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  • SOC 343: Minority Group Relations

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    This course examines the significance of racial, ethnic and other minority group statuses in society. Topics include patterns of group relations such as assimilation and segregation; social sources of prejudice; sources and areas of discrimination, such as within education, employment, housing, and the criminal justice system; contemporary issues such as hate groups use of the Internet; and social responses to inequalities, such as the civil rights movement in the United States. This course was previously listed as SOC 253.
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  • SOC 345: Gender and Work

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    This course examines gender and sexuality as sociological phenomena. Topics include gender socialization, the construction of social identities other the life course, the enactment of gendered and sexual selves across public (economic / educational / political / religious) spheres, feminist and LGBTQ+ social movements and counter-movements, and contemporary debates involving the legal rights of men, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Cross-listed as WMST 370. Prerequisites: SOC 101, WMST 180, or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 350: Social Welfare Policy

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    An examination of social welfare programs in various fields of practice, such as child welfare, mental health, juvenile corrections, income mainte-nance, and others. The political and economic factors that influence social policy and the provision of social services are studied, as are specific so-cial problems and the services intended to address them. The course em-phasizes the legitimate role and responsibility of government in providing efficient and humane ways of meeting human needs. An important part of this course involves service learning through volunteer work at a social work agency. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 351: Sociology of the Family

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    This course examines families, marriages, and intimate relationships from a sociological point of view. It emphasizes how family has changed over time, how family forms vary across cultures, and ways in which families are affected by the inequalities of gender, race/ethnicity, and class. Topics include dating and intimacy; parenting and child-care; divisions of power and labor in families; current issues such as sexual orientation, divorce, stepfamilies, teen childbirth, and family violence; and policies and pro-grams that respond to these issues. Cross-listed as WMST 351. Prereq-uisites: SOC 101 or WMST 180 or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 354: Urban Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    An exploration of the modern city as an environment that both shapes and is shaped by human social behavior. More broadly, this course considers the role of space and place in all aspects of human interaction, from routine everyday behavior to larger arrangements of economic, political, and cultural power at the local, national, and global level. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 355: Social Work and Mental Health

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    A survey of mental health issues, including the history of mental illness treatment (with special emphasis on precedents for today), its various di-agnostic classifications, the types of interventions, and relevant agencies. There will be a special focus on government-supported agencies, includ-ing the role of community mental health centers. An important part of this course involves service learning through volunteer work at a social work agency. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or PSYC 101 and consent of the in-structor.
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  • SOC 360: Child Welfare Services

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    A survey of the child welfare system, including foster care, adoptions, child abuse and neglect, school social services, institutional care, and ju-venile probation. To help focus the course on current issues, each student will investigate a child welfare agency and give an oral presentation. There will also be news analyses of current events related to child welfare. An important part of this course involves service learning through volunteer work at a social work agency. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 367: Sociology of Aging

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    Exploration of aging as a biological, psychological, and sociological event. Em-phasis on aging as a social problem and examination of problematic condi-tions such as health, finances, the transition into retirement, individual adap-tation to aging, and the society's current inconsistent responses to aging. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 372: Sociology of Religion

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    A study of religion from a sociological perspective into the meanings, sources, variations, and conflicts of religion; comparisons of sociological views of religion to theological, psychological, and anthropological perspectives; the role of religion in American social, political, and economic life. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor.
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  • SOC 373: Juvenile Delinquency

    3.00 Credits
    King's College - Pennsylvania

    The sociological and social psychological factors involved in delinquent behavior. The material is considered within the framework of definition, extent, causation and accountability and the reaction to the problem of juvenile delinquency. Cross-listed as CJ 373. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor.
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