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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Focus on major issues relevant to at least two cultures chosen for in-depth study. The main issues addressed will include poverty, pollution, and educational equality. Other topics that students may choose to study involve children's socialization patterns, health or sexual practices, and the use and impact of the mass media in at least two cultures. Features field experiences to give students experimental knowledge. Satisfies G.E. area G. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Causes and consequences of socially structured inequalities including socioeconomic class, gender, and body image; focuses on U.S. society within the context of globalization. (Previously Social Stratification) Satisfies upper-division writing proficiency requirement. Prerequisites: Completion of the Writing Proficiency Screening Test with a passing score.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) A review of existing research and issues related to the social construction of diverse masculinities in contemporary societies. An emphasis on topics such as violence, sexualities, work, families, men's associations, and health. (Same as GEND 3320) Satisfies G.E. area G.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Examines the social organization of a traditional society (the Alaska natives) in contrast to the social organization of modern, industrialized, urban societies. Roles, statues, kinship, and socialinstitutions are investigated as integrative within society. This comparative and contrasting approach provides both the Sociology major and non-sociology majors a broad-based perspective in viewing contemporary society. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor. (Winter)
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Major contributions to systematic sociological theory. Critical analysis of selected works from Comte, Pareto, Weber, Durkheim, Sorokin, Parsons, and other classical and contemporary sociologists. Prerequisites: SOCL 3000 or consent of instructor. (Spring)
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Is population a problem in contemporary America An examination of the effects of rapid population growth and its relationship to the rapid depletion of renewable and nonrenewable resources both now and in the future. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Causes and consequences of hunger and homelessness in the U.S. with emphasis on the Central Valley. In a service learning capacity, students work with community agencies that serve and advocate for the homeless.
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Examines the social underpinnings which contribute to the development of the self. A seminar and an activity in which students keep a journal, engage in self observation and reflections, and make observations of others (especially significant others). As a seminar, students will be expected to exchange and examine ideas about the self from a theoretical as well as an experiential framework. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor. (Lecture, 2 hours; activity, 4 hours)
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Causes and consequences of gender relations in society and among individuals, with emphasis on power and gender-related inequalities. Focuses on the United States with examples from other societies and cultures. (Formerly Sex Roles and Power)
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Allows students to observe and apply directly the concepts of social deviance by staying for a week in San Francisco's Tenderloin or vice area. Class sessions will consist of a review of these concepts and preparation for the field study. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. (Lecture, 2 hours; activity, 4 hours) (Winter)
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