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3.00 Credits
course provides an introduction to the organization and analysis of data in the process of social research. Presentation of data in tabular and graphic forms, the use of elementary descriptive and inferential statistics, and the use of bivariate and multivariate analytic procedures in the analysis of data are examined. This course includes a laboratory experience in the use of computing software to display data and test hypotheses. The course is ultimately intended to prepare students for original research efforts and to help them become more sophisticated consumers of the literature of the social sciences today. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Perkins, offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
In this seminar course, major theoretical perspectives and classic empirical studies in social psychology are introduced. The emphasis is on exposure to a variety of viewpoints in the literature. Theoretical orientations, such as learning theory, exchange theory, role theory, symbolic interaction, attribution theory, and cognitive balance models are surveyed during the term. Furthermore, studies in substantive areas, such as social norms and behavioral conformity, attitude change, interpersonal attraction, group dynamics, conflict and cooperation, and leadership are examined in light of these major perspectives. The course gives attention to the congruencies and disparities among psychological and sociological perspectives within the interdisciplinary field of social psychology. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Perkins, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students analyze minority group relations including inter-group and intra-group dynamics, sources of prejudice and discrimination, social processes of conflict, segregation, assimilation, and accommodation. Minority-majority relations are viewed as a source of conflict and change, and the problems of a multi-group society are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on racial, ethnic and sexual minorities, and cases center on relations in the United States. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Staff, offered occasionally)
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live different lives than our parents and grandparents lived, as do contemporary Turkish women, Andean peasants, Chinese entrepreneurs, and African farmers. What drives change in the ways individuals live their lives, work, believe, behave-technology, political or economic transformations, religious beliefs, wars and famine, natural forces, "globalization" This course takes a macro-sociological approach to the study of significant changes in human societies from the perspective of the individual's life experience. Major theories of social change are reviewed in the context of the emergence of capitalism and post-industrial social, political, and economic systems. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Mood ie, offered alternate year
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3.00 Credits
course is designed to examine various theories of social stratification including Marxist theory, Weber's three-dimensional approach, and the functional viewpoint. After a review of varied forms of stratification in human societies, the discussion centers on the issues of inequality in American society and the collective effort to resolve the conflict between value, ideal, and social practice. Readings include a number of recently published paperbacks. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Staff, offered occasionally)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the social etiology of deviant behavior, the functions of deviance, and societal reactions to deviance. An interdisciplinary approach is taken to the internalization of norms, guilt, shame, punishment, and conformity as they relate to deviance. Various theoretical approaches are examined. Social deviance is considered as a regular aspect of societies, and this course is directed toward a normative theory of culture, addressed to the problems of order, conflict, and change. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Harris, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
What is "the family " Are two-parent, single-parent, or extended families more common historically and cross-culturally What social forces contribute to the rise in divorce How have cultural norms concerning motherhood and fatherhood changed over time The family is analyzed as a social institution embedded in particular historical contexts and which reflects broad economic change, cultural shifts, and political movements, including industrialization, de-industrialization, and feminism. Particular attention is paid to ways in which various axes of social inequality (gender, class, race, and sexuality) shape how family life is experienced at the individual level, and how various family forms are evaluated, penalized, and/or supported at the societal level. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Monson , offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
is the connection between biological sex and our identities as men and women How is the variation over time and across cultures in gendered behavior explained What are the sources and consequences of differences between women and men How are these differences linked to inequalities of race and class as well as gender This course provides an introduction to sociological perspectives on gender relations as a social structure. Several theoretical frameworks for understanding the sources and persistence of gender differences and inequality are considered, including liberal feminism, radical feminism, multicultural feminism, and men's feminism. Students examine a range of social institutions and ideological constructs shaping the social structure of gender, such as family, employment, sexuality, reproduction, and beauty. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Monson, offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
course starts with the assumption that movements for social change arise through social conflicts and give rise to further conflicts. However, not all conflicts lead to collective action. The course examines the complexity of overlapping race and gender identities and conflicts in two countries-the United States and South Africa-in an effort to specify both the historical conditions under which conflict leads to effective collective action and those conditions under which it fails to do so. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Moodie , offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
talking to one another and doing things together, both at work and at play, we unthinkingly weave the fabric of our social worlds. At a deeper level, however, common norms and everyday practices may conceal more or less hidden struggles around race, class, gender, or other differences in power and identity. This course examines everyday life in typical American settings such as schools, families, workplaces, and public spaces in order to understand the social forces that constitute both normal life and struggles against conventional norms. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Moodie, offered annually)
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