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  • SOC 1410: Aging and the Quality of Life

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Provides a broad-based knowledge of the aging process and its impact on the quality of life of elders. Explores physical, psychological, social, cultural factors. Assesses different approaches to meeting needs of elders and providing high quality care and examines consequences of an aging population for social institutions. Prerequisites: SO 1 or 2 and BC 7 or 31, or permission of the instructor.
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  • SOC 1420: Violence and Society

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    The course focuses on the personal and structural sources and consequences of violence in the U.S. We investigate three levels of violence: interpersonal; institutional, wherein social institutions do violence to individuals or groups; and structural, examining the structures of society that tolerate or promote violence, both within the society and toward other societies. Next, we examine the culture of violence that permeates our society, including the mass media and violence. WE focus on specific forms of violence in our society, including gang violence, bullying, violence within schools, sex trafficking, war, religious violence, and terrorism.
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  • SOC 1430: Social Structure and Personal Development

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    The relationship between one's place in the social structure and one's own personal growth. Investigates the social aspects of individual growth and change throughout the life course. Also examines social factors involved in the failure to find a meaningful place for oneself in society.
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  • SOC 1440: Intimate Violence

    0.00 - 1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Explores sociological perspectives of violence in intimate relationships. Begins with theories of violence, including social learning theory, the frustration-aggression hypothesis, and violence as catharsis. Examines the contributions of gender, race status, media violence, and pornography to the issue. Investigates specific forms of intimate violence: sexual aggression (including "acquaintance rape"), partner abuse, elderly abuse, and child abuse. Not open to first year students.
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  • SOC 1540: Human Needs and Social Services

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    The development of human services provided by societies for their members. A broad range of social welfare institutions are studied, including income maintenance, family policy, housing, and health. The organization of institutions and professions receives particular attention. Issues of class, race, and gender are covered. Alternative models of human services are discussed.
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  • SOC 1550: Sociology of Medicine

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    The sociopolitical context within which health, illness, and medical care are defined. Sociological materials are used to examine current developments in the health care field. Emphasis on identifying social and political forces that impinge upon the delivery systems and tracing their impact on the roles of practitioners and the health of their clients.
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  • SOC 1600: Comparative Development

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    An exploration of the economic, political, and social changes that constitute development. Both the historical experience of Europe and the contemporary Third World are considered. Major processes examined include state and nation-building, agricultural modernization, colonialism, industrialization, revolution and socialism, authoritarianism and democracy, and socioeconomic distribution. Emphasis on the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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  • SOC 1620: Globalization and Social Conflict

    0.00 - 1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Examines the effect globalization is having on the economies and societies of the developed and developing world. Focuses in particular on how new forms of global production and networking are transforming the traditional role of the nation-state, creating new dynamics of wealth distribution, and generating new sources of social conflict and political contestation, including transnational social movements. WRIT
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  • SOC 1640: Social Exclusion

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Why are some groups rejected and others accepted? This course examines the mechanisms of belonging and ostracism, social integration and exclusion, theories of diversity and hierarchy, and policies to reduce exclusion and inequality.
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  • SOC 1650: Unequal Societies

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    This course compares nation-states in terms of various forms of inequality and assesses theories explaining international inequalities. It examines why poverty, income inequality, and poor health are greater in the United States than in comparably affluent countries, why intergenerational mobility varies, and why some societies treat women more equally or are more accepting of immigrants and cultural minorities than others. It asks whether the high standard of living in the Global North comes at the expense of the Global South. What holds unequal societies together and pulls them apart? Can inequalities be reduced?
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