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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
1 FS SOCI 189B - SOCI 189D: A day visit to California Youth Authority or a weekend trip to Napa State Hospital, Yountville Veterans' Home, or Sonoma Developmental Center. Full exposure to institutional life. Exposure to a variety of behaviors within the institution. Interaction with residents and staff members, thus giving the student a full scope of the lifestyle within a total institution. Each learning experience may be taken once, for a total of 4 units of credit. Sign up for these courses at CAVE, located in the Bell Memorial Union. These courses may not be used to meet major/minor requirements.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ This course studies the overarching causes and effects of social problems upon our lives, communities, institutions, and society. Among the concepts discussed is the role of power and ideology in defining social problems, evaluations of proposed solutions, and methods of intervention. Potential topics covered include problems of the family, educational system, government, sexism, racism, poverty, and crime and violence. The course examines each problem using sociological concepts and theories.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS The course guides students in an informed and critical examination of trends in mass media and culture and the means by which these trends influence attitudes and behaviors. The course uses theoretical approaches to investigate the impact of popular culture on distinct social groups. Special attention is given to increasing students' sociological "lens" and to making connections between popular culture and individual experiences.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An examination of the cultural and structural aspects of women's lives and experiences in contemporary societies. Different classes and ethnic/racial groups in the United States will be compared to those of other countries. Includes discussion of the creation of social policies and related activism.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An introduction to sociological theories and evidence on contemporary families, including topics of kinship, marriage, gender roles, child-rearing, intimacy, and divorce. Emphasis on the United States, with comparisons of family patterns in different social classes, ethnic groups and societies.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP Through lectures, readings, discussions, video, guest speakers, and use of WWW sites (including the archives at Jerusalem 1, Shamash, the US Holocaust Museum, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and other Web sources) we will explore the roles of what Raul Hilberg calls the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders of this horrific period in the 20th Century.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An examination of the theories of classical sociologists. Major emphasis will be given to the thinkers who have provided the theoretical basis for contemporary sociology, including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and other major theorists.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS SOCI 300. A critical examination of contemporary sociological theory. A comparative approach to current theoretical trends and perspectives will be taken.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An introduction to the logic and styles of sociological research. Particular attention is given to the nature of the scientific method, the methods of formulating sociological research problems, the design of social research, character of scientific evidence, and program evaluation techniques. Assumes ability to use computers to generate documents, process basic data, and utilize the World Wide Web.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS SOCI 310. Basic descriptive and inferential statistics for the social sciences. Emphasis will be placed upon the integration of social research designs and data collection, with statistical analysis and presentation.
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