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  • SOC 360: Advanced Topics in Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty An occasional course which will focus on special topics in sociology. This course is offered as needed. Prerequisites: Any 100-level course in Anthropology or Sociology or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)
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  • SOC 375: Readings in Sociology I

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty Readings in sociology is a directed reading course in which a student can further develop an interest he or she began in a course, or can explore an interest in a field in which we do not provide a course. In order to register for readings, a student must have a clear goal, must present a bibliography to the department member who will be supervising the readings course, and the work will be demonstrated. Prerequisites: A student must be a major in anthropology and sociology, and have completed at least four courses toward the major. Six to eight hours of reading per week. Two semester hours.
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  • SOC 376: Readings in Sociology II

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty A continuation of Sociology 375. Prerequisites: A student must be a major in anthropology and sociology, and have completed at least four courses toward the major, and have completed Sociology 375. Six to eight hours of reading per week. Two semester hours.
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  • SOC 387: Political Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Prof. Hudson Through exposure to classical and contemporary texts of politics and society, students will explore sociological perspectives on the nature, distribution and use of power in America and globally. We will examine the main theoretical contenders in the struggle to explain political phenomena like revolutions, social movements, wars and the emergence of states. As well, the course delves into the intersection of analytical categories such as race, class and gender with politics and the state. We will discuss the main locations and pathways of power in American society, and how power is changing in a "globalizing" world. Prerequisite: any 100-level course inAnthropology or Sociology or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours.
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  • SOC 391: Research

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty Research involves directed readings and research on a sociological topic. A student wishing to register for this course must present to the instructor a proposal outlining the research to be completed. The proposal must be approved by the instructor prior to registration. The student must meet with the instructor at regular intervals during the semester, and must submit frequent written progress reports. A final paper will be required. Prerequisite: major or minor status and eight credit hours in the Department and the permission of the instructor. Four semester hours. (I.)
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  • SOC 491: Research/Independent Work

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty This course is open to candidates for Departmental honors and to other students with the permission of the department chair. Prerequisites: junior or senior status, with a minimum of 16 semester hours in sociology and anthropology and permission of the department chair. Four semester hours. (I.)
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  • SOC 492: Research/Independent Work

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Faculty A continuation of Sociology 491. Prerequisites: Sociology 491 and permission of the Department chair. Four semester hours. (I.)
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  • SOC/ENV 220: Environmental Justice

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Prof. Hudson This course will examine how the burdens of local and global environmental problems are distributed across race, class, and gender. Through the examination of local, national, and international case studies, we will gain an understanding of how the risks associated with exposure to toxic pollutants and other environmental hazards coincide with pre-existing patterns of inequality, both globally and in the United States. Close attention will be paid to the political-historical processes through which the distribution of environmental hazard has been produced, and how affected communities have resisted these processes. Prerequisite: any 100-level course in Anthropology or Sociology or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours.
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  • SOC/ENV 285: Environmental Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Prof. Hudson This course will introduce the field of environmental sociology - the study of interactions between humans, groups and the environment. Topics may include species extinction, global climate change, deforestation, air and water pollution. Students will become familiar with a variety of theoretical frameworks for analyzing environmental problems and apply them to a range of environmental issues scaled from the local to the global. Participants will emerge with a critical ability to analyze popular accounts of environmental problems and proposed solutions with a sociological eye. Prerequisite: any 100-level course in Anthropology or Sociology or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours.
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  • SOC/GWMS 227: Marriage and the Family

    3.00 Credits
    Ursinus College

    Dr. Oboler, Dr. Gallagher This course examines transitions, continuity, and variations in marriages and families in the 20th century United States, with some historical, cross-cultural, and cross-national comparisons. The implications of shifts in public policy for "traditional" and non-traditional families are considered, as well as possible andprobable future change in family patterns. Prerequisite: any 100-level course in Anthropology or Sociology, or permission of instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS, D.)
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