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Cross-cultural social history and analysis of mental health professions and psychiatric diagnoses, and an analysis of the politics and social control related to the labeling of mental illnesses. Topics include institutional and informal care-giving, effects of mental illness on family and friends, homelessness and substance abuse, effects of current mental health policies and trends, medicalization of deviance, and a social epidemiology of mental illness. 3:0:3
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Sociological analysis of religious organizations, movements, and experiences with an emphasis on historical and cross-cultural comparisons. The course surveys both large-scale religious trends and demographic patterns and the social and cultural dimensions of individual religious feelings and behaviors. Topics include formal religious organizations, religious socialization, religious conflict, relations with other institutions, the worldwide rise of fundamentalisms, and the future of religion. 3:0:3
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Examines the social aspects of aging from birth to death and the differences in our experiences due to age, historical period, and the cohort or generation to which we belong. Substantive topics include social psychological outcomes (such as self-esteem and stress), adolescence and identity formation, dating and family dynamics, occupational trajectories and retirement. Also examines the large scale effects of population aging trends and the effects of maturation of social relationships. 3:0:3
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Focus on the social and cultural aspects of development from the onset of adolescence through young adulthood. Examines historical and cultural differences in the concept of "youth." Topicsinclude the effects of family, friends, and the media on identity and personal decisions; dating and mating; school and work; popular culture, values, and consumerism; violence, delinquency, sex, and risk taking. 3:0:3
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Examines the demographic, cultural, and social psychological aspects of dying, death, and the grieving process. Topics include cultural and individual attitudes toward death, the medicalization of death, associated institutions, end of life care, the social role of funerals, and various forms of death, such as old age and dying young, euthanasia, suicide, and genocide. 3:0:3
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PREREQUISITE: SO 141. Based each semester on a different subject area not otherwise available in the department. Recommended for any students desiring to broaden their knowledge base in the social sciences. 3:0:3
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PREREQUISITES: Major or minor in sociology or human services, permission of the instructor, and SO 141. An opportunity for the student to pursue an individual area of interest by directed readings or research, or both. This is not a substitute for standard course offerings. 3:0:3
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PREREQUISITE: SO 141. Surveys the historical development of sociological theory, examines the nature of social theory and theory construction, and reviews the principal contemporary perspectives and debates in the field of social theory. 3:0:3
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PREREQUISITES: SO 308 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Study of the origins and operations of formal bureaucratic organizations, such as businesses, governments, prisons, and voluntary and service associations; their place in modern society; and their relations to one another and to individuals. Topics include major organizational theories, leadership, authority, task performance, communication, decision-making, and effectiveness. Focuses on the structural and cultural aspects of these organizations. 3:0:3
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PREREQUISITE: SO 308 or equivalent, or instructor permission. Analysis of work in the United States and a global economy. Examines the division of labor, central and peripheral labor markets, occupational prestige and professionalization, work and identity, occupational mobility, formal work hierarchies and informal colleagueship, socialization and work processes, types of occupations and professions, and the influences of large corporations and globalization. 3:0:3
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