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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. This course uses concepts and methods from the social sciences to explore the relationship between science and technology and society. How do culture and social structure affect the production of scientific and technical knowledge? How do scientific and technological developments affect society.
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Prerequisite: Written permission of instructor. Study of life course and mobility patterns of women managers in the private, public and nonprofit employment sector. Students are introduced to action research through participant observation. Each student has an on-site assignment with three female managers. Cross-listed with UST 320.
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4.00 Credits
The study of metropolitan development and social life. Examines the role of economic, political, and cultural factors at the global, national, and regional levels. Explores the history of urban sociology and contemporary perspectives. Analyzes the process of social change at the metropolitan level.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor. The course focuses on contemporary issues in American family, including mate selection, marital communication, transition to parenthood, parenting, sexuality, extended kin, family disruptions, relationship between work and family, and the effects of changing gender roles.
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4.00 Credits
Interaction between the individual and society; and examination of the ways in which society impinges upon the individual's behavior, with special emphasis upon socialization, self-concept, attitudes, and social roles.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines three central issues: our changing understanding of mental illness, the variety of approaches for the treatment of mental illness and the impact of social policy on the lives of the mentally ill. By combining historical, medical, and sociological perspectives, this course provides a broad introduction to the study of mental illness. The material is drawn primarily from the United States.
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4.00 Credits
Education as socialization; the dual role of the school as change and conservation agent, characteristics of school populations, changing roles of private and parochial education, organization and structure of authority and decision-making processes in public and private schools.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on sports as social and cultural phenomena. Students will learn to use sociological concepts and critical thinking to discover how sports affect multiple spheres of our social life. The main focus will be on sports in the United States. Sports in other societies will be explored to help us better understand United States sports through comparison and contrast. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences as participants and spectators, and to connect these with larger social issues.
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4.00 Credits
Sociological significance of population size, distribution, composition, and density; population and economic development; United States population data in relation to other major countries; programs of family planning; population policies.
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4.00 Credits
Critical analysis of the social status and participation of older persons in modern societies. Included topics such as theories of aging, demography, family ties, economic status, health-care delivery systems and long-term care, dying and death, and the U.S. as an aging society.
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