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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Sociological analysis of families in the United States, including investigations of historical and contemporary patterns. Issues addressed include parenting, combining work and family, divorce and remarriage, family policies. Staff (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Primary focus is on race, gender, and class as axes of disadvantage and privilege in work and employment. We will explore both theories and empirical studies of inequality as well as their social, political, and practical ramifications for the workplace. The course will be conducted seminar-style and the' class will rely heavily on student participation. Krasas (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Residential patterns, social policies and services for the aged. Alternative political strategies, health programs, living arrangements and workplace choices considered. The changing roles of the elderly in American and other societies, and the special problems they face. Impact of changing age structure. Lasker (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Review of sociological, social psychological, and anthropological perspectives on science as a cognitive and social enterprise. Analysis of past and contemporary case studies as well as experimental/simulation research. Rosenwein (SS)
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4.00 Credits
The development of delinquent behavior within its social context; an analysis of delinquent gangs and subcultures and the variable patterns of antisocial activity; and the evaluation of institutional controls and treatment of the problem. Staff (SS)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Advanced work through supervised readings. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of the department chairperson. (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Intensive consideration of selected topics in contemporary theory or research in sociology. The subject matter varies from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit. (SS)
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to social stratification. Examines social inequality as an organizing principle in complex societies. Explores the intersection of the "great divides" of race, class, and gender. Through readings from classical sociological theory to cutting-edge literature we embark on a critical analysis of the causes and consequences of social stratification and social mobility in the United States and in a global context. Prerequisite ANTH 1 or SSP 1. Johnson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
What do we know about the Christian Right Who are they What do they believe Where do they come from Seminar explores answers to such questions through a focus on the history of the Christian Right as well as its ideologies and beliefs, the people who are a part of it, and its evolving relationship to the American political system. Topics include some of the most divisive social issues of our time: abortion, homosexuality, capital punishment, pornography, taxes, education, and the separation of church and state. Prerequisite: One 100- level SSP course. Munson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the ways in which race and class intersect in the social, economic, and political structures of American society. Through sociological literature, fiction, non-fiction, film, and other media we will explore the place of race and class in American society. We will examine how race and class operate on a personal, "micro" level, while at the same time operating on alarge-scale, "macro" level. Prerequisite: SSP 103, or consentof instructor. Johnson (SS)
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