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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Examines U.S. society's dominant cultural values and beliefs regarding meritocracy and class, race, and gendered stratification as reflected in animated films, major carriers of popular culture. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor. (Winter)
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Classrooms reflect local community social dynamics. Analyzes the relationship between school and local community from a sociological framework and provides methods, concepts, and theories to examine school/community interrelationships. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Social Inquiry)
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Course examines the culture of beauty, body image, and various ways in which the human body is objectified/commodified. Issues addressed may include, but are not limited to, the following: race/ethnic, gender, and social class dynamics regarding body image; the social construction of beauty and resultant inequalities; plastic surgery; body disfigurement, both voluntary (tattooing, piercing) and involuntary; the Americanization of body image and beauty standards worldwide. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Course provides students with an understanding of the relationship between food and society. Topics include ecological constraints and possibilities; food production, processing, consumption, and distribution; food as symbolic representations of status and power; and food taboos. The relationship between environment, technology, and social organization is developed as it relates to food. The globalization of the agribusiness and food processing and distribution industries is explored. Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Course examines American eating behaviors; race/ethnic, gender, and social class dynamics regarding weight; and various eating disorders, primarily in the United States and other developed countries. Topics include over-eating and obesity, bulimia and anorexia, as well as the social construction of appropriate body weight, the stigmatization of obesity, analysis of the diet and recovery industry, and the media's role in shaping perceptions of body image.
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4.00 Credits
(1-2 Units) Depending on the instructor, the colloquium will focus on specific areas of sociological concern, including an analysis of deviance, stratification, race, sex roles, population, religion, etc. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 units. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) A broad overview of the current concepts, issues, and processes associated with human aging and the latter part of the life cycle. (Formerly MDIS 3000, MDIS 4000) Prerequisites: Junior, senior, or graduate standing. (Offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Sociological analysis of minority group relations; attention to specific racial, ethnic, and religious minorities. Satisfies G.E. area G. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Structure and processes of small human groups, theory, research methods, and empirical findings. Prerequisites: SOCL 1010 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
(4 Units) Social measurement, data analysis and interpretation, formulation of research designs, and application of research techniques. Includes understanding and performing basic research. Prerequisites: SOCL 3030. (Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 2 hours) (Spring)
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