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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101. This course explores culture and society highlighting how these dynamic forces are created by and affect human social behavior, particularly in contemporary society. Major theoretical perspectives within sociology are emphasized throughout the course and the methods that sociologists use to study social phenomena are discussed. Topics studied include: the process of socialization, social interaction, group dynamics, bureaucracies, deviance, social stratification and inequality on the basis of social class, race, and gender. Social change, social movements and collective behavior are also addressed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101, SOC 101. This course analyzes contemporary problems of American society through the application of different sociological perspectives. Topics include (but are not limited to) poverty, racism, sexism, problems within the family, crime, and ecology. Primary emphasis is placed on the structure of American social institutions and how social problems arise from those structures.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101. This course explores the problems of juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system in American society. Concepts of delinquency causation and control are discussed in both historical and modern perspectives. The interrelationship of delinquency and family, school, religion and society in general are explored. The roles of the juvenile court personnel, including the prosecutor, defense counsel, the judge and the juvenile probation officer are evaluated as are the concepts of community-based and institutional corrections. Special delinquency problems such as gangs, substance abuse and juveniles in adult courts are explored.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101. This course is a study of crime as a social phenomenon and how programs of social control affect and are affected by crime. It analyzes the conditions under which criminal laws develop and the causes of crime. It consists of the study of crime and control of crime including processes in criminal behavior, punitive policies and social structure.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101, SOC 101. This course examines the sociological concept of deviance. Definitions of deviance and theories of deviant behavior will be discussed and critically evaluated. The concept of deviance will be further explored by addressing various deviant and criminal behaviors of concern to our society and their causes and attempts to control them.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101, SOC 101. This course explores the ways that gender and systems of inequality on the basis of gender impact the lives of women in America and around the world. Discussions include: the historical roots of the current system of gender inequality; the ways that both women and men perpetuate women's unequal status; the impact of inequality on the lives of women; and the future of women's status relative to men.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101, Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101. This course will explore aging as a social phenomenon (not just a biological fact) in order to more fully understand the social and personal implications of the aging process. Both "macro" and "microperspectives will be applied to answer questions about the experience of aging for the individual and the society in which we live. The diversity of the population we call "elderly" will be emphasized as we explore thecultural, social, economic, political, health, and personal dimensions of becoming old and being old in America.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101, Completion of ENG 094 or placement in ENG 101. This course offers a comparative theoretical study of family organization in different societies. The dynamic nature of the family institution in American society is a core theme. Historical and contemporary issues are analyzed to include cross-cultural discussions regarding marital interaction, parent-child relations, sexual behavior, divorce, remarriage, and death.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SPA 101 or 1-2 units of high school Spanish, or equivalent. Beginning Spanish I is designed for the beginning student with no previous experience in Spanish. The main objectives of this course are to help students develop effective communication skills in Spanish through the elementary development of the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), while focusing on and critically examining cultural beliefs, values and aspects of everyday life in Spanish-speaking nations. SPA 102 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH II - 3 Credits A continuation of SPA 101 increasing fluency and familiarity with the language.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SPA 102 or 3-4 units of high school Spanish, or equivalent. Further develops the four basic language skills with emphasis on comprehension and use of the spoken language. Readings in Spanish introduce Hispanic culture and literature.
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