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3.00 Credits
course examines the nature of theory and the problems of theory construction. The course surveys current theories representative of major intellectual orientations. These varieties of contemporary sociological theory are analyzed and the problems encountered within each explored. Theoretical orientations examined include social behaviorism, structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and the psychoanalytic. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Mason, offered alternate years)
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course explores issues of grandparent/parent/child relations, youth and aging, and the value patterns of different generations in contemporary American society. These issues are examined both in terms of developmental stages of the life course and the distinct experiences of historical age cohorts. A major focus of the course is on relationships among succeeding generations and, in particular, on what continuities and discontinuities exist between age groups. In this context the political and moral orientations and parental philosophies of various generations are explored. The course is conducted as an advanced level seminar. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Perkins, offered occasionally)
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Is it possible for sociology, as a science, to offer evaluative statements about social life, to say that some ways of organizing society are beneficial to human life and that other ways are harmful Or must sociology, as Max Weber suggested, forever restrict itself to descriptions of society, leaving all judgment to one's role as a "private citizen " Using sociological analysis of the dilemmas currently being faced by American society as the starting point, this course explores these questions in detail and, in so doing, considers the possibility for developing a scientifically grounded theory of "the good society." Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Spa tes, offered alternate yea
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Most people have had some interaction with cultural artifacts (a painting or a CD), or engaged in cultural practices (singing, writing a poem, or playing a musical instrument). This course uses the seminar format and student-led discussions to explore the production and reception of these cultural artifacts and cultural practices of "high" culture and "popular" culture as a way of asking the central question of what counts as art or culture. Students combine analysis of cultural practices-films, music, art-with the study of the production and reception of meaning in the social world (cultural sociology). Prerequisite: SOC 100. (S taff, offered alternate ye
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This course examines American and European feminist modes of theorizing about sexual difference and gender relations. It analyzes the existential and philosophical assumptions underlying feminist thought, the significance of the female experience, and the specificity of the feminist standpoint. It evaluates the adequacy of feminist theories to explain such phenomena as the constitution of the female subject, power, the reproduction of gender inequality, and difference between women of various cultural and racial groups. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Monson, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
theory has long debated the role of religion in the maintenance and transformation of society. Does religion essentially maintain the social patterns and power structure of society or does it a make a crucial contribution to movements producing social change Furthermore, has religion become a less important element of society in the modern world through growing secularization or is it continually transformed and renewed in society These questions about the effects and prevalence of sacred beliefs and institutions are examined through the views of both classic and contemporary sociologists. The course also examines variation in the social significance of religion by looking at how Christian belief and practice as a dominant religion in several modern societies has manifested itself differently in political and social movements in various contexts. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Perkins, Moodie, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on U.S. income support policies designed to address poverty due to old age, unemployment, and single parenthood, using case studies of other Western welfare states for comparative purposes. The course traces the historical development and restructuring of the U.S. welfare state, from the "poor laws" in the colonial era, through the New Deal of the 1930s, the War on Poverty in the 1960s and 1970s, and the "end of welfare as we know it" at the turn of the 21stcentury. Central questions considered include how families, labor markets, and states intersect, and whether welfare states' policies ameliorate or reinforce inequalities of gender, race, and class. Prerequisite: SOC 100. (Mon son, offered alternate yea
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3.00 Credits
of the instructor required. ( Offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
Senior Seminar
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3.00 Credits
Permission ofinstructor required. ( Offered annually)
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