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0.00 Credits
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the department's field of study.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to social statistics and their application in social research. It is designed to help students identify and understand how statistics are used to describe data and to make inferences about the relations between variables. Students will learn descriptive techniques and decision-making statistical procedures. This course replaces SOC 4783. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, SOC 2103 and 9 additional hours of Sociology.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with the magnitude of the aging situation in America and to become informed about the social, psychological, economic, and political problems associated with the increasing number of people reaching retirement age in America. Prerequisite(s): ENG 3, 23, 3 hours of sociology and sophomore standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of community organization, the general attributes of communities, the special features of folk and modern city societies developed in contrast. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, and 9 hours of sociology.
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3.00 Credits
A study directed toward an examination of extremism and political deviancy. The study will consider causative factors and sociological implications of political extremism. Credit will not be granted if the student has earned credit in POL 4213. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, POL 1113, SOC 2103, junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Groups are fundamentally important units of everyday social life. Their continual influence on behavior is often overlooked. We sometimes become so accustomed to interacting in groups that we take them for granted, and so have difficulty understanding their dynamics, or observing them objectively. In this course, we will study theory and research dealing with group processes while demonstrating the relevance of this work in applied settings. Students will participate in some structured and unstructured group exercises. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, (SOC 2103 or PSY 2703).
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended to acquaint students with an ecological model entitled "The Behavior Dynamics Assessment Model" which presents a vast array of theories and research to explain and describe human development; teach a life-span approach which allows for a description of human growth and development from conception through late adulthood; identify for each age group, sociological, psychological, and biophysiological variables that influence development; describe normal developmental tasks and milestones for each age group; present theories of abnormal development ranging from macro-sociological to microbiological; and describe human diversity factors (involving racial groups, ethnic groups, gender, and sexual orientation) and articulate their various impacts on human behavior and social life. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, (SOC 2103 or PSY 2703).
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3.00 Credits
This course defines social deviance, analyzes theories of deviance, examines social reactions to and social control of deviance, and looks at the effects of deviant identity. The above information then is applied to an understanding of several specific types of deviance, e.g., child abuse, alcoholism, suicide. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, SOC 2103 and 6 hours of sociology.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of population movements and their effects on ecological and demographic factors in the society. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113 and 1213.
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3.00 Credits
Theories of class and caste; wealth, status, and power; the American class system. Prerequisite(s): ENG 1113, 1213, SOC 2103, 2203, and 2303. Junior or senior standing.
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