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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary examination of social factors relating to substance abuse, its identification and resulting community responses. (Winterim)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the historical development and the functions on processes of the criminal justice system, highlighting law enforcement and the judicial system. Includes varying special interest topics, such as restorative justice, innocent project, community policing, the death penalty, victimization, and community-based corrections. (S)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the issues, including an examination of definitions of childhood; the rules that define delinquency; historical and contemporary reactions to delinquent behavior; diverse and conflicting models of delinquency causation; and an overview of the changing systems of juvenile justice. Offered in alternate years. (S)
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of historical and contemporary experiences of race and ethnicity in the United States as influenced by changing migration trends and economic developments. Special consideration will be given to the social construction of racial categories; issues of whiteness; and multiracial identity. (Crosslisted with ETHS 309) (F)
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4.00 Credits
A course which will examine vital areas of contemporary concern in sociology. The topic or problem of the course changes each semester.
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4.00 Credits
A comparative national and world system analysis of social stratification and the interrelation of structures of class, gender, race, status, and power. The course also includes an analysis of the sources, levels, and strategies of social change. Offered in alternate years. (F)
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4.00 Credits
The institution of family through historical and contemporary perspectives. Attention is given to family structure in society and its interconnectedness with economic conditions, race and ethnic differentiations, religious beliefs, status expectations, gender ideologies, and legal definitions. Emphasis on an exploration of multiple areas within a family context, including singlehood, courtship, sexuality, mate selection, childhood, cohabitation, marriage, and parenthood. Additionally, a review of familial relationships through marriage, non- marital relations, kinship groups, and household are examined. Crosslisted with WS 323.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Using a comparative and experiential approach, the course situates the school within the wider social context. Students share their explorations of the dynamics of family, socio-economic, gender, and race factors in shaping both the lives of the students and the processes of schooling and the schools. (S)
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the social context of health and illness in the United States. It examines a variety of social factors that shape how we perceive and experience health and illness, as well as how socio-economic status, race, ethnicity and gender shape healthcare occupations, access to services and health outcomes. (S)
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4.00 Credits
Situates the prison and the correctional system within the processes of the American and comparative criminal justice structures, exploring the historical development of the prison and imprisonment within changing legal, political, and religious definitions of crime and punishment. Questions regarding political legitimacy, coercive power, and the processes of socialization and adaptation within the prison and the wider correctional system are explored, as well as the administrative relationships between the correctional system and other political and socio-economic structures. The course includes field trips to correctional institutions. Offered in alternate years. (F)
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