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3.00 Credits
The course explores the socio-economic institutions which have helped shape the situation of the Black woman in the United States and considers the importance of class, race and gender in this process. Because of the relationship of the Black woman to the Black family and Black community, any discussion of the Black woman is incomplete without addressing these two institutions. Emphasis will also be put on the Black woman in Africa and the Caribbean. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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A socio-cultural investigation of the efforts of African people all over the world to unite for their mutual advancement. Such topics as emigrationist movements, the role of African-American churches in African nationalism, the Pan-African congress of W.E.B. DuBois, the Garvey movement, the Pan-African ideas of Malcolm X, the Pan-African aspects of Southern African liberation movements and others are discussed. The main focus is the socio-economic content of Pan-Africanism. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration into the African and New World oral culture. The contributions of the major ethnic/tribal groups such as the Akan, Eve, Yoruba, Mandingo and others, to Black culture in the Americas are highlighted. Blues, Calypso, Meringue, Reggae and Soca lyrics, as components of the oral traditional culture, are also analyzed. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Religion as a social institution among Blacks: origins, structure and function, its unique style as an adaptation to its place in American society, its role in social change, e.g., the Civil Rights movement. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the functions and structures of the varying forms of educational processes in contemporary society. Emphasis is given to the development and direction of informal and institutionalized education in America, the differing patterns of education, which have evolved within other societies and cultures, and the links between education and social order. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Study of major sociological, psychological, and physiological processes of aging. Analysis includes overall view of aging theories and review of research and empirical studies relating to each. Implications for the future in terms of employment, welfare, retirement and political power. Three lecture hours per week. Requirement for B.S. Sociology, Gerontology option. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Many of society's more traditional institutions are becoming aware of their difficulty in handling human death. This course attempts to review some of these institutions, such as the hospital, the church, the funeral home, and the family. The objective of this course is to acquire a deeper understanding of the inseparable relationship existing between styles of living and the fact of dying. The way we live life and the way society establishes values provide clear insight into the quality of understanding death. Three lecture hours per week. Requirement for B.S. Sociology, Gerontology option.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the variety of ways men and women have chosen to live together. It will not only study alternative life styles but will also study them in the context of current societal trends and movements that have helped bring these changes about, such as the women's movement, the decline of male authority, mass-society, loneliness, youth culture and decline of traditional religion. Three lecture hours per week. Offered only through the Evening Division.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies religion from a sociological perspective and deals with the role of the sacred in society and in the lives of individuals. Topics include myth and belief, conversion, organization and leadership; primitive and non-Western religion; and contemporary issues such as church and state, religious fundamentalism, cults, Black and Hispanic churches, social justice advocacy, etc. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
This course will identify the assumptions and presuppositions we make about gender in society, identify their sources, and consider the impact they have on individuals, groups and social institutions. We will discern how societies produce gender, the distinction between sex and gender, and the social impact of gender stereotypes. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: SOC201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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