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3.00 Credits
Analysis of urban structure and ecology. Emphasis is on personality and socialization patterns in large urban communities and consideration of the problems that stem from increasing urbanization in American society and across the globe. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor. Occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies how a society defines "normal" and "deviantbehavior. The social institutions and processes related to this act of labeling, as well as those concerned with controlling such behavior, are critically analyzed through a survey of the sociological literature on deviance. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines education from a sociological perspective. Evaluates research and theories of schooling, learning, and education, both formal and informal. Analyzes schools, colleges, and universities as organizations. Compares practices and policies around the world. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor. Occasionally.
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8.00 Credits
Selected topics in sociology. May be repeated as topics change. Total of 8 credits. Prerequisite: SOC 101. Occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
Methodologies and types of research commonly used in sociology. Focus on the research process, including the research problem and techniques of data gathering. Design and use of the interview, questionnaire, and case study approaches to sociological analysis. Three-hour lecture, one-hour lab. Prerequisite: SOC 101. Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Embeds statistical techniques in the sociological research process. Application of statistical techniques to test sociological hypotheses, assess social theories, and draw conclusions about sociological problems from statistical data. Review of descriptive/ inferential statistics and instruction of statistical software. Three-hour lecture, one-hour lab. Prerequisite: SOC 301. Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
The assumptions, orientations, and applications used by both classical and contemporary schools of sociological thought in explaining social phenomena. Prerequisite: SOC 203. Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
A sociological, global, and theoretical approach to the study of women and gender. Emphasis on the social construction of sex and gender. Also analyzes gender inequality and its connections with different forms of oppression over time. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor. Occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
This course applies sociological theories of ethnicity to the study of past and current ethnic relations across the globe. Emphasizes sociological research on status of ethnic groups in the broader society and in specific social institutions. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor. Fall, even years.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes the Holocaust from a comparative, sociological perspective, applying relevant theories and concepts. Emphasis is on social and cultural forces that led to the Holocaust, including stereotyping, discrimination, anti-Semitism, institutional changes, and social/political indifference. Prerequisite: SOC 101, HOLO 252, or HIST 252. Cross-listed as HOLO 326. Fall, odd years.
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