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  • Sociology 237: Global Inequality

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    Exploring the relationship between globalization and inequality, this course examines the complex forces driving the integration of ideas, people, societies and economies worldwide. This inquiry into global disparities will consider the complexities of growth, poverty reduction, and the roles of international organizations. Among the global issues under scrutiny, will be environmental degradation; debt forgiveness; land distribution; sweatshops, labor practices and standards; slavery in the global economy; and the vulnerability of the world's children. Under specific investigation will be the social construction and processes of marginalization, disenfranchisement and the effects of globalization that have reinforced the division between the world's rich and poor. Offered every year.
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  • Sociology 238: Consumer Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    The sociology of consumerism is a major specialty in European sociology, and is only recently receiving attention by American sociologists. In this class, we will examine the increasing importance of consumerism in daily life and the degree to which culture has become commercialized. We will discuss the sign value of commodities, as well as the shift from a stratification system based on the relationship of the means of production to one based on styles and patterns of consumption. We will also concern ourselves with the relationships between consumption and more traditional sociological concerns such as gender, race, and social class. Offered every two years.
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  • Sociology 239: Work and Occupations "

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night." (Marian Wright Edelman) The problem is, work is all of those things: our livelihood, our mobility, and our identity. This course is a sociological examination of how we structure, fill, and define work in the United States. Course material will investigate how occupational positions have come to define American social stratification in terms of prestige, skill, and distributed rewards. Specifically, class discussions will be concerned with who occupies certain positions, how we socially construct occupational opportunities, and how this impacts life circumstances according to race, gender, and class. The goal is to understand, through the use of both theory and contemporary application, how the nature of work and occupations shapes our daily lives. Offered every two years.
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  • Sociology 240: Qualitative Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course introduces students to the theory and methods of social science research, beginning with an examination of the philosophies underlying various research methodologies. The course then focuses on ethnographic field methods, introducing students to the techniques of participant observation, structured and informal interviewing, oral histories, sociometrics, and content analysis. Students will design their own field projects. Prerequisite: 110 and one additional course in sociology, or permission of instructor. This course is cross-listed as ANTH 240.
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  • Sociology 244: Quantitative Research Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    The quantitative research methods course introduces students to basic principles of social science research methodologies and statistical analysis. Students will use examples from scholarly research to understand concepts related to research design, sample selection, appropriate measurement, and survey construction. Additionally, students will apply these concepts to conduct introductory data analysis. Using elemental tools of descriptive and inferential statistics, students will learn to quantitatively assess social research questions in order to draw meaningful conclusions. Prerequisite: 110 and one additional course in sociology, or permission of instructor.
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  • Sociology 270: Social Movements,Protest and Conflict

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    The study of protest politics and social movements is the study of collective agency. Social movements arise when people act together to promote or resist social change. Movements represent not only grievances on a particular set of issues, but also frustration with more established political forms of making claims in societies. In this course, we will engage with some of the large theoretical debates in the study of social movements, reading both empirical treatments of particular movements and theoretical treatments of key issues. The featured case studies will include civil rights, feminism, ecology, the antinuclear movement, the New Right and the alternative globalization movement. We will be particularly concerned with the social and political context of protest, focusing on basic questions, such as: under what circumstances do social movements emerge? How do dissidents choose political tactics and strategies? And, how do movements affect social and political change? Offered every two years.
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  • Sociology 271: Comparative Social Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course will look at social policy in a comparative and global perspective. Gender, race, class and colonization will inform our comparison of policies and policy systems. This course also explores the increasing internationalization of social policy and the advent of a new "global social policy," whereby international organizations play a powerful role in shaping welfare state development in the developing world and in post-communist states. Topics covered will include comparative methodology; and international variation in formulation and response to issues, such as employment, housing, domestic violence, poverty, health, and child welfare. Offered every two years.
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  • Sociology 300: Deviant Behavior and Social Control

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    Critical examination, through original works by Merton, Parsons, Cohen, Cloward, Matza, McHugh, Blum, and others, of the two major contrasting approaches in American sociology to the theoretical explanation of delinquency and crime. Crime and evil will also be examined by using Plato to reflect on the Holocaust.
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  • Sociology 310: Gender and the Media

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course is concerned with a wide range of issues surrounding gender and the media. We will consider interpretations of gender both as essence and as construction, and we will examine the role of the media in contemporary culture. Finally, we will examine the representation of genders in the media as well as representations of gender by the media. Prerequisite: Either 110, 222 or 224; or work in Art History or Women's Studies.
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  • Sociology 313: Special Topics

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course will focus on specialized topics within Sociology, such as Women and Health, Cuban Society and Economy. Prerequisite dependent upon topic.
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