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3.00 Credits
Students learn about the treatment of the elderly in contemporary societies, with special emphasis given to the status of the elderly in America. The extent and effects of "ageism" (prejudice against the aged) are also studied. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits
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The family in various cultures but particularly in American society. Components of family structure, organization, and its relation to other social institutions. Family cycle and mate selection. Factors contributing to family instability and disorganization in contemporary American society. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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Social inequality on the basis of general birth, wealth, income, and occupation in modern society reflected in caste or class structures. The various theories of social stratification in Marx, Weber, Sorokin, and the functionalists, with attention to class conflict and social mobility. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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The concept of power as embodied in political institutions and ideologies. The structure of political parties, mass movements, and secret and underground organizations. Political ideologies, utopias, and social myths in relation to democracy, socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, nationalism, pan- Slavism, and pan-Germanism. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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An overview of the sociology of medicine, with a focus on the relationships between social conditions, as the context, and health and disease in human populations, as outcomes. Utilizing sociological methods of analysis, the course investigates the history, function and structure of health care institutions, the roles of patients and health care practitioners, as well as social processes and social behaviors that influence the incidence of sickness and health. Prerequisite: SAS 121. 3 credits
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The sociological definition and approach to the study of criminality and delinquency, and the nature, types, and extent of crime. The causes of crime and methods of determining criminality, the social function of criminal law, the police, the courts, the prison community, punishment, rehabilitation, and crime prevention programs. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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The concepts of social deviance, pathology, social disorganization, value conflict, and labeling. Sociological theories of deviant behavior in relation to alcoholism, drug abuse, criminality and delinquency, suicide, sexual deviance and mental illness. A critical assessment of social causation, labeling stigmatization, and the scientific methods of determining deviance. The structure and organization of treatment for deviants, and institutions dealing with social deviance. The criminal justice system. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
The root of cultural notions of knowledge and reality in social structure. Social analysis of ideology, propaganda, rationality, science and art, ethics, and norms. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Size, geographic distribution, and other demographic characteristics of American Jews. Changing patterns of Jewish identity and their consequences. The organizations and religious institutions of the Jewish community. The place of Jews in American politics. Factors that make for strength and factors that lead to assimilation. Prerequisite: SAS 103. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Credits by arrangement.
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