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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Significant topics relating to the analysis of crime and its correction in modern societies will be offered so as to utilize the research specializations of faculty and provide students with an opportunity to study topics not covered in depth in other courses. Examples: corporate crime, private policing. (Winter, Summer). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: SOC101.
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3.00 Credits
Seminar for junior sociology majors. Concerned with selected issues in sociology, which vary from semester to semester. Approved AWR. (Spring, Summer, Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: SOC101, six sociology credits.
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1.00 - 15.00 Credits
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. (Spring, Summer, Fall).
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Designed to allow an individual or small group of students to engage in sociological research. Students will be expected to meet once a week with the supervising faculty member, research and read related literature and produce written assignments including, but not limited to, a final paper. Projects may emphasize quantitative and/or qualitative research. (Spring, Summer, Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: SOC300, POI.
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3.00 Credits
A seminar which focuses on key issues in criminal justice. It draws on previous course work in criminal justice, but provides a more in-depth analysis of specific issues. Examines major schools of thought and how they approach these various issues. Approved AWR. (Spring, Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: SOC250, SOC353, and SOC354.
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3.00 Credits
Addresses the questions: who gets what and why How are social resources (e.g., money, status, power) allocated Why is there inequality Focus is on class, race, gender, global inequalities and comparisons of systems. (Spring/Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: SOC101.
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3.00 Credits
Utilizes a sociological perspective to critically examine the current dynamics of what is now known as "globalization." By placing individual biographies within a larger systemic perspective, sociology provides a crucial lens for developing an analysis of the causes and consequences of globalized economies, politics, media, and culture. Phenomena glossed as globalization have differing impacts on individuals and societies. Differently situated individuals experience globalization in varying ways. Sociology is uniquely positioned to analyze these dynamics in terms of the salience of larger categories such as gender, race, class, geopolitical location. Additionally, sociological themes such as power of transnational corporations and social movements that aim to resist that power will be addressed in the course. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: SOC101 and one other upper-level sociology course.
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3.00 Credits
A seminar covering theoretical and practical aspects of criminal justice ethics. Classical, modern and postmodern perspectives are analyzed from a sociological point of view. Approaches to solving ethical dilemmas are applied to the realities of life on the job for the criminal justice practitioner and ethical codes of conduct are critically examined. (Spring, Summer, Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: SOC150, SOC250, senior standing, criminal justice major or minor.
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3.00 Credits
Supervised tutoring or classroom instructional assistance in a sociology or criminal justice course. Each student and instructor will complete a contract specifying each student's duties. Cannot be repeated. Grading will be pass/fail. (Spring, Summer, Fall). Prerequisites: POI, SOC 101 and a grade of B or better in the course in which the student will work, junior or senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course will be taken concurrently with SOC498. It will provide an opportunity for interns to critically evaluate their internship experience and discuss the broad issues that emerge (e.g., problems of bureaucracies, ways of fostering change, etc.). (Fall). Liberal arts. Co-requisites: SOC498 Prerequisites: POI.
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