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Prerequisite: SOC 100. Covers social scientific and other approaches to the study of modern organizations and bureaucracy in business, government, schools, health care, religion, etc. 3 Cr.
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Prerequisite: SOC 100. Provides a study of work and occupations in modern society. Examines patterns of specialization, professionalization, bureaucratization, alienation, discrimination and conflict associated with blue-collar, clerical, professional, managerial, and other occupational groups. 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as WMS 453. Focuses on issues concerning women and their changing role in toda y? s society. Although various issues are singled out for analysis through reading, lecture, and class discussion, all of them are interrelated by virtue of their focus on women . 3 Cr.
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Prerequisite: SOC 100. Explores money as a medium of exchange from a sociological perspective, including how money is distributed in our economy and in other types of economies, ways that money shapes social relations, and how our personal relationship to money shapes who we are and how we live. Also addresses topics such as welfare, private charity, credit, upward and downward mobility, and more. 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as WMS 361. Provides an introduction to sociological theory and research on intimate relationships and families in the US. Examines historical and contemporary variations, with the main focus on the gendered nature of marriage and family life. Looks at intimacy and family formation through topics such as love, marriage and sexuality. Investigates key concerns in family life such as the balance of power, negotiating work/family roles, parenthood and divorce. 3 Cr. Every Semester
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Examines gender as a social construction, embedded in interpersonal interactions, social institutions and cultural systems, comparing gender in the US to gender in other cultures. Explores topics such as how we learn gender, how gender serves to maintain systems of inequality for men and women, and how the meaning of gender has changed over time. 3 Cr.
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Prerequisite: SOC 100. Examines classical and contemporary theories of deviant behavior, the extent of criminal and deviant behavior in modern society, and analysis of various approaches to controlling deviant behavior. 3 Cr.
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Prerequisite: SOC 100. Investigates how collective efforts for social change form, the barriers and opportunities they face, and their impacts on society as a whole. Through readings, films, discussions, and papers, students will learn about past and present social movements and the theories that seek to explain them. 3 Cr. Fall
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Mass media is a major force in socialization, political contestation, and social change. The goal of this course is to investigate and critically analyze the impact of media on society. The course explores the ways gender, ethnicity, sexuality and class are treated in the media and the forces shaping the production of mass media. 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as BCE 361. Brockport Career Exploration Course (BCEC) in Sociology is a one-semester elective course that encourages sophomores, juniors and seniors to investigate a career through placement in an area human service agency, government office or class room. Allows students to work under the guidance of an immediate supervisor and a college faculty sponsor, and participate in workshops through the Office of Career Services. Credit Varies. 3 Cr.
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