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3.00 Credits
This course offers an objective analysis of interrelations between religious phenomena and social institutions, structures, and behavior. There is special emphasis on the distinction between church and sect, religious and social stratification, secularization, science and religion, and religious movements.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine the various ways people organize themselves into communities and develop means of governance. This course explores the impact of the community on people, the ways power is used and misused, social conflict, social change, and the need for social involvement. A wide variety of communities are examined: rural, urban, village, metropolis, Utopian communities, communes, planned cities, and new towns. Cultural and national differences in the development of communities are assessed.
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3.00 Credits
This course in an investigation of gender and sex roles, primarily in American culture and society. The course explores the ways in which society shapes notions of what it means to be a "woman" and a"man" by examining the theories and research on how people definethemselves and interact with others in a variety of contexts (family, personal relationship, work, health, religion, etc.), and by exploring the sociological implications of cultural definitions of femininity and masculinity as seen through various racial, historical, economic, and sexualized perspectives. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the dimensions and nature of both traditional crime and criminality and the newly recognized forms of crime which exist within contemporary society. The criminal's relationship to the courts, police, and other penal agencies is the focus of attention.
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3.00 Credits
Theories and research in social stratification are the focus of this course. Topics covered include role, status, structure of differential rankings in society, criteria for ranking, functions and dysfunction, correlates of class positions, social change, and social mobility.
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3.00 Credits
This basic course in social scientific research focuses on qualitative methods. Students gain experience with participant observation, intensive interviewing, and other field methods. Qualitative research design, data collection, data analysis, and research report writing are covered. Meets the general studies Upper-Division Writing Intensive requirement. Prerequisite: PSYC 299
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3.00 Credits
This basic course in social scientific research focuses on quantitative methods. Students gain experience with survey research, content analysis, and other statistical methods. Quantitative research design, data collection, data analysis, and research report writing are covered. Prerequisite: PSYC 299
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3.00 Credits
Students investigate the impact of modernity on family life, work, religion, politics, and the arts, and consider questions such as: How can people create and preserve a morally coherent life in a society that is pluralistic, secular, and privatized? What difference does Christian faith make in the way people understand the world, and in determining how people ought to live? Meets the general studies senior seminar requirement. Prerequisites: senior standing; completion of the majority of the units required for God's Word and the Christian Response; completion of the majority of coursework in the major; and upperdivision writing intensive course
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Consists of a program of study concentrating on assigned readings, discussions, and writing arranged between, and designed by, a student of upper-division standing and a full-time professor. An independent study fee is assessed for each enrollment in this class. May be repeated for credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the social work profession and to social welfare services in the United States, examines the requirements for social work practice, and makes projections about the profession's future. Emphasis is on developing an awareness of the scope of the profession and exploring an interest in pursuing social work as a career.
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