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Examines a range of issues related to aspects of body, sex, sexual orientation, masculinity, and femininity. Topics include menstruation, womens ways of knowing, mens lives, mothering, gay and lesbian identities, women and mens sexual relationships, and the history of additional sex/gender systems within the United States. Puri.
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Prereq.: SOCI 101. Introduces students to transnational studies. Addresses transnational studies as a critical tool for examining subjects, social relations, and cultural processes. Highlights issues of race, nation, gender, class and sexuality in a world where cultural and political borders are being reconstituted by capital. Focuses on themes of nationalism and belonging, citizenship, migration, cultural practices, and diasporas. Puri.
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Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Human services majors are exempt from the prerequisite. Considers the American family and the problems it faces. Gives special attention to stages in the family life cycle, family policy, and family interaction. Considers problems including family violence, dual-career families, divorce, and aging families. Provides a cross-cultural perspective, including the latest research and theory. Borges.
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Prereq.: SOCI 101 Examines sociological knowledge about children, including the social construction of childhood, social structures that affect childrens lives, and the implications of these social factors for individual children. Comparisons will be made with other societies, to help us understand childrens lives in U.S. society. Leiter.
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Examines the unique perspective of healthcare from the cultural lens appropriate to women of color. Historical, social, environmental, and political factors that contribute to racial and gender disparities in healthcare are analyzed. Students will develop cultural competency tools for more effective healthcare delivery with individuals and families of color.
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Prereq.: SOCI 101 or SOCI 241. Introduces methods and strategies used in research in the social sciences. Teaches responsible consumption of social science research and presents the logic and skills of social research methods. Emphasizes the nature of inquiry and the relationship between theory and research. Includes social research ethics and an introduction to data analysis using computers in research. Previous courses in statistics or computers not required. Puri, Brinkley.
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Introduces the field of medical sociology. Emphasizes social determinants of physical and mental health, cross-cultural experiences of illness, the nature of health professions, and the organization of medical care. Pays special attention to contemporary health care issues, including the dynamics of sexism and racism, financing health care, and alternative healing and healthcare systems. Leiter.
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Examines health and illness from a global perspective. Current public health dilemmas are analyzed, highlighting the role of colonialism, culture, development, and public health policies. Case studies will focus on how health issues are handled in different parts of the world, highlighting the roles of culture and political economy. Leiter.
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Prereq.: SOCI 101 or consent of the instructor. Presents concepts of race (including ethnicity and sectarianism), class, and gender. Covers emergence, functions, and consequences of class stratification, racism, and sexism in American and other societies. Develops analytical frameworks for understanding unequal status regarding race, class, and gender within national and international dimensions. Thompson.
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Critically examines types and patterns of behaviors socially defined as criminal. Focuses on major theories of criminal and deviant behavior; various cultural responses to crime; and issues of treatment, punishment, and rehabilitation. London.
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