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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Examines the significance of gender differences in the experiences of women and men in social institutions (such as family, education, economic, legal, political), the theoretical perspectives utilized to analyze these differences, and the effects of changing expectations on gender roles and identities.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the place of children and youth in society by examining conceptions of children that guide adults' expectations of children and social policies, and how age, gender, ethnicity/race, and social class affect the way children are treated by one another and by adults in families, schools, and neighborhoods in Western societies.
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4.00 Credits
The course will present and compare/contrast major sociological theories of religion, examine historical and contemporary patterns of religious belief and participation, and the relationships between religion and other institutions including politics. The empirical focus will include both the contemporary United States and a comparative look at other societies.
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4.00 Credits
A comprehensive analysis of globalization including social, cultural, demographic, economic, and environmental issues. Key sociological concepts and theories informing this analysis include the meaning of globalization, the balance between flows and barriers, the roles of transnational corporations and political organizations, cultural differentialism, cultural hybridization, the impact of colonialism, and global inequality.
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4.00 Credits
Course examines issues in licit and illicit drug use and alcohol misuse, their relationships to crime, and criminal justice system responses. Includes an overview of the history of drug use and related laws in the U.S., methods of studying alcohol and drugs, theories of drug use, and models in prevention and treatment.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of criminal and other forms of youthful misconduct in the context of the place of children and adolescents in American society. Particular emphasis placed upon the causes of various forms of delinquency and community-based prevention and corrective programs.
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4.00 Credits
Society and law, foundations of law, legislation and judicial interpretation for regulating behavior, law and social change, the legal profession.
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4.00 Credits
The role of social and cultural factors in health, research on the use of health services, the health professions, health-care organizations, and major issues in public policy and health care.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 250. Course provides an overview of the development and function of the criminal justice system in the United States. Examines theories of justice and punishment; emergence and development of contemporary police and court systems; structure and functioning of corrections; corrections as a form of social control; and the roles of criminal justice personnel, including police, parole, and correctional officers.
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4.00 Credits
Course investigates the meaning of social control, both as a formal and an informal system of constraint. Offers a historical account of the emergence and development of the prison in both Europe and the United States. Considers competing historical accounts of the birth of the prison in addition to exploring contemporary issues concerning surveillance and the use of technology to exercise control over a modern, predominantly urban population.
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