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This course introduces the student to the logic and procedures of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis as these are applied in the various social sciences, particularly the discipline of sociology. Topics examined include scales of measurement; frequency distributions; data graphing; measures of central tendency and dispersion; sampling distributions; confidence intervals and estimation; hypothesis testing; measures of association; and quantitative modeling using Chi-square, analysis of variance, and linear regression. General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning (*) Offering: Fall Instructor: Heuser, Strawn
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The aim of this course is to introduce students to qualitative and quantitative research methods. Topics to be covered include research design, conceptualization and measurement, methods of gathering information, sampling, ethics, and data analysis. The relationship between theory and research will also be considered. Students will be involved in exercises and projects intended to familiarize them with the different methods of conducting research. Prerequisite: Any 100-level Sociology course or SOC 201 and SOC 301 or consent of instructor Offering: Every semester Instructor: Heuser, Strawn
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This course introduces the undergraduate to the important theoretical paradigms that have historically oriented the sociology discipline. Classical sociological theory emerged in the works of Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and Mead, among others. Out of the ideas of these thinkers evolved the major schools of modern sociology, in particular Structural-Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Interactionism. In recent decades, new critical paradigms have emerged to challenge the modern schools, including postmodern and cultural critiques, as well as feminist, race, and queer theories. Prerequisite: Any 100-level Sociology course or SOC 201 Offering: Every semester Instructor: Staff
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In this course, we will uncover the ways people make sense of the world, how they figure out ways of getting along, and how they deal with conflict and differences in power. Since this course is a seminar, most of the time will be devoted to discussing readings, but we may also see a few films. Topics will include the nature of reality, the importance of language, and the process of defining situations. Prerequisite: SOC 201 or any 100-level Sociology course Offering: Fall Instructor: Staff
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The course examines the theoretical frameworks used by sociologists to understand phenomena related to collective action, protest, and social movements. These include resource mobilization theory, political opportunity theory, and framing theory. More recently, these schools have been synthesized into a single "political process theory." Critiques of political process theory are also examined, in particular those emphasizing its failure to account for culture, its emphasis on the experiences of only the U.S. and Europe, and difficulty applying it to the prediction of future collective action. Prerequisite: SOC 201 or any 100-level Sociology course, or consent of instructor. Offering: Alternate Springs Instructor: Strawn
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This course will explore sociological aspects of environmental issues such as the rise of the environmental movement, the social mobilization of interest groups, food and population, energy, forest harvesting, pollution and sustainable development. Includes application of sociological concepts to risk assessment and environmental impact statements. Mode of Inquiry: Environmental Cluster Prerequisite: Any 100-level Sociology course or SOC 201 Offering: Alternate Falls Instructor: Staff
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This course uses theories of gender and development and of globalization to consider the effects of development and globalization on women, men, indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities. After identifying relevant international and national actors and forces, the course examines changes in national and local social systems, institutions, and interaction patterns related to development and addressing gender and/or ethnicity. Topics discussed in this context may include agriculture, natural resources, environment, urban development, manufacturing, population, religion, education, and human rights. Prerequisite: SOC 201 or any 100-level Sociology course Offering: Fall Instructor: Staff
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This course examines population problems in various societies of the world and reviews theories of population growth. It explores critical variables such as fertility, mortality and migration and relates the population problem to factors that indicate the interdependent nature of the modern world. Prerequisite: SOC 201 or any 100-level Socioloty course Offering: Alternate falls Instructor: Staff
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The urban metropolis, the quintessential "social laboratory," allows us to better understand group relations, social roles and status, the relationship between structures, culture, and the roles of context, history, and power in shaping social reality. Through this course, students will come to see the city as a "cultural product" and articulate its relevance to our making and remaking society. Special attention will be given to contests over space, social stratification, and movements for social justice that affect the larger society and the processes of globalization. Prerequisite: SOC 201 or any 100-level Sociology course Offering: Annually Instructor: Drew
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The aim of this course is to provide students with a strong background in the basic concepts and theories of social stratification. It examines structured social inequality in modern society and is primarily concerned with three basic issues: how inequality is structured, how such structures are maintained and the consequences that result from structured social inequality. Each of these issues is explored cross-culturally as well as from the American perspective. Prerequisite: SOC 201 or any 100-level Sociology course Offering: Spring Instructor: Drew
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