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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 1010. An analysis of macro-social theories including Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, and micro-social theories including symbolic interaction, role theory, and social exchange theory. This course will be offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 1010 and MTH 1150 or Instructor's consent. An introduction to the basic skills necessary in conducting empirical research in the social sciences. Topics covered will include the logic of science in sociology, literature reviews, design and measurement, use of primary and secondary data, ethical issues in research, and writing research reports. This course will be offered every spring. Gen. Ed. Designation: EL (R - Undergraduate Research).
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on dissidents, those labeled mentally ill, sexual and religious minorities, gamblers, addicts, and other non criminal deviants. It studies the role of public stigma in the maintenance of both solidarity and inequality, as well as the consequences for those labeled deviant.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to utilize sociological concepts and methods to examine the relationship between the legal system and other institutions in society. We will consider the importance of law in shaping our social existence and explore the way laws are structured by people, ideas, and social conditions. During the semester, you will be given the opportunity to: (1) examine historical influences on the role of law in society; (2) isolate contexts and social forces which shape the creation of laws; (3) analyze compatible and competing theoretical explanations used to justify laws; and (4) perfect and demonstrate meaningful exchange of ideas through both written and verbal communication skills.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or consent of instructor. The role of education in modern industrial life. The contributions of various theories to understanding how schools affect the individual and relate to the economy, families, race, ethnicity, and social class.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or Instructor's consent. This course looks into how the media shapes our knowledge of politics. The symbolism and layers of meaning embedded in political and other types of media commentary will be analyzed using various theoretical frameworks such as the sociology of knowledge, social constructionism, structuralism, critical theory, and postmodernity. Foundational works taken up could include readings by Foucault, Merton, Mannheim, and Habermas along with more contemporary readings of politics, media, and popular culture.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or Instructor's consent. Numerous sociological perspectives are used to understand the role of music in society. These include how music is produced, the social meaning people give it, the role of music as a marker of social status, how people of diverse backgrounds cooperate to make music, and the scenes that foster innovative music. Together these will help us to hazard predictions about the future of music. Music of diverse sorts, from disco to country, jazz, classical, hip-hop, and techno, will be used to show these and related processes, but the prime focus is on the trajectory of popular music over the last half of the century.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of the film industry and the significance of films in the cultural history of the United States. In particular, it focuses on the influence of social conditions on the film industry and the content of films.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students observe various communities with needs in the Nashville area such as soup kitchens, prisons, retirement homes, homeless shelters, schools, and so on. Students document the experiences of those within these communities through photographic essays. Moreover, they link their observations/documentation with key readings about social problems. Students are encouraged to think of themselves as agents of social change.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or Instructor's consent. What does it mean to be a "real man" or a "real woman" in the contemporary United States How does that meaning vary across societies or historical eras How are masculinities and femininities shaped by social factors such as race/ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation Gender plays and important part of our lives as individuals, but also structures life within U.S. society and throughout the world. This course will focus on gender socialization, practices, and inequalities in the United States and globally. Specifically, we will examine the influence of gender in interpersonal relationships, at work, in education, in families, and in other areas of social life. Gen. Ed. Designation: EL (R - Undergraduate Research).
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