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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Group 5 0.5-1 course Designed to improve communication skills in the Russian language, the flexible curriculum may include any of the following: conversation (use of everyday idiom), comprehension (understanding at a native Russian pace), applied phonetics (specialized instruction in pronunciation and intonation). May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Prerequisite or co-requisite: RUS 221.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Group 5 1 course Offers advanced work in grammar, stylistics, reading, conversation and composition. Prerequisite: RUS 222 or permission of instructor.
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0.50 - 1.00 Credits
0.5-1 course Supervised study of a subject of interest chosen in consultation with the instructor. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Group 2,1 course An introduction to sociology: its questions, concepts and ways of analyzing social life. The focus is on how human societies organize themselves; how culture, socialization, norms, power relations, social institutions and group interaction affect the individual; and how, in turn, societies are transformed by human action. Of particular concern are problems facing contemporary societies. Not open to seniors or for Pass-Fail credit.
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1.00 Credits
1 course This course, designed especially for first-year students, explores an innovative or timely issue in sociology. Sociological perspectives and ways of knowing are used to study a particular topic in depth. Ethical, historical and sometimes comparative dimensions to the issue will be examined. Topics may include: Popular Culture in the U.S., Culture Wars in American Society, Dilemmas in Health Care, and Justice and Society. Seminars are small and emphasize writing and class discussion. Prerequisite: first-year students only.
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0.50 - 1.00 Credits
0.5-1 course An exploration of a timely topic in sociology, sometimes interdisciplinary in nature, that is not offered in the formal sociology curriculum. Topics may include: Sociology of Education, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Immigration, and other topics. The course may be repeated with different topics. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Group 2,1 course This course examines the role of gender systems in human societies. How do societies vary in the positions assigned to men and women In the power and privileges accorded each sex How do we acquire a gender identity What are the consequences of sex-typing and sex-stratified societies The role of religion, intellectual traditions, language, families and schools, economic organization, labor markets and the state is explored. The focus is on contemporary U.S. society and recent changes in gender relations. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Group 2,1 course This course examines the years of two to eleven as a social construction. A particular focus is placed on how race, class, gender, and globalism create an array of childhood experiences and expectations. Throughout the semester, we will pose such questions as: What does it mean to be a child in our society What social changes have most influenced our current understandings of childhood How has the concept of childhood changed over the last century How do various subcultures see the purpose and social value of childhood How are children shaped by society and specific social institutions such as schools How do children alter the families and cultures in which they live How is childhood presented and exploited as a market Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Group 2,1 course This course examines issues associated with family life, such as gender role socialization, sexuality, mate selection, the internal dynamics of relationships, domestic violence and marital dissolution. The course also considers the social implications of current trends in family life and the expanding definitions of family that include non-traditional relationships that have until recently lacked institutional legitimacy. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Group 2,1 course This course examines schools as social institutions that draw heavily on our longstanding race-, class-, and gender-based notions of ability, productiveness, and social value. In viewing schools as microcosms of society, we explore historical and contemporary examples of how schools have participated in the socio-political processes of Americanization, segregation, social mobility, multiculturalism and social justice. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or sophomore standing.
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