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3.00 Credits
The process of group communication, leadership, decision- making, and problem solving; participation in various types of discussion situations and the development of effective communication within the group setting. Also listed as Communication 320. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the interplay among political and social behavior, bureaucracies, voluntary associations, and government. The social basis of democracy; emphasis on conflict and consensus models of power. Prerequisite: Sociology 101. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
Draws on sociological and feminist theories of identity to question the definitions, constructions, ambivalences, and socially constructed nature of gender and sexual identities. The course aims at helping students understand the connections between gender and sexuality, and examines how race, class, nationality, culture, and social institutions shape gender and sexual identities. Also listed as Social Work 332. Course Type(s): GS
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3.00 Credits
The evolution of law; social forces influencing law, social impact of law, and law as an instrument of social control and social change. Also listed as Political Science 364. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Political Science 101 or 103. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
Status, power, authority, and social mobility are the key concepts that sociologists use to study the role of social classes in contemporary, American society. The course covers notable studies of the American class system. It provides a close look at the power relations and lifestyles of various classes, and considers the pervasive influence of class identity on social institutions. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
Overview of major contemporary and classical theories of social change within an international and historical context; the social impact of change; effects of social variables on change processes; and assessment of predictive models of change. Prerequisite: Nine credits in Sociology. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the individual experience of work: socialization, occupational choice, career development, worker (dis)satisfaction, and unemployment; the organization of work: bureaucracy, professionalism, racism and sexism, theories of motivation, and the reward structure. Prerequisite: Three credits of Sociology. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
This service-learning course encourages students to become involved with the elderly population in the area. It introduces students to the sociological study of social gerontology or, more specifically, aging. Students will examine the cultural, social, and political structures that define the aging process. They will also study and practice ethnographic, life history in order to conduct life histories of seniors within the local community. Course Type(s): EX
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An intensive study of a particular subject or problem in sociology to be announced prior to registration. The course may be conducted on either a lecture-discussion or a seminar basis. Prerequisite: As announced in the course schedule. Course Type(s): None
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3.00 Credits
Guided readings on a topic not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Students must have at least a 2.50 cumulative GPA. Prerequisite: Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair. Course Type(s): None
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