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3.00 Credits
Fourth of four courses in Western Culture required of all Honors students. Course covers period from 19th century to present. Focus will be on selected major issues of Western Civilization in the modern era: science and human values, bureaucratic and totalitarian societies, psychoanalytical thought, feminism, nihilism, existentialism. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of the key theories and topics in Women's and Gender Studies. Special attention is given to how gender intersects with class, race, nationality, religion and sexuality to structure women's and men's lives. Students are also introduced to methods of gender analysis and will begin to apply these methods to topics such as women and health, gender roles in the family, violence against women, and gendered images in the mass media.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an attempt to define a modern cultural history of Detroit. Taught by two faculty members, the emphasis of the course will vary but the following aspects of the city's cultural history will be covered in some detail: its literature, arts, music and architecture; its social conditions and broadened American cultural context. Not open to students who have completed SOC 305 or ENGL 305 or HUM 305 or ARTH 305 or HIST 305.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an attempt to define a modern cultural history of Detroit. A team of three or four faculty members will explore the relationship between society and the arts in Detroit from several aspects: Detroit's literature, arts, music, and architecture; its social conditions and broader American cultural context. Field trips into the city are also included. Course not open to students who have completed ARTH 304, ENGL 304, HIST 304, HUM 304 or SOC 304. (AY).
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3.00 Credits
This course will confront and complicate the following key questions: what does it mean to be an American? What is American culture? Participants in this course will respond to the questions central to the American Studies field by reading and discussing historical, sociological, literary, artistic, material culture, political, economic, and other sources. Students will use this interdisciplinary study to examine the multiple identities of Americans - as determined by factors such as gender, race, class, ethnicity, and religion. While emphasizing the diversity of American culture, participants will consider some core values and ideas uniting America both in historical and contemporary society. Students will be invited to seek out and share fresh narratives of the American experience.
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3.00 Credits
A historical survey of the major theorists and their works from the beginnings of sociological positivism to contemporary theories. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
A sociological discussion of computers and other information technology. Starting with the larger context of technology and social change, an exploration of various forms of information technology, their history and development, their relationship to the changing social structure of a post- industrial society like 20th/21st century USA. Case studies could include "Computers and the Workplace," "Computers in Medicine," "Computers and Education," and "Computers in Popular Culture." Course concludes with a discussion of new social problems and possible futures. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
In a middle class-oriented culture, the poor experience many problems and are also considered deviant which tend to make poverty self-perpetuating. This stratum will be explored with respect to life styles, life changes, contributing factors, characteristics, individual and social consequences, and evaluation of attempted solutions. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of the interrelationships of the functioning of social systems and the behavior and attitudes of individuals. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
Frequency distributions and descriptive measures. Populations, sampling, and statistical inference. Elementary probability and linear regression. Use of statistical computer packages to analyze data. Students electing this course should have completed a minimum of one year of high school algebra. Students can receive credit for only one of MATH 363, STAT 363, SOC 383, and STAT 325. (F,W,S).
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