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4.00 Credits
In beginning Slovak, the student develops elementary communicative competence in the Slovak language, with emphasis on correct communication.
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3.00 Credits
This is a course in Intermediate-level (first semester second-year) Slovak language.
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3.00 Credits
This is a course in advanced-level (third-year first semester) Slovak language.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to sociology’s way of observing and explaining human group behavior. The course includes an exploration of theoretical orientations and methodological approaches used to study human group behavior. Society, culture, social institutions, and social stratification are analyzed. The issues involved in the process of change complete the analysis of group behavior. GE: Behavioral Sciences
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the cultural patterns and institutional arrangements that produce gendered identities and underlie sex-based inequalities in contemporary society, focusing on change in these patterns and institutions. Prerequisite: SOC 0101 GE: Behavioral Sciences
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3.00 Credits
For the athlete or spectator, sport is a social behavior that can be investigated using the theories and tools of sociology. Topics include the relationship between sport and culture, racism, sexism, education, religion, and politics. Prerequisite: SOC 0101 GE: Behavioral Sciences
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3.00 Credits
Deals with a description and analysis of a wide range of “deviant” behavior. Emphasis is on social, psychological, and sociocultural explanations of deviant behavior, including prostitution, crime, drug addiction, and elite crimes. Societal perceptions of homosexuality and mental illness will also be examined. Prerequisite: SOC 010 1 GE: Behavioral Sciences
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3.00 Credits
A survey course in thanatology—the study of death and dying. The differences in perceptions of death and dying in different cultures and in America throughout its history are discussed. The course sensitizes students to their own feelings and thus generates sensitivity to others’ feelings. Readings cover such topics as suicide, near-death experiences, euthanasia, the funeral industry, the experience of dying, hospice, children and death, and the grieving process. Prerequisite: SOC 0101
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3.00 Credits
Examines the nature of criminal behavior, criminal law, and the American system of criminal justice. Sociological, biological, and psychological theories of criminal behavior are explored. Topics include the sociological impact of criminal behavior on contemporary society, issues of constitutional law, and current issues in criminal justice. The relationship of the police, the courts, and correctional institutions to American society are also discussed. Prerequisite: SOC 0101. This course is cross-listed with ADMJ 0206.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the relationships between ethnic groups in America. It explores the process and theories of migration, immigration, assimilation, and mobility; analyzes prejudice, discrimination, and intergroup conflict; and focuses on social movements and social change. Special emphasis is on relationships between social class and race as well as ethnicity. Although the perspective is historical, contemporary data is used to explore the question of the persisting impact of ethnicity. Prerequisite: SOC 0101 GE: Behavioral Sciences
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