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3.00 Credits
A primary purpose of this course is to provide an in-depth cross-cultural analysis of family systems. It will involve an examination of the major aspects of the family. In addition, attempts will be made to understand the basic sociological perspectives employed in the analysis of family. Junior/senior status recommended. (Global Issues/non-Western Studies). Prerequisite: completion of at least 40 credit hours of college coursework. Three semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the sociology of sports and leisure in the United States. Sports and leisure activities and relationships at micro, meso, and macro levels of sociological reality will be examined. Particular attention will be paid to understanding how sports and leisure activities are embedded in systems of class, race, and gender stratification and how they relate to social institutions such as the family, politics, media, religion, and the economy. Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or department approval. Three semester hours.
Prerequisite:
SOCI 101
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3.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth comparison of social problems and issues of aging and how they relate to both time and place. Theories of aging will be introduced and analyzed with reference to the variations and similarities of the aging experience as a global concern. Prerequisite: Junior/Senior status only. (General Education - Global Issues and Cultures and General Education Elective). Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the field of environmental sociology. It addresses the impact of natural and built environments upon human populations; the relationships between nature, culture and society; the causes and consequences of environmental degradation in the United States and around the world; and differential responses of individual, institutional, and non-institutional actors to environmental problems. Junior or Senior status. (General Education - Global Issues and Cultures and General Education Electives) Three semester hours.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This is an exploration of topics and issues not currently included in the criminal justice or sociology curriculum. This course explores emergent areas within sociology or criminology as informed by theory. May be taken for additional credit as topic changes. Cross-listed with CJ 371. Prerequisites: CJ 101, POLS 101, and SOCI 101 or departmental approval. One to three semester hours.
Prerequisite:
( CJ 101 and( POLS 101 and( SOCI 101
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3.00 Credits
Special or experimental courses that either explore sociological topics relevant to all cultures and societies or explores a sociological issue relevant to nonwestern cultures and societies. Prerequisite: Junior/Senior status. (General Education - Global Issues and Cultures and General Education Electives) Three semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
The use of violence as a cultural and political weapon dates back over 2000 years. This course explores key foundational topics by defining types of violence, introducing the history and causes of violence, as well as discussing environments of violence (domestic, global, religious, etc.), tactics, targets, and counterterrorism. Contemporary information regarding ethnic violence, emerging terrorist movements, and social media and violence are also included. Junior/senior status recommended. (Global Issues/Nonwestern Studies General Education). Three semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with the skills to analyze risk at different levels of social reality, helping students to better manage risk in their own lives and communities. Philosophical and theoretical perspectives on the nature of risk, key debates in the field of risk studies, and how specific populations around the world are differentially vulnerable to risk will be addressed. Junior/senior status recommended. (Global Issues/Nonwestern Studies General Education.) Three semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the logic and conduct of social research, relationships between theory and empirical evidence; formulation of hypotheses; conduct and analysis of field research; research design; techniques for data collection and analysis. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 with "C" or better; MATH 211 or BA 225 with "C" or better; and nine additional hours in criminal justice or sociology with "C" or better. Students must also have a Lander GPA of at least 2.0 and permission of the instructor to take this course. Three semester hours.
Prerequisite:
( SOCI 101 and MATH 211 or BA 225)
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students the opportunity to critically examine the major theoretical orientations in classical sociological thought. Students will use knowledge and skill based techniques to reinforce their understanding of theory construction and to generate models of social processes and dynamics. The course will also explore the social, political, cultural and historical contexts in which theory is developed as well as the structural transformations of modernity that shaped early sociological theory. A central focus of the course will be using sociological theory to make connections between individual circumstances and the general nature of social life. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 and nine additional hours in sociology with "C" or better in each. Students must also have a Lander GPA of at least 2.0 and permission of the instructor to take this course. Three semester hours.
Prerequisite:
( SOCI 101 and( ENGL 275 or ENGL 373
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