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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Selective placement of students in workstudy situations in social research settings. Includes participation in a coordinating seminar. Enrollment Requirement: SOC 201. Prerequisite: SOC 360. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Selected studies for an in-depth consideration. Enrollment restricted to students with Senior standing who have obtained consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Selected research for an in-depth consideration. Enrollment restricted to students with Senior standing who have obtained consent of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
Introduces students to the range of approaches to the field of sociological practice that include evaluation/needs assessment research, clinical sociology, community organizing, and program development in social service agencies. Examines the contributions of classic studies in these areas as well as the theoretical, methodological, and political challenges posed to traditional approaches by feminist theory and methods, critical race theory, and participatory action research. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on applied and evaluation social research. Addresses actual problems of conducting social research in diverse communities. Special consideration is given to methods for tailoring research strategies to different environments, setting up diagnostic procedures, monitoring programs, determining accountability and designing impact assessments. Incorporates practice in the methods of applied social research: sampling, question wording, data collection, techniques of interviewing, mail questionnaire design, telephone surveys, focus groups, and group interviewing. Sensitivity to ethnicity, gender, class, and age will be emphasized. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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2.00 Credits
Provides advanced training in the sociological study of childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Interconnections between social processes and individual development during the first three decades of life will be addressed from a number of theoretical and methodological perspectives. The importance of social contextual factors such as intergenerational relationships, gender, socioeconomic conditions, race/ethnicity, laws, and demographics for shaping one's early life course will be explored in detail. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on the sociological study of adulthood and old age. Elucidates reciprocal linkages between the aging self and society over the life course. Considerable attention will be paid to exploring historical and current influences of political, legal, and economic policies on individual lives. In addition, more micro-level issues related to parenting adult children, changes in health, work and retirement, widowhood, and death/dying will be explored. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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2.00 Credits
Examines health care institutions and policies in the United States and abroad, focusing on the cultural and socioeconomic environments that shape them. Focuses on the following issues: 1) historical and contemporary developments; 2) impact of technological innovation and governmental regulation; 3) health care labor force; 4) comparative analysis of the place of health care institutions and policy in social and cultural systems; and 5) varying institutional and health policy needs among diverse groups based on class, race, and gender. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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2.00 Credits
Examines community based mental health treatment. Addresses the following issues: 1) history of community mental health; 2) community treatment and deinstitutionalization; 3) models of community mental health; 4) the role of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals; 5) case management and the role of informal support networks; 6) crisis intervention and hospital and nonhospital alternatives; 7) the role of prevention and chronic mental illness as a lifestyle; and 8) patient rights and the ethics of community mental health. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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3.00 Credits
Families play a central role in the development of individuals and communities, and communities can play an equivalent role in supporting families. Examines diverse communities in terms of the resources/services available in relation to the conditions and needs of families. Addresses family structure, composition, and well-being in relation to governmental policy and programs (e.g., AFDC, WIC, etc.), and the significance of differences in race, ethnicity, and class on family patterns and values. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice Program.
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