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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 and SOC 08223 This course examines the socio-historical development of social work, giving attention to the processes of casework, group work and community organization as well as aspects of social work as a profession. This course may not be offered annually.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 or COMP 01112 This course explores the major theoretical and research issues in the study of deviant behavior. Then, drawing on a wide variety of types of deviant behavior, the course studies three levels of social reality: the interpersonal, the organizational and the structural. The course seeks to place deviant behavior within the context of traditional social processes and structures.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 or SOC 08220 or COMP 01112 This course focuses upon the processes and social forces which facilitate the ways in which individuals are prepared to enter various groups within the life cycle.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 This course compares the educational systems of different societies and their relationships to other social institutions in their societies. Such features as the overall purposes and goals of education, its accessibility to different social strata, gender differences, services to special populations in the society, and the teaching profession are compared. In each case study studied, both unique characteristics of the educational system are highlighted aswell as those similar to other societies, with the focus on social forces which influence the makeup and functioning of different educational systems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 This course examines the major classic and modern theories of social stratification and analyzes the forms and functions of social inequality in contemporary societies. It stresses the influence of class membership on individual behavior and examines the implications of institutionalized inequalities for democratic societies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 and SOC 08100 This course studies the historical and conceptual development of the major schools of thought within the "sociological tradition." It emphasizes an understanding of the nature of theory and systems of theory, the application of theory, the problems inherent in theorizing about society and social life and the relations between sociological theory and research. (Required for sociology majors)
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3.00 Credits
SOC 08120 Contemporary Sociological Theory is one of two core courses that starts with the classical period and culminates with this course covering theory in recent times. Contemporary Sociological Theory examines the state of the field in the twentieth century, focusing on theoretical issues and frameworks that have come to define Sociology, its research and methods. It will include consideration of the Parsonian structural functionalism of the 1950s, the critique of Positivism that emerged during the 1960s, and the fragmentation of the field into the many perspectives and approaches there are today.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 This course uses sociological propositions of bureaucracy, professionalization, delegation, goal distortions and informal organization to evaluate critically various management philosophies. It examines interdependence of structure, status, leadership and motivation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 The purpose of this course is to study education as a social institution and its interrelationships with other social institutions. It focuses on how education is affected by social forces such as demographic changes, governmental policy, and mass media; and how education itself impacts on the rest of society, such as perpetuating social inequalities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 08120 This course focuses on using sociological theories and concepts, research methods, and ethical decision-making processes to solve problems. Sociological practice occurs at all levels from the individual to societal. The course links the student to a variety of career pathways and occupational settings, including mental health, rehabilitation, work in prisons, and youth and family services.
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