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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit A study of the application of sociological concepts and research findings in such areas as business and industry, community development, education, medicine, recreation and public policy formation. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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3 hours credit Introduction to the basic concepts of social research: parametric and non-parametric techniques, formulation, and testing of hypot hesis, research , sampling pr oblems, and in terpretation of data. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisites: SOCI 1113. Concurrent enrollment in SOCI 2013 is heavily recommended. Permission of instructor n ecessary for studen ts without pri or or concurrent statistics course.
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3 hours credit This course is an analytical, historical, and theoretical introduction to the study of popular culture. The course will stress critical and normative interpretations of popular culture in the organization and representation of social life, especially the relations of dominance and subordination in the production and consumption of cultural commodities. In addition to exploring recent debates within popular culture studies, this course examines the global implications of mass culture as a mean s of cultural homogenization and social control. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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3 hours credit An in-depth study of current sociological theories of deviant behavior. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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3 hours credit Investigation of the sociological processes of a racially and culturally heterogenous society; migration, accommodation, assimilation, amalgamation, segregation, pluralism. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113 or SOCI 2023.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit Survey of contemporary sociological theories of society, including symbolic interactionism, c ommunication theory, systems theory, ethnomethodology, mathematical theories, power theories, etc. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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3 hours credit A study of the social process as it pertains to group interaction. An understanding of individual needs in relation to the social situation with an emphasis on crowd and mob psychology, public opinion, rumor, fads, fashions and mass soci ety. The relationsh ip between collective behavior, and social change in terms of innovation, conflict, political movements, and religious revivals. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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3 hours credit A study of the dynamics of social interaction within the context of primary group structures. Attention will be given to selected examples of primary group experience. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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3 hours credit A study of man's social environment as it relates to and int eracts with man's political world. Included is consideration of the sociologica l influences on m an's politic al behavior in the following areas: (a) power distribution on the national, state and local levels; (b) public opinion, voting behavior, and political participation; (c) interest group formation and structure; (d) the forces of political change and ideological movements; and (e) the legal-i nstitutio nal level of political dec ision makin g. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequi site: SOCI 1113 or PS 1113 or PS 3023.
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3 hours credit An analysis of the influence of social and cultural settings on natality, mortality and migration. This course also includes an assessment of the impact of demographic change on social systems. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: SOCI 1113.
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