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4.00 Credits
How minority sexual identities have been the subject of speculation, misunderstanding, and sometimes violent attempts at correction or elimination. Sexual orientation, gender role, including transvestitism and "drag," transsexualism,sexism, heterosexism, and homophobia. Emphasis on critical thinking, guest speakers, and discussions. (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Patterns of social interaction, group behavior and attitudes provide a focus on the relationship of the individual to society. Social structure and social change within the institutions of society provide a focus on the relationship of society to the individual. The influences of social class, gender and race are explored at each level of analyses. Theories, methods and research results provide micro and macro models for understanding society. Staff (SS)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Topics in sociology and social psychology. May be repeated for credit. (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Course examines race and ethnicity from a sociological perspective. Focus on the role of the major racial and ethnic communities in modern American society. Explores the roles of race and ethnicity in identity, social relations, and social inequality. Topics include racial and ethnic communities, minority/majority groups, assimilation, prejudice/discrimination, identity, and the social construction of the concept of "race." Johnson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to political sociology through an examination of the major sociological questions concerning power, politics, and the state. Covers questions concerning state formation, nationalism, social movements, globalization, political culture and participation, and civil society. Includes examples such as racism, welfare reform, campaign financing, coal mining in Appalachia, revolution in Latin America, the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, and the place of the United States in a global society. Munson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Examines the social, religious, and political foundations of terrorism by studying the roots of terrorism historically and cross-nationally. We will look at the differing kinds of terrorism, including political terrorism in the Middle East, anti-abortion terrorism in the United States, eco-terrorism, and religious and state terrorism throughout the world. Students will have a chance to better understand the beliefs of terrorists, conditions that produce and sustain terrorism, and the origins of political violence more generally. Munson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Social science approaches to the latter two-thirds of the life. Cognitive and personality development; attitudes toward aging; social behavior of older adults; widow- hood; retirement. Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or SSP 1. May not be taken pass/fail. Hyland (SS)
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4.00 Credits
This course brings to the forefront the intersections of race, class, gender, and nation with women's employment around the world. We will examine women's paid and unpaid work in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa in an effort to understand the striking persistence of gender inequality over time and across the world. Topics of study include: work and family relations, women's domestic labor, factory work, and agribusiness. In addition, we will explore the ways in which women have organized for changes in work and in their communities in order to conceive of possibilities for the future of women's work. Krasas (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Theories, methods of investigation and results of research on the way social and psychological processes interact in human behavioral settings. Topics include analysis of self and relationships, dynamics of small groups, attitudes and persuasion, prejudice, prosocial and antisocial behavior. Prerequisite: One of the following introductory courses: ANTH 1 or SSP 1 or PSYC 1. Rosenwein (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Theories and empirical research regarding interpersonal behavior in small groups. Classroom exercises and group simulations. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Rosenwein (SS)
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