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This course serves an integrative and culminating function in the Master of Arts programs in secondary education, art education, music education, and wind conducting. Emphasizes curriculum themes that may cross traditional course lines. Students produce a curriculum project that integrates curriculum, theory, and teaching practice.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Examines the institutionalized character of sport in American society. Issues such as sport and the media, professionalization, race and gender, and violence are discussed from various sociological perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Fall Introduction to education as a social institution, a particular type of formal organization, and an agent of socialization and social control. Analysis of the relation of education to other institutions such as religion, government, the economy and the family, as well as of variations in educational systems and evaluation techniques. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or FDED 115, not both.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Analysis of institutions with particular emphasis on American society and the growth of cities; economic, political, religious and kinship organization from a social change perspective.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of theories and problems of deviance and social disorganization, with particular emphasis on such problems as war, family disruption, sexual behavior, juvenile delinquency, conflict in mass society, alienation and prejudice. SSI 60729: M-Th, 8:30-10:40 a.m., Lopresti, 101 Davison SSII 70188: M-Th, 3:45-5:55 p.m., Lopresti, 102 Davison
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year An introduction to some of the major issues of health care in the United States and other cultures; illness as a social phenomenon, the structure of health services, patient-doctor relationships, the medical profession and the economics of health.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Once a year Analysis of religious institutions and their functions in simple and complex social structures. Intensive analysis of recent contributions to the literature.
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Semester Hours: 3 Once a year This course examines how work affects our lives as individuals, as citizens of a specific society, and as participants in a world economy. Some of the key questions to be addressed in the course include: What is the relationship between work and power Why do so many people feel alienated at work Do people benefit equally from work What is the role of technology in shaping how people work The course attempts to address these issues by looking at work and labor relations in the United States and comparing them to conditions in other sectors of the world economy.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Most people spend the majority of their active lives in the context of some organizational setting. Organizations are such a dominant component of contemporary life that we take their presence for granted. At the same time, most people have only a vague understanding of organizational relations. This course focuses on the nature of organizations and the social, economic, technological, and political factors that shape them. Topics include the relationships among organizational size, technology and structure; power within and between organizations; the politics of decision-making and leadership; the impact of environmental factors; and organizational goals and effectiveness.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Every other year Social forces that affect the creative and popular forms of literature and other arts in western societies. Art products, audiences, and artists are examined as part of the processes by which various arts are valued and shaped.
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