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3.00 Credits
In this course, students analyze core problems facing urban public schools. Issues explored include funding inequities, testing schemes, privatization, high-stakes testing, bilingual education, curriculum control, and the impact of poverty on schooling. Attention is also paid to the experiences of students who come from culturally diverse backgrounds, and to immigrant and refugee youth. The possibilities of public schools are investigated throughout this course, as is the potential for reform through the use of critical pedagogy and equitable policy initiatives. Offered in the fall semester of odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the changes in contemporary families, compositions of families, expectations of family members, current policies impacting families, and family as a political issue. Consideration is also given to the myths and stereotypes of family life. Prerequisite: Core course in sociology; Offered in the fall and spring semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the social and cultural aspects of sport and physical activity. Students will study a range of topics including drug use in sport, equality of opportunity for women and people of color, social patterns and cultural perceptions of sports injury, exercise and preventive health, homophobia, gender and racial discrimination in sport, educational impacts of athletic participation, athletic participation and adolescent health, and violence in sport. Sociological, anthropological and historical perspectives will be used in this course.
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3.00 Credits
This is a critical survey and analysis of theory and research on health institutions in modern society as well as social etiology of disease, sociological components in treatment, hospital organization and medical practice and sociology of medical education. Prerequisite: Core course in sociology; Offered in the spring semester of even-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
The course deals with the processes of urbanization and conditions of urban life. Topics include the nature of urban social relationships, the organization of city life, urban ecological patterns and demographic conditions and regional influences on metropolitan centers. Prerequisite: Core course in sociology; Offered in the spring semester of even-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Students will participate in the graduate course in social epidemiology and meet a reduced level of academic requirement commensurate with their undergraduate status and skills. This course presents an overview of social epidemiology or the area of study that seeks to understand factors and conditions that determine the occurrence and distribution of disease, health, defects, disability and death among groups of people. Prerequisites: Students must have completed a minimum of 21 credit-hours of required and/or elective hours in sociology and attained junior or senior status
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to present the study of collective behavior, collective action and social movements. Attention is given to various sociological theories used to explain these behaviors. The focus includes fads and fashion, sports fans, crowds/mobs that form and dissolve quickly, formal organizations and interest groups that spring up in the aftermath of disasters, outbreaks of social protest, and full-blown social movements. Students will consider the particular circumstances which bring about collectivity, the actions taken by the group, media and public response, and the political impact of the behavior Offered in the spring semester of odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
The senior project involves a major research paper and is highly recommended for students planning on graduate school in sociology or related field. Prerequisite: Senior status; Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
This is an in-depth consideration of a special topic, problem or issue in sociology. The course may be taken more than once. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or SOC 102 or permission of the instructor; Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
This course combines on-campus lectures about the geography, history, culture and society of a designated urban center with a one-week service learning experience in that city. Campus lectures will take place in the fall semester and the one week of service learning is held between semesters, in January.
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