Gendron/ Three credits
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This course examines the history of “juvenile delinquency”as a societal category and as a social problem. While the main focus is on competing theories of delinquent behavior and the relative effectiveness of various policy responses to juvenile crime, the course will also focus extensively on media portrayals of juvenile criminals and the broader topic of the social construction of the juvenile crime problem. Speci?c topics include: decriminalization; deinstitutionalization; court diversion; radical nonintervention; community arbitration; and community-based corrections. Gendron/ Three credits
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This course will permit the study of a selected topic within Sociology. The topic may change each time the course is offered. Staff/ Three credits
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Micro-Sociological Theory is a course dedicated to understanding the relationship between personality, identity, and social systems. This course will cover social theories such as symbolic interactionism, social constructionism, sociology of knowledge, dramaturgy, and poststructuralism. Each theory will be critiqued as to how well it can explain the relationship between self and society. Students will also see how these theories are applied to empirical research in sociology by focusing on studies that explain how race, class, and gender structure identities and social relations. Required for Sociology majors and minors. Farough/ Three credits
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This course examines how particular acts, beliefs, and conditions come to be de?ned as deviant; who confers the label of “deviant” upon whom; and how a deviant identityis managed by those persons successfully labeled “deviant.”The main theoretical approach employed in this course, social constructionism, argues that deviant behavior cannot be understood in isolation from differentials in social power that permit some groups in society to de?ne their lifestyles, beliefs, and status as superior and preferred. Speci?c topics to be covered include crime and delinquency; mental illness; drug and alcohol addiction; “alternative” lifestyles; the socialorganization of deviant subcultures; and elite deviance (white-collar crime). Required for the Criminology Concentration. Gendron/ Three credits
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This course is an introduction to the study of women. The course will develop a coherent, integrated view of women and their roles; emphasize the full range of contributions of, and the limited opportunities for, women; examine and appraise the experiences of women; and critically examine the thinking about women at various times and from various perspectives. The basic approach is interdisciplinary and the concentration of the course is on women in North America from the 19th Century to the present. (Same as ENG, HIS, and PSY 285.) Required for concentration in Women’s Studies. Ammons, Choquette, Edmonds, Guerrero-Watanabe, Kercher, Kisatsky, McNett, Melia, Vadum/ Three credits
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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to data analysis in sociology. It will focus on how to analyze: textual sources common to qualitative sociology; historical documents central to comparative sociology; and statistical data important in quantitative sociology. The course will involve reading exemplary works in these three sociological methodologies and doing actual data analysis. Biggert/ Three credits
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This seminar provides interns with the opportunity to examine the internship experience along with other student interns. Students also examine related issues: social policy development; program planning, evaluation, and research; the social scientist’s responsibilities for the use of her or his research; the political role of the social scientist; the “value-free” debate among social scientists; applied versus puresociology; the role of the social scientist within private and public organizations; management of human service agencies; and career options for social scientists. All concentration programs require SOC 365-366. (Same as ANT 365/366). Gendron, Melia/ Three credits each semester
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This course explores the origins of the sociological tradition through the study of primary works of the “classical” socialtheorists, including Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber, whose ideas and concerns are still frames of reference for many contemporary social and political thinkers. Each theorist’s contribution will be examined in light of the social and historical contexts in which his or her ideas were generated. The course will also demonstrate how social theory is used in sociological research and to analyze social life. Specific topics to be covered include: transition between feudalist and modern societies; class and class conflict; culture and ideology; globalization; modern and postmodern societies; gender and racial inequality; power; deviance and change; and other related topics. Required for Sociology majors and minors. Prerequisite: SOC 121 and an additional course in Sociology and Anthropology. Farough/ Three credits
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Individually supervised study of a sociologically relevant topic. Offered only to Senior Sociology majors who have demonstrated an ability for independent research. Staff/ Three credits
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