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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the nature, extent, causes, and possible solutions to a selected number of social problems, including the contributions that sociology, psychology, and related behavioral sciences have made in terms of both theory and empirical research. Prerequisite: SOC 0101 GE: Behavioral Sciences
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3.00 Credits
Environmental sociology examines the large-scale narrative on environmental issues. This narrative conveys the natural connections between people, animals, minerals, land, water, and plants. It also introduces social constructs: pollution, overconsumption, resource depletion, habitat loss, risky technology, and rapid population growth. This course examines the social significance of these and other environmental conceptualizations from the standpoint of culture, ideology, moral values, and social inequality.
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3.00 Credits
The study of a special topic in sociology.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine social change through historical examinations of variations in the economy, the state, immigration, racial dynamics, and class inequality in the West. This course will cover social change in a global perspective. Major theoretical traditions and methodological strategies (both quantitative and qualitative) are explored. Other topics examined will include the development of global capitalism and the relationship between markets, the state, and civil society.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on modern social movements, including the American civil rights movement, the women's movement, the gay and lesbian rights movement, the environmental movement, and the global justice movement. Empirical studies of these movements will be used to explore such general issues as how social movements emerge, grow and decline.
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3.00 Credits
Political Sociology is centrally concerned with the nature and role of the state, and politics, in general. This includes a focus on the social basis of power and the political phenomena and consequences thereof. This course will provide a systematic overview of political sociology, including: the origins and development of the state, the nature and sources of power in our contemporary world, the relationships between class and state, class conflict and class politics, race and gender politics, the mechanisms of political control and domination, political organization, the politics of social movements, the nature and dynamics of nationalism and ethnic conflict, and a wide range of other topics related to politics and society. In this regard, we will approach the topic through political economy lenses, respecting comparative and historical dimensions down through the present day.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the structures, functions, and conflicts of the contemporary family beginning with an historical review of the origins of the modern family and a cross-cultural examination of family forms. The course proceeds to an in-depth look at current family issues: courtship, marriage, socialization, and aging. Social class, race, and sex are examined as factors contributing to family structure. Prerequisite: SOC 0101
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3.00 Credits
Examines the nature and dynamics of human socialization. Topics include the socialization process from the perspectives of the individual from birth to death. Prerequisite: SOC 0101
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes the relationship between aspects of societies and individuals. Commonplace experiences, situations, and events are studied through the sociological perspective. Concrete, everyday kinds of interactional episodes are examined for the purpose of understanding them in new ways. Prerequisite: SOC 0101
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3.00 Credits
A study of a wide range of groups (families, gangs, work groups, religious groups, therapy groups, etc.) to illustrate basic principles and processes that operate within “small groups.” Prerequisite: SOC 0101
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