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4.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to some of the key areas of research in the sub-discipline of environmental sociology, a field of inquiry that focuses on the relationship between society and the biophysical environment. We will explore how human societies affect their environments, and how human societies are shaped by their environments, as well as how we come to recognize and understand changing environmental conditions. Course Information: Same as ENS 422.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
The role of law and the legal system in creating, maintaining, and reducing inequality, with emphasis on race, class, and gender inequality in the United States. The relationship between law and the legal system and political/economic institutions and ideologies. Course Information: Same as LES 404, PSC 421, and WGS 445.
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4.00 Credits
This course employs an anthropological perspective to explore the portrayal of adolescence in literature and film. We consider adolescence as both a cultural construction and literary device. Themes include adolescence in multicultural America, introducing culture through adolescent characters, adolescents and social critique, scapegoating adolescents, and adolescent resistance.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces Medical Anthropology, the study of culture and health. Topics include anthropology, Western biomedicine as a cultural construction, health belief systems across cultures, international health, gender and health, ethnicity and health, and healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. The focus is on understanding health, gender, illness, practices, and treatments in broader contexts.
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4.00 Credits
Organizations -- formal and informal; social organization and crowd concepts; roles, norms, and structures; methodology for studying organizational behavior; critical evaluation of organization theories; alienation; and organization vs. personality.
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4.00 Credits
This course will use an inter-disciplinary theoretical framework that draws upon anthropology, sociology, sociolinguistics, and psychology to understand the relationship between class, race, and gender and school achievement. Explanations of students’ school successes and failures that employ linguistic and cultural variables will be considered. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the basic concepts of opinion polls and research methodology and uses of polls; evaluation of survey methodology used in polls; ethical issues in polling; applications of polling tools to develop critical thinking on controversial social issues; and formulation of public policies on current diverse social problems Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the area of ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Students will read and discuss various ethical issues surrounding social inequalities as well as explore possible policy-directed methods at alleviating some of the problems associated with stratification. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the area of ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course on Mexican migration to the US examines global power inequalities that lead to international migration. Topics include the formation of the US-Mexico border, why people migrate from Mexico, how most Mexican immigration has become "illegal," and the contributions of Mexican immigrants to the United States and Mexico. Course Information: This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of Global Awareness or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the experiences of African American, Latina, Asian American, indigenous, and immigrant women in the US. By placing women of color at the center, we explore ways of transforming knowledge about culture and society. We also address issues facing other minorities (lesbians and disabled, poor, rural, and aging women). Course Information: Same as AAS 403, HIS 453, SWK 462, and WGS 403.
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