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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to nonwestern medical systems and how these articulate with Western systems in an attempt to develop an understanding of alternative beliefs and practices about health, illness and healing in Ghana, as well as to the role played by gender in each system and their articulation. Representative topics covered include: the role of traditional medicine in health care delivery; the roles of international organizations in health and their activities in global and Ghanaian health development; the health impact of regional and global economics. The role played by gender in each of these areas will be examined, as well as maternal and child health; and the impact of gender on health, human rights. Not open to students who have passed SOCI 360. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Ms. Gill.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies gender issues, conflict resolution, and the legal system in the South African context. Topics include the relationship between law and society, the social nature of law, law in cross-cultural perspective, traditional conflict resolution, law and gender, gendered violence, domestic violence, and legal pluralism in the African context. Special emphasis will be given to the impact of recent transformations in post- Apartheid S. Africa on gender identity, gender relations, family life, informal dispute resolution, and family and civil law. This is an exclusive travel course. Students will spend approximately two weeks in Johannesburg, South Africa, and surrounding areas. Students must also take PSYC 180. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. London.
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1.00 Credits
This course analyzes the aims, scope, and methods of scientific inquiry into the nature of society and social behavior. The course includes, but is not limited to, the following topics: the logic of empirical social inquiry; methods used to collect qualitative and quantitative data; techniques of analyzing qualitative and quantitative data; and the principles of interpreting data for purposes of description and hypothesis-testing. Student projects in participant observation, construction of survey questionnaires, interviewing, and computer analysis are an integral part of the laboratory portion of the course. Three lectures and a one-hour laboratory session per week. Prerequisite: SOCI 200. Computer-intensive under old curriculum. This course should be taken as the second course in the department for all students planning to major in sociology. Not open to freshmen. Not open to students who have passed SOCI 333. Four hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys social theory from its beginning up to modern social inquiry. Students will be expected to discover the relationships among theorists' assumptions and their macrosociological theories and case studies, and those between empirical research and theory. Sociology majors and minors. Prerequisite: SOCI 200. Speaking-intensive under old curriculum. Not open to students who have passed SOCI 425. Four hours. Ms. Gill and Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This service learning seminar course will examine these processes of aging as they affect individuals, families, cohorts, and societies and how the aging process is affected by psychological, historical, political, economic, and cultural factors. Students explore the dynamic interactions between people and their environments, and the ways in which society's beliefs, values, and attitudes are reflected in the aging experience. Special attention is given to the impact of social policy on the lives of older individuals focusing on how racial, ethnic, class, and gender differences shape the nature of health and human service policy and delivery on behalf of older persons. Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in sociology or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Four hours. Ms. Gill.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the field of Criminology and the type of research criminologists conduct. Students explore the nature of crime, the variety of theoretical explanations for criminal behavior, the measurement of crime, patterns and correlates of crime, and the mechanisms for control of criminal behavior. This course is an upper-level reading-intensive and theoretical analysis of crime as a sociological construct. Primary objectives are to foster critical thinking in relation to the causes and control of crime and to explore the social construction of crime. Prerequisite: Any 200 level course in sociology. Four hours. Ms. Bissler.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an overview of contemporary Latin American cultures through readings, visual documentaries, and group projects. After briefly examining the history of the region, we will turn to contemporary issues such as ecological sustainability, the changing nature of peasant societies, issues of ethnicity and identity, popular forms of religion, the changing role of women, life in the region's growing megalopolises, and the resistance and struggle of Latin American peoples for a democratic and just society. Counts on the major in international studies/ Latin America emphasis. Same as INST 331. Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in sociology or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Ms. Rodman.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a sociological and anthropological analysis of the status of women in the U.S. and cross-culturally. Special emphasis is placed on the role culture and socialization play in determining women's interaction patterns and society's response to them. The course will use an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the social sciences and the humanities to determine how women develop cultural, sociological, and historical realities. Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in sociology or consent of instructor. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. London.
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3.00 Credits
This is an upperlevel reading and research-intensive course designed to help students understand and analyze the political world from an informed and critical position, to give students an overview of some of the ways sociologists think about power and politics, and to provide students the tools for understanding their relationship to the political world. In particular, this course considers the many processes that influence the political system and political outcomes, such as: the power and resources of groups (e.g., corporations, interest groups), individual voting and civic participation, the activities of protestors and social movements, the advice of policy experts and scientists, the expansion of a global economy and cultural system, and others. By drawing on the insights of sociology, we are better able to understand these processes, and thus gain a better understanding of how the political system works. Much of the focus of the course is on the United States and the global socio-political system, but we also explore developments in other countries. Prerequisites: SOCI 200 and 300 or permission of instructor. Not open to students who have passed SOCI 355. Offered alternate years. Four hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the current theoretical and methodological issues concerning Juvenile Delinquency. This course examines the nature, extent, and causes of juvenile delinquency. The course is structured to focus on the social construction of delinquency, the development of the juvenile justice system, theoretical explanations of delinquency, and the current research on juvenile delinquency in the United States. This course is an upperlevel reading-intensive and research-intensive analysis of delinquency and the development of research in this field. The primary objectives of this course are to foster critical thinking about how we define and punish delinquency and to understand how sociologists research the problem of delinquency. Prerequisites: SOCI 200, 322, and 300 or permission of instructor. Not open to students who have passed SOCI 325. Four hours. Ms. Bissler.
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