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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
An intensive experience of living and communicating in another culture for a minimum of two months. Student is fully immersed in the culture as much as possible and guided by a mentor from the host culture. Prerequisites: ANT200E(U); Systems (G) course; application approved by the department prior to the experience. Graded on a S/U basis. Students may receive credit for only one of the following: SCS385, SCS387, or SCS389.
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4.00 Credits
An intensive ministry experience in a cross-cultural setting for a minimum of one month. Student is fully immersed in the culture, involved in hands-on ministry, and is guided by a mentor from the host culture. Graded on a S/U basis. Prerequisites: SCS202U; prior consent of department. Students may receive credit for only one of the following: SCS385, SCS387, or SCS389Z. (Carries cross-credit in modern world languages when taken as part of Guatemala Term.)
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3.00 Credits
A culminating experience to put to use knowledge and skills gained during studies done in the department. A guided research project is completed in consultation with members of the department. Prerequisites: Major in sociocultural studies; junior or senior standing.
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4.00 Credits
A culminating experience to put to use knowledge and skills gained during studies done in the department. A guided research project is completed in consultation with members of the department. Prerequisites: Major in sociocultural studies; two of the following courses: SCS350, SCS351, SCS361; and senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Major concepts, theories, methodologies, findings, controversies, and history of sociology. Contributions of sociology to Christian life and thought.
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3.00 Credits
Focus on the Global South and emerging capitalist nations. Examination of concrete and practical aspects of development policies implemented at different levels and sectors of society. Topics include: poverty, inequality, population growth, urbanization and rural-urban migration, education, human capital, agriculture and rural development, markets, states, civil society, and international trade. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-cultural and comparative analysis of theories and data used by social scientists to understand and explain criminal behavior and deviance in advanced industrial societies and non-Western societies, especially countries of the Global South. Study of ways in which the media and crime-control agencies shape our understanding of crime. Introduction to comparative criminal justice systems and the roles and functions of the police, the courts, and correction institutions in developed and developing societies. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on varying conceptual approaches for analyzing the different models of development in the emerging capitalist regions of the world (Latin America and the Caribbean, Eurasia, East, and Southeast Asia) in relation to the historical experience of Western Europe and North America. Critically explores why Africa lags behind in the global economy. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the historical development of race and ethnicity as distinct but related social constructs. Analysis of the differential impact of race and ethnicity on groups and individuals. Appreciation of voices of peacemakers from both majority and minority groups. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-cultural and comparative study of selected perspectives on the social and cultural bases of religion in advanced industrial societies and non-Western cultures (e.g., Latin America, Africa, East, South, and Southeast Asia, and Eurasia). Characteristics of religious systems of myth, belief, practice, and ritual; the relationship between religious and other dimensions of social life; and the factors underlying the development, persistence, manipulation, and changing of religious organizations. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or GES245; World Cultures (U) course.
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