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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a foundation in classical and contemporary sociological theory. Students learn to use theory to critically analyze the social world. This course prepares students for upper-level courses. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: SOC 1020.
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This course explores and analyzes, from a local, national, and international perspective, current major community health issues, the programs and services available for preventing and controlling these problems and the various agencies and organizations which deal with the problems and issues. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
Structure and functions of kin groups in societies. Types of families. Cooperation and conflict. The family in relation to other social institutions. Mate selection, courtship, and family relationships. Stability and change. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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A study of sports from a socio-cultural perspective, including the relationship of sports to other social institutions, stratification within sports, and changing conceptions of leisure and sports. The popular literature on sports will be examined. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course grounds the student in the multiple meanings of community: community as a territorial unit; community as a psycho-social unit; and community as a cultural unit. In addition, case studies will be used to illustrate how different types of "community" are created and maintained and howstructural changes in the society affect community. Credit, 3 semester hours. Prerequisite: SOC 1020 or 2090.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a theoretical background and some analytical tools for understanding the nature and scope and cultural and historical roots of social movements world-wide and examines the growing linkages among local, national and global movements. Collective behavior movements covered include those of peasants, indigenous peoples, women and others to achieve greater local autonomy, environmental and gender justice. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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Globalization is a collection of processes by which people around the world are interconnected in economic, political, cultural and environmental linkages. This course examines these processes via sociological theories of modernization and dependency, focusing on a commodity chains framework and world systems theory, consumption and homogeneity patterns. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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This course examines sociological perspectives on contemporary theory and practice in community development. Attention will be given to development theory as well as applied sociological investiga tion into creating community social change. Problems and opportunities that arise from social and demographic change and the dynamics of local economies in a global context will be examined. Portfolio requirement includes an agency assessment. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines contemporary and historical theories on inequality, the ways in which it develops and how it is sustained in society, using both local and global approaches. Inequalities involving class, race, gender, age and sexual orientation are examined, and ways to create social change to reduce social inequalities will be considered. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines sociological perspectives on the causes and extent of poverty in the United States. Attention will be given to social theory, social policy, lived-experiences and the impact of poverty on communities. An emphasis on the extent and nature of poverty in North Carolina is provided. Portfolio requirement includes a demographic county profile. Credit, 3 semester hours.
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