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4.00 Credits
Virtually every society known to us is founded upon assumptions of gender differences and the politics of gender inequality. This course focuses on the ways in which gender is socially constructed and institutionalized in societies. Topics to be considered include cultural constructions of masculinity, femininity, heterosexuality, and homosexuality; institutional sites of gender differentiation such as work, family, military, and education; media representations of gender and sexuality; and reproduction politics. Emphasis is placed on various theories that have been advanced to explain gender stratification. Prerequisite: SOC 110. Alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
This course is the study of ethnic groups within the framework of American cultural values. An analysis includes historical, cultural, and social factors underlying ethnic conflict. The course will provide an analysis of the social construction of race and the social implications of those constructions. Prerequisite: SOC 110 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to psychological anthropology, its theories and methodologies. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between individual and culture, national character, cognition and culture, culture and mental disorders, and cross-cultural considerations of the concept of self. Prerequisite: SOC 229 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
The course will familiarize the student with the wealth of anthropological data on the religions and world views developed by primitive peoples. The functions of primitive religion in regard to the individual, society, and various cultural institutions will be examined. Subjects to be surveyed include myth, witchcraft, vision quests, spirit possession, the cultural use of dreams, and revitalization movements. Particular emphasis will be given to shamanism, transcultural religious experience, and the creation of cultural realities through religions. Both a social scientific and existential perspective will be employed. Prerequisite: SOC 229 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An ethnographic survey of native North American Indian and Eskimo cultures, such as the Iroquois, Plains Indians, Pueblo, Kwakiutl, and Netsilik. Changes in native lifeways due to European contacts and United States expansion will be considered. Recent cultural developments among American Indians will be placed in an anthropological perspective.
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4.00 Credits
Building on the research skills acquired in SOC 330, students will complete an original quantitative or qualitative research project utilizing one of the many data collection strategies available to sociologists and anthropologists such as field work, content analysis, surveys, qualitative interviews, experimental design, secondary data analysis, or program evaluation. Topic selection is of individual student's choice. Prerequisite: SOC 330 or CJ 447.
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4.00 Credits
The course examines the organizational and conceptual context within which human services are delivered in contemporary society. Subjects to be covered include ethnographic study of nursing homes, prisons, therapeutic communities, mental hospitals, and other human service institutions. The methodology of fieldwork will be explored so as to sensitize the student to the socio-cultural dimensions of helping environments and relationships. Prerequisite: SOC 110 or 229, or consent of instructor. Alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
The history of the development of sociological thought from its earliest philosophical beginnings is treated through discussions and reports. Emphasis is placed upon sociological thought since the time of Comte. Prerequisite: SOC 110 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply a socio-cultural perspective to any of a number of organizational settings in the Williamsport area. As the basis for the course, students arrange an internship in the local community. At the same time the student is contributing time and talent to the organization in question, he/she will also be observing, from a socio-cultural perspective, the events, activities, structure, and dynamics of the organization. These experiences will be supplemented by academic readings, a regularly scheduled seminar, and the keeping of a detailed field journal. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Interns in sociology-anthropology typically work off campus with social service agencies under the supervision of administrators. However, other internship experiences, such as with the Lycoming County Historical Museum, are available.
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