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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Examines men as fathers as well as their role in the wider culture. It seeks to enhance the personal, historical, professional and behavioral awareness of fathers and the professionals who serve them.
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3.00 Credits
Acquaints you with the major issues and concepts pertinent to the field of gerontology. The course introduces various theoretical perspectives on aging, the changing trends in life expectancy and other demographic considerations, and the interrelationship between elders and key social institutions. It provides an overview of physical, cognitive, and socioemotional factors associated with aging.
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3.00 Credits
Examines how cities and city life are shaped by cultural, social, political, and economic forces operating at many different levels. Additionally, SOC 203 examines the history and theoretical roots of urban anthropology and sociology, ethnographic fieldwork in urban environment, and urban social organization in cross-cultural perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
Develops an understanding of marriage, family and kinship. The course examines the family as an institution and how social, cultural and personal factors influence family relations. The stability and diversity of the family will be explored, along with current trends and some alternative lifestyles.
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3.00 Credits
The examination of humans and the environment from an ecological perspective. SOC 207 focuses on industrial and economic growth versus sustainability, natural resources development and management, environmental values and social movements, and comparative perspectives on people’s relationship to the environment. Review of the “Green” movement and other environmental movements and their impacts upon social dynamics, the environment, and the evolution of social movements.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces social research methods with an emphasis on the scientific method and the role of empirical inquiry into sociology. This course will include the study of methodologies of data collection and analysis, the logic of research, the role of theory, measurement, sampling and research designs. Field research and the professional norms and ethics of social research will also be covered.
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3.00 Credits
Critically explores current social issues that result in societal problems. This course adopts a social constructionist perspective to focus on such issues as civil liberties, gender discrimination, substance abuse, crime, poverty and social change.
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3.00 Credits
Gives you the theoretical and factual background necessary to understand the phenomenon of gender stratification in American and other cultures. You will be exposed to a history of gender stratification in human societies, theoretical explanations for this and insights into the consequences of gender differentiation in our world today.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the variety of intergroup relations regarding race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and other diversity issues. Patterns of prejudice, discrimination and possible solutions to these issues will be addressed.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the sociology of religion, including a comparative and critical examination of world religions, by focusing on sociological interpretation and explanation of the role of religion in human culture. The interaction between society and religion is thus examined as are a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices.
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