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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Advisory: English Writing 211 and Reading 211 (or Language Arts 211), or English as a Second Language 272 and 273. (Also listed as Administration of Justice 73. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. Introduction to major types of crime and criminal behavior: examining demographics and measurement of crime, theories of causation, and victimology, crime prevention and crime control.
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2.00 Credits
Special Projects in Sociology
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly Sociology 40X and 40Y.) Three hours laboratory for each unit of credit. (Any combination of Sociology 77X and 77Y may be taken up to six times, not to exceed 18 units, as long as the topics/projects are different each time.) Individual and/or group projects in sociology that deal with one or more of the aspects in the field of sociology.
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4.00 Credits
(Formerly Sociology 85.) (See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. Four hours lecture. Introduction to the sociological study of religion. Cross-cultural analysis of the social dimensions of religious life, including doctrine, practices, symbology, organization, political economy, racial, ethnic, gender and class differences, sexuality, media, social movements and change. Active, major world religions explored, including Indigenous American and African Ancestral traditions, Hinduism, Daoism, Judaism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam in their specific historical and cultural contexts.
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4.00 Credits
(Formerly Social Science 53.) (See modules under Social Science 53G-J.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) (Students who have received credit for the four-unit parent course, Social Science 15, Political Science 15, or Women's Studies 15, may not also receive credit for any of the modules). Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Women's Studies 15 and Political Science 15. Student may enroll in only one department, for credit.) Four hours lecture. (The courses are not repeatable, and students may receive a maximum of four units of credit for any combination of Social Science 15, 53G-J, Political Science 15, 53G-J, and Women's Studies 15, 53G-J.) Applied and theoretical study for students of social justice, this course will examine race, culture and contradictions in the ideal of the American Dream through a comparative analysis of American experiences of migration. Particular emphasis will be on the historical experiences of European immigrants, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. The course will also discuss the contemporary social and cultural implications of the migration process. Using a multidisciplinary social science approach, attention will be given to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and class, as well as the role of the state (policy) to the process of immigration.
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4.00 Credits
(Formerly Social Science 54.) (See modules under Social Science 54G-J.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) (Students who have received credit for the four-unit parent course, Social Science 16, Political Science 16, or Women's Studies 16, may not also receive credit for any of the modules). Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Women's Studies 16 and Political Science 16. Student may enroll in only one department for credit.) Four hours lecture. (The courses are not repeatable, and students may receive a maximum of four units of credit for any combination of Social Science 16, 54G-J, Political Science 16, 54G-J, and Women's Studies 16, 54G-J.) Applied and theoretical learning for students of social justice, this course is a comparative survey of protest movements since the 1960's. An introductory, comparative, and interdisciplinary study of Mexican American, African American, Asian American, and white working class social and political struggles from 1960 to the present. The course traces the development of protest movements in response to racial, class, gender, and political inequality in the context of U.S. politics and history. The course critically examines the internal and external factors contributing to the rise and fall of social and political movements with special attention to the conjuncture of gender, race, ethnicity, culture, class, and sexual preference in contemporary U.S. politics.
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4.00 Credits
(Formerly Social Science 52.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Women's Studies 17. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. (See modules under Social Science/Women's Studies 52G-J.) (Students who receive credit for the parent course, Social Science/Women's Studies 17, may not also receive credit for the modular courses, Social Science/ Women's Studies 52G, 52H, 52I, or 52J.) Applied and theoretical learning for students of social justice, this course is a multidisciplinary exploration of social change and popular democratic action with a focus on the meaning and development of political power in modern democracies. Topics to be explored include: institutional and mass forums for civic engagement, leadership development, mass recruitment and mobilization, consciousness development, democratic ethics, and strategic and tactical action.
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2.00 Credits
(Formerly Social Science 52A.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Women's Studies 52G. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Two hours lecture. (Students who receive credit for the parent course, Social Science/Women's Studies 17, may not also receive credit for Social Science/Women's Studies 52G. Additionally, students may only receive a maximum of four units credit for any combination of Social Science/Women's Studies 52G, 52H, 52I, and 52J. None of the modular courses are repeatable for credit.) Explores the literature and practice of community, issue and electoral organizing as it has developed in the United States. Particular emphasis will be placed on theories and techniques of leadership development, mass mobilization, and strategic and tactical action arising out of such popular social movements as the labor movement, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, the gay rights movement, the peace movement, the environmental movement, the right-to-life and Christian evangelical movements, the anti-tax movement, and the student movement.
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1.00 Credits
(Formerly Social Science 52B.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Women's Studies 52H. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) One hour lecture. (Students who receive credit for the parent course, Social Science/Women's Studies 17, may not also receive credit for Social Science/Women's Studies 52H. Additionally, students may only receive a maximum of four units credit for any combination of Social Science/Women's Studies 52G, 52H, 52I, and 52J. None of the modular courses are repeatable for credit.) Examines the theories and methods of the development of a critical consciousness of civic participation and social protest as core elements of the practice of democracy in contemporary society. Particular emphasis will be placed on theories and techniques of consciousness raising developed in popular social movements dealing with labor rights, civil rights, women's liberation, gay rights, peace, the environment, abortion and reproductive choice, evangelical Christianity, taxes and student rights.
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2.00 Credits
(Formerly Social Science 52C.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Women's Studies 52I. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Two hours lecture. (Students who receive credit for the parent course, Social Science/Women's Studies 17, may not also receive credit for Social Science/Women's Studies 52I. Additionally, students may only receive a maximum of four units credit for any combination of Social Science/Women's Studies 52G, 52H, 52I, and 52J. None of the modular courses are repeatable for credit.) Examines the role of leaders in the development of grassroots democratic movements. Particular emphasis will be placed on the tensions between centralization and decentralization, accommodation and conflict, and individual versus group action. Case studies will be drawn from a variety of popular social movements including but not limited to movements dealing with labor rights, civil rights, women's liberation, gay rights, peace, the environment, abortion and reproductive choice, evangelical Christianity, taxes and student rights.
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