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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the causes and consequences of prejudice and discrimination. Examination of minority/majority relations in the economy, political and legal institutions, education, and religion. Study of anti-Semitism; the black experience in white society; Americans of Indian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Oriental, Hawaiian, and Cuban descent. Discussions of conflict and resolution. PRQ: ANSO 100 or 150. Scheduled: Fall, even years. Meets: SNOR.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the principal sociological approaches to problems of inequality through critical examination of empirical studies. Topics include theories of social stratification, types of stratification systems, consequences of stratification and mobility, and changes in systems of stratification, with particular focus on American society. PRQ: ANSO 100 or 150. Scheduled: Fall, odd years. Meets: SNO.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an analysis of the role played by sociologists and jurists in the development of modern law. Topics include foundational works on law and society, the sociological movement in law, law and morality, and the power of the law. PRQ: ANSO 150. Scheduled: When staffing allows. Meets: SNO.
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3.00 Credits
Study of contemporary changes in rural and urban societies; analysis of their social institutions, social organizations and value systems, and their adequacy in meeting needs of peoples. Theories of social change, social and political movements, and consequences of their successes and failures. PRQ: ANSO 100 or 150. Scheduled: When staffing allows. Meets: S.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the theory and methods of social gerontology. Attention to the developmental, disengagement, activity, continuity and age stratification approaches to aging, and to cohort and maturation explanations of the position and problems of the aged in urban-industrial societies. Topics include comparative and historical perspectives of the roles and statuses of older people in familial, community and institutional settings and in the economy and political life. PRQ: ANSO 150. Scheduled: Fall, even years. Meets: SNO.
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3.00 Credits
(XL: HIST, POLS 325) A survey course to familiarize students with social science research methods, including the use of survey techniques, interviewing, participant observation, and content analysis. B.S. students should take this course before their senior year. Scheduled: Fall and spring, yearly. Meets: SNO.
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3.00 Credits
A close examination of the work of leading classical theorists from Comte to Parsons with particular emphasis on Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel tracing their influence on contemporary sociological thinkers. Analysis of current sociological work from the functional, conflict, symbolic interactionist, exchange, and ethnomethodological perspectives. B.S. students should take this course before their senior year. PRQ: Consent of instructor. Scheduled: Spring, yearly. Meets: SNO.
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3.00 Credits
History and present organization of social work; casework, group work; community organization, public agencies, administration and research. This course cannot be used to satisfy the Social Studies divisional requirements. PRQ: ANSO 100 or 150. Scheduled: Every three semesters.
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3.00 Credits
Special study of the profession of social work; casework, group work; community organization, public agencies, administration and research. This course cannot be used to satisfy the Social Studies divisional requirements. PRQ: ANSO 100 or 150 Scheduled: Every three semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course seeks to examine the complex interrelationships between war as an historically emergent social institution and society and culture. Among the topics to be studied are socialization for warfare, civil-military relations, war and inequality, war and social change, and the military in a new environment. The course will provide for the selective examination of empirical studies and theories in the areas of social change, social movements, and military sociology. PRQ: ANSO 150 or consent of instructor. Scheduled: Spring, odd years. Meets: SNO.
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