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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course involves an intensive study in a specific area of sociology. The proposal outlining the work to be completed must be filed in the department office and with the undergraduate chair before the end of the first two weeks of the semester. Note: This class may not be used as a substitute for required sociology courses.
Prerequisite:
Only open to seniors or honors students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in Sociology
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3.00 Credits
This course will give students an opportunity to experience working in a health-related setting. Students taking this internship course will be expected to use their sociological skills in understanding and analyzing the setting in which the experiential learning takes place. An internship requires an individual contract with a faculty member in the Department of Sociology.
Prerequisite:
SOC 3201 (C201), SOC 3261 (0260) and permission of the instructor
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3.00 Credits
The course examines competing visions of organizations: Does bureaucracy promise prosperity for all or is it the source of inefficiencies? Do organizations exist to make profits or to produce social goods? What is it like to work in organizations? The course first traces the historical development of organizational theory, including the work of Max Weber, Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management, the Human Relations Movement, and Classical Management Theory. The second part of the course looks at current research on organizations and work, including neo-institutionalism and network theory. Note: This is a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisite:
Any lower level course or 2000-level sociology course
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3.00 Credits
This course tackles a large and important question: What impact does population growth and change have on our lives? In this class, we will examine how populations are studied using censuses and surveys. The class will explore three basic demographic processes: fertility, mortality, and migration. Further, we will focus on how the structure and characteristics of a population impact individual members. Finally, we will explore the demographic foundations of contemporary social issues like the aging of the population, the AIDS epidemic, changing household structures, and environmental change. Students will explore both important concepts in demography and the methods used to study populations. Note: This is a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisite:
Any lower level course or 2000-level sociology course
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3.00 Credits
The topics will vary and cover areas not covered by the current roster of classes. Students should consult with the instructor for details.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a sociological look at the conditions which have contributed to Japan’s emergence as a world economic force. How do culture, social organization, life style, ideology, and global politics affect Japan’s rapid rise to power? Is Japan a closed society? What significance do factors such as racism, religion, education, family, the military, class, and population changes hold for understanding what has happened in Japan and in Japan’s relations with outsiders, particularly the U.S.? What significance does this analysis have for the future of Sociology in the U.S.?
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4.00 Credits
One important source of sociological evidence focuses on the meaning of events in daily life. This course is designed to provide the student with skills to evaluate qualitative research studies. More importantly, this class also teaches students to
conduct research in a variety of techniques including participant observation, in-depth interviewing, and the analyses of documents. All students will carry out a research project during the semester under the direction of the instructor.
Prerequisite:
SOC 3201 (C201) and 3261 (0260)
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach the logic and method of data analysis. We start with a specified research question, find some data that are pertinent to this question, and analyze them. The analysis proceeds first by studying the univariate statistical distributions of relevant variables, then moves on to bivariate and multivariate methods. Students write about their research question; emphasis is placed on the interaction between the results of data analysis and the revision of the research question. Note: This is a research-intensive course.
Prerequisite:
SOC 3201 (C201) and 3261 (0260)
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3.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to teach you how to use the sociological skills you have learned to make the transition to the next steps of your life. This will involve making decisions about your occupational goals, and collecting evidence on how realistic these are and how you might go about achieving them. We will learn about global and local trends in the economy and the labor market. As part of this, each of you will collect data on the occupation in which you have a particular interest. We will then learn how to do a self-assessment of skills and interests and you will learn how to advertise these on a web site. Finally, you will interview persons working in the occupation of your choice and match your skills with the ones they brought to their job. Note: This is the capstone writing intensive course. This course is taken in the semester before graduation, and is open to sociology majors only.
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3.00 Credits
How do photographs become more than just a pile of disparate images? Is there more to photography than that single “decisive moment” in the hunt and capture of an image? How do photographers comment on issues that are important to them? How can photographs tell a story? Is there a way one can use the art of photography to illicit change? In this class, students will use their digital cameras to investigate individual photographs, as well as series of photographs. We will look at photography in its historical context - at the advent of documentary photography and photojournalism, and at narrative photography in its more contemporary form, as photographers use it to chronicle their own lives and to tell a story. Through the exercises of looking at and making photographic images, several core concepts of social work, along with theories of human behavior in the social environment, will be introduced. Students will learn not only about the place photography holds in our culture, but our culture itself, and the students’ place in that culture. Students will critically analyze published photographs, as well as photographs made during the class. The semester will culminate in a class exhibition where students will be given the opportunity to present their photographs to the public, demonstrating their understanding of human behavior in the social environment. Note: This course fulfills the Human Behavior (GB) requirement for students under GenEd and Individual & Society (IN) for students under Core. Students cannot receive credit for this course if they have successfully completed GAD 0822.
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