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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Sociological theories of deviant behavior including social causation, labeling, stigmatization. Sexual deviance, suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, counterculture. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5, or permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits Nature and cause of crime; its relationship to social structure. The criminal in society. Approaches to the study of crime and its treatment and prevention. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5.
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3 hours; 3 credits Exploration of the relationship between African Americans and the criminal justice system. Sociological theory and methods of collecting and understanding information. Assessment of the political, social, and economic institutions of American society as they frame race, crime, and punishment. Ways that the American criminal justice system has operated to both maintain and ameliorate a racially oppressive society. This course is the same as Africana Studies 43.2.
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3 hours; 3 credits Relationships between men and women in America today. Cultural consequences of biological differences. Sexual stereotypes in mass media. Legal position and education of women in comparison with men. Different work opportunities and the problems of combining work and family. Role of minority group women. Movement toward sexual equality. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5, or permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits Social impact of computers on various groups, subcultures, and institutions. Effect of computer toys on children. Video games, computers in classrooms, "hackers," the world ofprofessional programmers, computers in the workplace, robots, and expert systems. Political and military impact of computers. Issues of privacy and ethics. This course is the same as Computer and Information Science 5.4. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 3.11 or 3.12 or Core Studies 5 or 5.1, or Computer and Information Science 1.10 or 1.20 or 1.5; and Core Curriculum 2.3 or Core Studies 3 or Sociology 5.
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3 hours; 3 credits Introduction to the social organization of such modern medical institutions as hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation agencies. Social roles of health professionals and their clients. Clientprofessional relationship in different types of practice. Impact of illness on the patient's life. Problems of medical care in America today. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5, or permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits Continuity and change in society. Changing concept of social change. Theories of social change. Factors and determinants of social change. Problems of planning, inducing, controlling social change. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5, or permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits Ethnic and racial makeup of the United States. Regional differences. Characteristic features of dominant and minority cultures. Problems of minority groups; their adjustment to the dominant culture. Concept of cultural pluralism. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5.
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3 hours; 3 credits Study of collective action motivated by political goals. Basic structures of social movements in the U.S. and internationally. Role of leadership, tactics, strategy, resource moibilization, cultural frames, opportunity structures, cycles of protest and reform, interaction with the media, globalization and international diffusion. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5, or permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits Nature and effects of globalization in the U.S. and internationally. Rise of multinational institutions and their critics. Immigration and cultural transformation in response to political conflict and economic dislocation. Effect on race, class, and gender inequality. Prerequisite: Core Curriculum 2.3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology 5.
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