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Prerequisites, SOC 101, 225, or consent of instructor. Students explore what makes society possible and how it changes. Critical study of social and political perspectives on these questions. Emergence and evolution of sociology as a systematic discipline. Emphasis on macrostructural theory. Reading of more recent critical theorists, black theorists, feminist theorists, and post-modernists. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits.
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Prerequisite, SOC 225. This course introduces students to social movements and collective behavior that have challenged established structures of power, attempted to alter social and cultural relations in the lives of people throughout the world, and have strived to change the dominant visions of society. This is an interdisciplinary class that will provide an overview of the main theories and issues regarding social movements to understand the interaction between individuals and societal changes. Empirical studies will be used to analyze the dynamics among social and political structures, culture, social stratification, social institutions, and leadership in social movements on a local, regional, and global scale. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits.
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Prerequisite, must place into upper intermediate French (Intermediaire II) or higher. This course is taught in French. The course defines principal structures of French society - political, geographical, economic, and educational - and examines human aspects of contemporary France. Emphasis is on traditions, innovations, structures, and contradictions. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.
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Prerequisite, SOC 101, or consent of instructor. An analysis of mass media as a social institution, this course is an interdisciplinary approach to the origins, history, evolution, and social functions of the mass media, the impact of the media on the social self, and the transitions from oral to print to electronic media. Emphasis on electronic media and the impact of media on the social construction of reality. (Offered every year.) 3 credits.
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Prerequisite, SOC 101, or consent of instructor. An interdisciplinary investigation of death, dying, and the grieving process including, dying as a psychological process, the denial of death, the repression of grief and loss, and relating to one's own death and the death of significant others. Students explore how the experience, fear, and quality of death has changed historically over the centuries. (Offered every year.) 3 credits.
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Prerequisite, SOC 225, or consent of instructor. This course examines how and why social change occurs, and the role we all play as actors in this ever-changing drama. It will analyze social and technological change and its consequences for major social systems. Includes discussion of social and technological change in post-industrial societies. (Offered every year.) 3 credits.
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(Same as HON 346.) This is a ten-day retreat at a Tibetan/American Meditation Center in the spectacular Colorado Rockies. For those interested in the eastern paths of liberation this is a wonderful opportunity to explore your own mind in a new way and to personally experience the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and their deep relevance for modern life. Lab/travel fees. P/NP. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite, SOC 101, or consent of instructor. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines crime and criminal justice within the context of increased globalization. The topics of drug use and abuse, prostitution, terrorism, organized crime, war crimes and human rights abuses will be discussed within a global perspective. A major emphasis will also be placed on comparing different world systems of law and social control from legal, criminological and cultural perspectives. A major emphasis is placed on the comparison of Islamic, Socialist and Asian systems to European and North American systems. (Offered every year.) 3 credits.
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Prerequisite, SOC 101, or consent of instructor. A discussion of selected societal impacts on the environment. Topics include environmentalism, alternate environmental policies, and the costs and benefits of different solutions to environmental problems. (Offered every year.) 3 credits.
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