|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
An introductory "survey" course in sociology that will introduce basic theories and concepts relevant in all sociological work. Students are given the opportunity, later in the semester, to pursue more detailed research and information in their own personal interests within the discipline. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
Explores diversity around the globe and over time. We discuss types of social organization and their relations to the environment, economics, ideologies, and social inequality, as well as the impact of colonization and globalization. Through anthropological approaches we will learn about other cultures and ourselves. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences (IAI Code: S1 901N).
-
3.00 Credits
This course combines historic and archaeological approaches to explore major social, political and cultural transformations in several different world regions, with particular attention to the rise of agriculture, cities, states, and writing systems. No prerequisites. Course Information: Same as HIS 106. This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
Explores major themes in Latin American music, film, literature, and festivals with an emphasis on Brazil and Chile. The class will use these cultural elements to learn about history, culture, and politics with particular attention to social inequality and resistance. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
Course examines the gendered lives and practices of women and men in Mexico and the US. By comparing gender across cultures, students inquire into whether their experience of masculinity and femininity is universal or open to change. Stereotypes about Mexicans (e.g., the meanings of macho) are challenged. Course Information: Same as WGS 133. This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the areas of Comparative Societies Social Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
Introduction to comparative study of women's roles and gender issues across cultures. Course Information: Same as WGS 150. This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
Introduction to archaeological study of past human cultures. Emphasis on archaeological method and theory, with consideration of the ethics of conservation and ownership of cultural heritage. Archaeological examples from early human societies to historic times. Course Information:
-
3.00 Credits
Analysis of contemporary social problems such as those involving individuals and families, and specifically those relating to crime, inequality and power, poverty, human diversity, militarism, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, environment, and modernization. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
This course will examine the culture and structure of American society from historical, comparative, and contemporary perspectives. Topics include American political culture, key institutions, industrialization, the welfare state, interlocking systems of inequality, and the constitution of American citizenship. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
-
3.00 Credits
Survey of the ways that U.S. society had been shaped by the interaction of diverse racial and ethnic groups and immigration. Examines race and ethnicity as culture and power in relation to African, Latina/o, Asian European, and indigenous Americans. Students explore the ways we are produced and positioned by racial and ethnic categories and ideas. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Cookies Policy |
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|