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4.00 Credits
This sociology course analyzes social and spatial characteristics of cities and considers reasons for urban development, ecological factors, types and networks of settlements, and urbanism as a way of life. Also examines the issues of neighborhoods, sub-areas, ghetto enclaves, metropolitan regions, urban social and political structures, problems, services and planning. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course analyzes continuity and change in the way work is organized, performed and experienced within national and global contexts. Major sociological perspectives on work are examined and applied to areas such as workplace and occupational culture, the experience of work as satisfying and alienating, occupational change, unions and union busting, health and safety, labor law, and social stratification at work. Interrelations between work and other social institutions, such as family, economy, polity, leisure and education, are examined. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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This course describes and applies competing explanations for major transitions in a variety of institutions, including the economy, work, politics, family and education. These transitions are seen within historical and global contexts, but the interplay of these changing social structures with individual experience is explored as well. Topics include economic, racial and gender stratification, culture, labor-management relations, and the source and consequences of technological change. As future professionals in technical fields, students will learn to understand, assess, and manage social change rather than to simply react to it. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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A survey of the sociological aspects of health and illness. Some areas of study will be the definition, causes (etiology) and cure of disease in various societies and social groups. Also included is a discussion of the epidemiology of disease, access to and delivery of health care in contemporary U.S. society, problems of patient care, and the study of mental illness and death and/or dying. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0515-210, 0510-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
Broad sociological issues affecting women, work and culture are a result of the emerging global economy and technological revolution. The course will consider how the process of gender socialization is complicated by the way in which gender intersects with racial, class, ethnic, sexual, and other identities. This course will present the major theoretical perspectives employed in sociology and women's studies and consider how they relate to the study of women, work and culture. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0515-210, 0510-210 or equivalent) Cross-listed with women and gender studies, 0522-447. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
Deals with the principal concepts and research findings of those who have studied racial and ethnic minorities and their relations. Taking into account the growing body of theory and data on the dynamics of ethnic prejudice and discrimination, the course is concerned with the subcultures of minorities; the nature of prejudice and discrimination; the etiology, patterns and consequences of inter-group conflict; and the reactions of minorities to differential and discriminatory treatment. Concepts such as assimilation, amalgamation and desegregation are analyzed as forms of conflict resolution. Part of the sociology/anthropology and minority group relations concentrations. It may also be taken as an elective. (0515-210, 0510-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Study of demographic variables of mortality, fertility and migration as they affect the rise and quality of population. Part of the sociology/anthropology concentration and minor: the environmental studies minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an understanding of theoretical perspectives, directions, processes and consequences of transfer of technology from modern to developing societies. It also examines the diffusion of technologies, that is, the process through which they spread from their initial sources into various national and international organizations (e.g., multinational firms, factories, communities, and homes). The course also analyzes the consequences of conventional technological transfers and the need for appropriate technology for developing countries. Part of the science and technology studies concentration; the science, technology and environmental studies minor; the sociology/ anthropology and public policy concentrations and minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on issues and topics not otherwise covered in established sociology courses. The courses will concentrate on student discussion and interaction surrounding required readings. This course may be taken as an elective. (0515-210 or 0510-210) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Daily we watch, seemingly helplessly, as people are displaced from their communities, homelands, and countries and subsequently seek asylum around the world, sometimes within our own local communities. Causes of displacement include war, violence, persecution, and modes of terror that increasingly affect the lives of women and children. In addition to the loss of human life and potential, the ensuing consequences of violent displacement include poverty, disease, physical and psychological trauma, hopelessness, and vulnerability to human rights abuse. We will explore how the rights and dignity of refugees can be protected; examine resettlement processes; and how trauma of displacement can be minimized. Part of the urban and community studies and international studies degree programs and the sociology concentration and minor. May also be taken as an elective. (0510-210 or 0515-210) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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