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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to research designs and qualitative and quantitative techniques for social sciences. Topics include the relationship between theory and research, techniques of literature review, survey research, questionnaire design, interviewing techniques, observations, content analysis, case studies, and experimental designs. Not for Core credit. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
The study of how individuals are influenced by social interactions. Examines social phenomena such as attitude change, conformity, impression formation, stereotyping, aggression, and helping. Includes research methods and results, explanatory theories, and application to practical problems. Same as PSYC:230. Prerequisite: PSYC:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the importance of age as a variable influencing human behavior and social organization. Emphasizes health, housing, socioeconomic status, personal adjustments, retirement, and social participation. Prerequisite SOCI:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the nature, extent, and causes of crime and delinquency. Includes the analysis of the various types of criminal and delinquent behavior along with their respective behavior systems. Also addresses major current issues in crime and delinquency. Prerequisite SOCI:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Delineation and examination of the criminal justice system. Emphasizes the concepts of criminal law and criminal justice along with the functioning of the police, the courts, and corrections. Also considered is the examination of major controversies and issues of the criminal justice system. Prerequisite SOCI:101. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the political thinking and political actions of American citizens, with a special focus on citizens' roles and responsibilities in a democratic political system. Theories and findings from political science and social psychology are used to explore topics including public opinion, voting, judicial behavior, and the thinking and actions of political leaders. There are no prerequisites for this course, but either POLI:111 or PSYC:101 is recommended. Same as POLI:310. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Western social theory from Comte to the present with emphasis on recent developments. Considers major schools, including positivism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, functionalism, social exchange theory, critical theory, phenomenological theory, and postmodernism. Prerequisite: three courses in sociology. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines factors that contribute to social stratification in contemporary society. Specifically, the course looks at three dimensions of social stratification, namely the economic, political, and ideological dimensions and interaction of race, class, and gender in this process. Topics include theories of social stratification, occupational prestige and mobility, segregation, corporate welfare, social welfare, and the ideology of legitimization. Prerequisite: SOCI:101, SOCI:102, or ANTH:162. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
A sociological introduction to the study of the future. Considers basic concepts in future studies, fundamental premises, epistemological considerations, critical issues, methods of social forecasting, and future social policy. Also includes the investigation of key social, economic and political trends and how they are likely to affect institutions and social processes in the future. Prerequisite: SOCI:101 or two courses in the social sciences. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Processes, agencies, and methods that influence members of groups to conform to social norms. Includes factors producing deviant behavior patterns. Covers individual socialization and institutional and personality patterns affecting internal and external control processes. Examines power, class and status, formal and informal group sanctions, and ideological forces of social control. Prerequisite: SOCI:101. 4 SH.
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