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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269. The emergence of sociology: sociology as response to the Industrial Revolution and as an attempt to develop a scientific understanding of social organization, behavior and change; the development of social thought; Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim and Weber.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: SOC 302. Contemporary sociological theory examines the roots of major theoretical perspective in the late 19th century classical tradition. Examines major perspectives, such as functionalism, world system theory, and organizational theory, as well as the sociological analysis of modern culture.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: SOC 210, 215. An applied course which follows sequentially from SOC 210 and 215, drawing on conceptual and analytical skills in an actual research project. Engages students in the steps of the research process, integrating the qualitative phases of problem conceptualization and literature review, following through to the data gathering, analysis and interpretation stages. (Writing proficiency course.)
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269 and SOC 215 or equivalent. Designed to integrate fundamental statistical knowledge with direct computer applications for the organization and analysis of data sets encountered in social science research. Training in the use of library statistical routines (e.g., SPSS) central to research in the social sciences is emphasized.
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5.00 Credits
Systematic introduction to the study of human populations. Designed for students interested in the subject regardless of their major discipline. Examines social, economic and biological factors associated with fertility, mortality and migrations.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269. Description and explanation of trends in family behavior and family policy, with an emphasis on the influence of demographic factors. Topics include childhood, independent living, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, work and family, household structure, and aging.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269. Interpersonal behavior, perception of others, attraction toward and liking of others, self evaluation, helping behavior, aggression, attitudes and their relationship to behavior, sexual behavior, types of interaction processes, childhood and adult socialization, deviance and conformity, personal space, environmental effects on behavior, sex role attitudes and behavior.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269. A social psychological examination of liking, loving and relating. Emphasis on dyadic relationships such as marriage, friendship and parent-child relationships. Topics include socialization into romance and love, historical linkages between industrialization and the "feminization" of love, sociological perspectives on liking and loving,and research methods used in the study of dyadic relationships.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269. Basic theories, methods and concepts in the field of social gerontology highlighting demographic trends in aging, the effects of longevity on the larger society, individual accommodations to the aging process, the social construction of old age, and social policy in relation to the stratification of the aged and an increasingly elderly population.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: any Soc 221, 251, 255, 260, 268, 269. Human sexuality, with an emphasis on Western cultures and the United States in particular, is studied from a scientific perspective. Emphasis on both description and explanation of patterns and diversity in sexuality. While focusing on the social dimensions of sexuality, the historical, biological and psychological aspects of sexuality are integrated into a comprehensive overview.
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