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3.00 Credits
4 SP SOCI 310 and SOCI 315 (or other statistics course by permission of instructor). Hands-on research course in which students use quantitative methods such as survey and experimental research to collect and analyze data using statistical measures and procedures relevant to sociological analysis. Students participate
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ This course is a sociological approach to the study of envirnomental issues. Attention is directed to the effects of environmental degradation and its relationship to poverty and inequality. Environmental reforms are discussed, and the effects of economic development and population growth are examined. Case studies are used to examine environmental conflicts, water and land use decision making, and toxic facility siting.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ Study of rural communities and their environments: the social forces and processes affecting them, their socio-cultural development, and their patterns of change; some focus on local rural areas.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ This course investigates the ways in which societies, cultures, and individuals construct sexuality. The relationships between behavior and identities with such forces as politics, race, social class, and diseases (e.g., HIV) are examined. Historical, subcultural, and cross-cultural examples are incorporated into the course.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ An analysis of social and cultural factors as they relate to ideology, voting, and political behavior. The nature and uses of power and its structure will be analyzed in detail using national and local conditions for examples, with the focus on the latter.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher, SOCI 300, SOCI 310, senior standing. This course applies sociological concepts and theories to local, national, and international events and trends. Students read news sources and sociological works, which are used to interpret the news and global developments.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher, SOCI 300, SOCI 310, senior standing. Open to sociology majors who have a 3.5 GPA, faculty permission. This course is intended to apply basic sociological concepts to current local, state, national, and international events. Students will read a daily newspaper and a relevant sociology text, which will be used to interpret the news. In this course, students will work on their Honors in the Major project.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS Analysis of various types of collective behavior, with a major emphasis on collective incidents and social movements. The role of propaganda and public opinion in collective behavior will be discussed in detail. Contemporary examples will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP AFAM 170 or SOCI 100. An analysis of the social conditions of African Americans, including the impact of institutions on the family, employment, education, residential opportunities, and legal/criminal status. Strategies for addressing these impacts will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ The study of genocide has been mandated as part of the educational curriculum in the State of California. In particular, the Holocaust, the Soviet Union under Stalin, and the Cambodian slaughter are emphasized in the Social Science Framework. We will explore these major acts of genocide in the 20th century along with others, such as the massacres of Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the rhetorical and mass persuasive basis of genocide.
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