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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course cannot be applied to the sociology major or minor or applied to general education requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the social construction of deviance and the social causes of and explanations for deviant behavior. The course emphasizes theoretical explanations of social deviation illustrated with substantive examples as they occur in a social context.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the nature and use of popular culture, and the popular forms of everyday life in America, including popular beliefs, popular images of objects and people, popular events and rituals, and the popular arts. Among topics considered are soap operas, sports, rock and popular music, movies, plays, art, comics, fashions, popular literature, and other forms of mass-mediated culture.
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3.00 Credits
A general introduction to a sociological perspective on religion. Examines the social meaning and consequences of religion in both its religious and secular roles in modern society.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the social significance of sport. Attention will focus on sport as an institution, social process, and its relation to social organization, race, gender, class, and major institutions such as family, education, mass media, government and economics. Students will be provided with an understanding of the impact of sport on culture and vice versa. (CORE: SOCIAL SCIENCES)
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3.00 Credits
Sociological introduction to the effects of gender on social relations and contemporary social issues. Major topics include socialization, women as a minority group, work and family, interpersonal power, and law. Historical and cross-cultural analyses also are included. Other topics may be added at the request of the student or the initiative of the instructor. (WRITING) (CORE: SOCIAL SCIENCES)
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide a broad overview of the physical, psychological, social, and cultural aspects of aging. Major concepts, issues, and current research on aging will be analyzed, and current and proposed federal, state, and local programs impinging on the aged will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Social conflict is an everyday experience for most people. How we deal with conflict often determines our life outcomes. This class investigates the causes of conflict, the conditions under which conflict leads to violence and the techniques of conflict resolution on both societal and interpersonal levels. This course is designed to help students put sociological theory to practical use.
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3.00 Credits
Study of origins and purposes of criminal law; survey of the various theoretical approaches to the study of crime causation; examination of various categories of criminal behavior including violent crime, occupational crime, political crime, criminal sexuality; and an overview of the criminal justice system which seeks to deter, convict and punish offenders.
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