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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A sociological analysis of mental health and mental illness. This course examines the social, cultural and political factors involved in the definition of mental illness and the control of mental illness in society. Emphasis is placed on labeling theory, on the impact of status characteristics (e.g. race, ethnicity, social class, and gender) and social relationships on levels of stress and social functioning; and on legal and ethical issues associated with current health care trends, including the deinstitutionalization of mental patients and the movement toward community-based care. Prerequisites: SO 101 or permission of the instructor. (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Nature of crime forms, extent, causes and treatment. Prerequisites: SO 101 and junior standing. (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the ethnic (including racial) compositions of society, the minority group status of some ethnic groups and the strains toward assimilation or cultural pluralism. Prerequisites: SO 101 and junior standing. (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
A study of the dynamics of class and caste, class mobility, power, authority, influence and prestige in different kinds of communities. Prerequisites: SO 101 (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
A study of structures, basic processes, resources and techniques and their application in the functioning of rural, urban and suburban communities. Special attention to planning principles in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Prerequisites: SO 101 and junior standing. (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for students interested in understanding how racism affects our social institutions and interactions. We will take a close look at understanding prejudices and myths about race. A clear retrospective will be explored in events that have influenced the establishment of racist institutions and behaviors. Prerequisites: SO 101 (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the culture and social structures of Latin American societies and aims at undermining the traditional stereotypes that have long been a part of Latin American images circulating throughout the United States. It examines in particular Latin America in the context of the globalizing of social life. Prerequisites: SO 101 (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Politics, Culture, Economics, and the process of European Integration: This course acquaints the student with the culture, economics, and politics of Western Europe and with the general process of European integration. First, it provides a general overview of contemporary Western Europe and then emphasizes the workings of the European Union, introducing the student to the organization and functioning of the different institutions of the European Union and interpreting the meaning of this process within the global context. Prerequisites: SO 101 or any Introduction to Social Sciences course. (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course is about the constitution of the global system, and the processes which are reproducing and transforming the structures of globalization. The course acquaints the student with the process of worldwide economic, cultural, and political flows and provides an introduction to the organization and functioning of the global society. Prerequisites: SO 101 or any Introduction to Social Sciences course. (U/G) (3 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the topic of crime in popular culture: crime as portrayed in print and electronic media, film, and entertainment industries. We will study the "popular" manifestation of crime as it exists in the stories reported by news media and in the cultural images produced for mass entertainment. (U) (3 credits)
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