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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) The Sociology of the African-American Family considers the historical and modern day African-American family in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the influence of the context of their initial immigration to the U.S. as well as on a variety of ongoing historical, social, political, and economic factors that ultimately influenced the African-American family's quality of life in such areas as, for example, social welfare, access to housing, education, legal rights, and employment.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) This course will introduce students to theories associated with criminal behavior and the manifestations of crime. A historical evolution of crime and punishment is introduced along with concepts, terms, and the criminal justice subsystem.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Definitions delinquent behavior. Theories of causation. Development of the juvenile court. Function of detention, intake, and probation. Community-based and institutional programs. Procedures for processing juveniles and treatment trends.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Introduction to concepts related to interpersonal violence. Categories of abuse studied are spousal, child, sibling, ritual, elderly, gay and lesbian. The course emphasizes legal, social and psychological aspects of abuse.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Survey of physical and cultural anthropology. Concentrates on concept of culture, social institutions, and organization: economy, politics, family, religion, law, and language, human evolution, human sexuality, and archaeology.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits. 1-3 hours. (Lecture 1-3 hours.) Guided readings, discussions, writing and/or field experience(s) in Sociology. Topics and material will be determined by the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Focuses on socioeconomic factors impacting Native Americans in modern society and social construction of Native identity, with particular emphasis on the struggle to maintain and direct changes in the tribal communities in such areas as education, family structures, tribal governments, and religion.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) This course will introduce students to the study of family living in the United States. Attention will be given to the research methods and theoretical framework for understanding family from a sociological perspective. Consideration will also be given to the diversity of family in contemporary society.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits. 1-3 hours. (Lecture 1-3 hours.) A flexible program of guided reading, discussion, and written work designed to provide the student with either a survey of the social sciences or a detailed study of a particular area within social science. Includes a unit on American institutions and the federal and Missouri constitutions when requested.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. 3 hours. (Lecture 3 hours.) Comparative studies of various ethnic cultures and societies with focus on the cultural, social, economic, and political organization. Comparison of such societies to the dominant American culture. Potential points of agreement and conflict between the dominant American culture and some of the other cultures of the world.
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