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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the history of the Empire of the United States of America from its founding with the second republic to modern times. The course also describes the nature of the economic, military, political, and cultural linkages within the empire. The course also focuses on the impact of empire on class and ethnic relations in the imperial center and periphery.
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6.00 Credits
An advanced course in social organizations, allowing for a more thorough coverage of selected topics, e.g. social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demographics, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems, race and ethnic relations, rural sociology, urban sociology, and work reorganization. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.
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3.00 Credits
Major theories of sex inequality; historical and cross-cultural variations in systems of sex inequality; social, economic, political, and cultural processes perpetuating sex inequality in U.S. society; interrelationships between racial, class, and sex inequality; strategies for social change.
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6.00 Credits
An advanced course in deviance, allowing for a more thorough coverage of selected topics,? e.g., crime, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, corrections, mental illness, sexual deviance, drug use, and violence. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.
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3.00 Credits
Considers violence in society: its origins, forms, and consequences. Aspects of violence considered include biological, psychological, social, and cultural. Forms examined include revolution, terrorism, family violence, religious conflict, and mobs/riots. Purpose of the course is to help the student better understand the role played by violence in modern society.
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6.00 Credits
Specific topics to be announced, e.g., socialization, self-concept development, small-group structures and processes, interpersonal relations, language and human behavior, attitude formation and change, collective behavior, public opinion, intergroup relations. May be repeated for credit; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.
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6.00 Credits
Specific topics to be announced, e.g., structuralism, evolutionary theory, symbolic interaction theory, symbolic interaction theory, functionalism, social action theory, exchange theory, history and development of social theory, sociology of knowledge. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.
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6.00 Credits
Specific topics to be announced, e.g., scaling, logic of inquiry, model construction and formalization, research design, data collection, sampling, measurement, statistical analysis. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.
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3.00 Credits
Capstone seminar in sociology; integrates knowledge on theory and practice from previous sociology courses, with emphasis on historical, contemporary, and future issues in sociology.
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3.00 Credits
Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience in conjunction with directed readings and writing. Students are trained in using their sociology understanding and skills in working at diagnosing and developing research projects and/or social change interventions for social organizations in the community.
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