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3.00 Credits
Taught in Vietnam and Cambodia, this three-week course focuses on the socioeconomic, cultural and political change of Southeast Asia. The course is field based and includes the study of local markets, factories, agricultural coops, housing projects, NGO programs, museums, and historical sites. (Hyun Sook Kim)
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3.00 Credits
This course is organized into three sections: First, the social action section deals with how social change can be realized through the implementation of political strategies and tactics in the creation and/or alleviation of problems of moral indignation. The theory section provides major sociological perspectives for examining certain public issues. Finally, the problems section takes an in-depth look at specific social problems such as pollution, poverty and crime.
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3.00 Credits
The role and influence of the media in contemporary societies, with specific attention to questions regarding: the influence of the media over people's lives in "mass society," the political ideology inherentin mass media messages, the organization of media industries and the media as means for subcultural expressions.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines theoretical modes of sociological inquiry and empirical research through an in-depth study of the self and society. Through classical and contemporary readings, five areas are explored: the construction of the self; socialization and sexuality; the power of social structures and circumstances; deviance; and globalization and social change.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines national liberation movements, social revolutions, and labor and environmental justice movements. The course explores the local and global impact of colonialism and capitalism and struggles to confront deepening forms of oppression, injustice and inequality. (Hyun Sook Kim) Connections: Conx 20041 Colonial Encounters, Conx 23011 Revolution!
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3.00 Credits
What is social "class" and how do we understandclass inequality How does one's "class" positioshape one's social standing and life's chances The course focuses on class analysis from various perspectives and investigates social stratification, inequality, mobility, poverty, wealth, power, domination and commodification in the globalized world. (Hyun Sook Kim)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding crime and criminal behavior. The individual actor, the social environment, the law and the criminal justice system will be examined in order to better understand violent crime, juvenile delinquency, gangs, organized crime, white-collar crime, etc. We will also focus on the alternative of restorative justice. (A. Javier Trevino)
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3.00 Credits
What role does work play in people's lives Why is work organized the way that it is Should it or can it be changed How does work affect the way that people treat each other Can work be controlled and managed This course will address these questions while investigating the social, political and cultural forms of work in the United States and Japan. (John Grady)
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3.00 Credits
The primary objective of this course is to develop a sociological and critical analysis of various types of deviant behaviors and deviant statuses, including criminality, delinquency, alcoholism, mental illness, physical defects, etc. (A. Javier Trevino)
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine medicine as an institution and explore the consequences of its organization for public policy. Should doctors control health care Should medicine be socialized Has medicine made us healthier Does our system of health care devalue women The course will investigate these and other questions. (John Grady)
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