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4.00 Credits
Examines the history of American Sign Language, the emergence of the deaf community as a linguistic and cultural group, the cultural norms, values, traditions and rules of social behavior of the deaf community, minority dynamics and cross cultural interactions. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: SGN 201 with a grade of C or better, or consent of department chair.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Explores American Sign Language literature as an expression of the lives of deaf people in America. Introduces the tradition of the deaf community within historical, social and cultural contexts in works of folklore, nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama. Designed to increase students' knowledge, skills and appreciation of American Sign Language, deaf culture, and deaf literature. Provides students with an appreciation of the diversity of American culture. Prerequisite: SGN 205 with a grade of B or better, or consent of department chair.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Analysis and description of the structure and dynamics of human society. Application of scientific methods to the observation and analysis of social norms, groups, intergroup relations, social change, social stratification and institutions. IAI S7 900
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Examines the family as a social institution and as a dynamic interactive system. Topics include courtship, marriage, family systems, parenting, non-traditional forms of the family. IAI S7 902, IAI SOC 912
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Analysis of contemporary social problems. Investigation of theories dealing with conformity and deviance, racial and minority group prejudice, crime and delinquency, personality problems, urbanization and fundamental institutional problems due to social change. IAI S7 901, IAI SOC 911 Prerequisite: SOC 101 with a grade of C or better.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Primary social institutions, including family, religious, educational, economic and political. Questions considered: who participates, what are the functions, what are the consequences, and an evaluation of the effects of the institutions on the society.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Introduces the methods used to understand, explain and predict how the thoughts, feelings and actions of individuals are influenced by the thoughts and actions of social groups. Investigates how attitudes, beliefs and behaviors are influenced by others within society and how society is influenced by the individual. IAI S8 900 Prerequisite: PSY 101 or SOC 101 with a grade of C or better.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Studies selected problems or topics in social science. The exact content and instructional methodology will vary from semester to semester depending on the material to be studied. A syllabus or course outline containing additional information will be available with pre-registration materials each time that the course is offered. This course may be taken from one to six credit hours.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Examines the social processes in society which translate biological differences (sex) between men and women into social and psychological categories or gender roles. Various theories will be considered in an attempt to understand the existence of gender inequality and how the process of socialization influences the proper "place" for men and womenin society. Gender roles and power are considered when analyzing the marketplace, politics, marriage and family, or in considering issues such as the feminization of poverty, violence in the home, and male sensitivity. IAI S7 904D, IAI SOC 914 Prerequisite: SOC 101 with a grade of C or better.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Examines differential power relations between racial and ethnic groups. Analyzes the economic, political and cultural structures that produce and reproduce these power differences. Focuses on cultural diversity and various dimensions of prejudice and discrimination including an analysis of racial and ethnic inequality and its origins, conditions under which these forms of inequalities are (re)produced. IAI S7 903D Prerequisite: SOC 101 with a grade of C of better.
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