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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Critical examination of poverty, discrimination, drugs, crime, homelessness, violence, and family breakdown. Course addresses contemporary social problems, an analysis of their social roots, and an evaluation of the policies designed to eradicate them. (4)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
ST in Sociology
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the forms, causes, and consequences of social stratification. The course focuses on inequality based on class, race, and gender, exploring how and why individuals have different access to society's valued resources, services, and positions, and the consequences of these opportunities (or blocked opportunities) for different groups of people. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 or 240. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of juvenile delinquency in relation to the family, peer groups, community and institutional structure. Includes consideration of processing of the delinquent by formal agencies of control. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 or consent of instructor. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the institution of the family from historical, multi-cultural, and contemporary perspectives, with emphasis on how families and family life are affected by social forces such as the economy, race and ethnicity, religion, and law. Topics include: relationships, love, authority, conflict, sexuality, gender issues, child rearing, communication patterns, and violence in the context of family life. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 or PSYC 335 or consent of instructor. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of medicine as a social institution from historical, contemporary, and multi-cultural perspectives. Includes attention to social structural factors affecting health, illness experience, health care providers and health care systems. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 or consent of instructor. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the social control of law and legal institutions; the influence of culture and social organization on law, legal change, and the administration of justice. Includes examples of how law functions within the major theoretical models. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 or consent of instructor. (4)
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics as announced by the department. Prerequisite: Departmental consent. (1-4)
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of the American religious scene with particular emphasis on the new religious movements, along with attention to social settings and processes which these new religions reflect and produce. Prerequisites: SOCI 101 or one religion course or consent of instructor. Cross-listed with RELI 391. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of criminal behavior in contemporary society in relation to social structure and the criminalization process with particular attention to the issues of race, gender, and class. Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or 336, or consent of instructor. (4)
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