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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An examination of social policy issues surrounding physical and mental health, sex and sex roles, drugs, crime, violence, poverty, discrimination, aging, family life, education, the workplace and urbanization.
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3.00 Credits
This course assesses the historical and contemporary context of Chicano culture in the Southwestern United States. It examines, from a revisionist perspective, Chicano cultural history and its manifestations in contemporary forms such as music, food, myths and legends, art, literature, etc. (Also offered as MAS 238.)
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3.00 Credits
The study of human societies fromthe period of cultural beginnings to the present, with special emphasis on primitive religion, art, technology, politics, and social life.
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3.00 Credits
A study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Topics include social beliefs, conformity, group influence, persuasion, prejudice, aggression, attraction, altruism, and conflict and peacemaking. (Also offered as PSY 234.)
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3.00 Credits
A comparative examination of the family institution, including such structures and processes as marriage, socialization and the family cycle, with emphasis on changing family structures and an aging population.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to criminal law, both substantive and procedural, at the federal and state levels. Prerequisite: SOC 231A or CJ 231. (Also offered as CJ 331.)
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3.00 Credits
The cultural, economic, and social processes of Native Americans of the Southwest from prehistoric societies such as the Anasazi and Hohokam to contemporary Native American society are explored. Special emphasis is placed on colonialism and cultural identity among groups such as the Hopi, Navajo, Apache, and Yaqui.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of sport around sociological concepts: culture, social organization, deviance, small groups, and collective behavior, and as a social institution and a microcosm of the larger society.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the values, beliefs and cultural patterns of identified groups in U.S. society. Topics include race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. It reviews, within a global context, historical and contemporary relationships of such groups to the dominant society.
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3.00 Credits
Sociological perspectives are used toward the understanding of the phenomenon of crime and punishment in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the origins and causes of crime and criminal behaviors, prisons and debates about methods of punishment. Prerequisite: SOC 231 or CJ 231.
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