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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). Analysis of the basic assumptions, concepts, and modes of thinking of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and the other founders of social science. Prerequisite: SOAN 100, 102 or 104; and two SOAN courses at the 200-level or above, or permission. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). Examination of important Twentieth- Century developments in social theory, focusing on critical, neo-Marxist, neo-functionalist, sym bolic interactionist, ethnomethodological, and feminist theories. Prerequisites: SOAN 100, 102, or 104; and two SOAN courses at the 200-level or above; or permission. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). An in-depth examination of selected classical and contemporary theories in anthropology with particular attention to the concept of culture. Prerequisite: SOAN 100, 102, or 104; and two SOAN courses at the 200-level or above; or permission. Offered as needed. NU and EV only.
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3.00 Credits
Spring (3 credits). Capstone designed to give students an opportunity to synthesize their sociological and anthropological learning. Capstone project results in a paper and presentation before department students and faculty. Prerequisite: SOAN 100, 102, or 104; and two 200-level SOAN courses, two 300-400 level SOAN courses, and senior standing. CN only.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Critical examination of the interplay of political and economic structures in capitalist societies and the effects on both domestic and global issues. Case studies emphasize the process of production, exchange, and consumption, together with the ideological concerns of the state. Prerequisite: SOAN 100 or 102 or permission. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits) or Spring (4 credits). Study of the social process of identifying and defining deviance, including the consequences of the deviant label, responses to deviance, how power is distributed and exercised in these processes, how social perceptions of deviance change over time, and the ways deviance works within society. Exploration of the social isolation, as well as the creativity of, being deviant. Prerequisite: SOAN 330 or permission. Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Fall (4 credits). Focuses on democracy as actually lived and experienced by members of society through the ethnographic examination of the cultural assumptions embedded in democracy, ranging from representation to freedom, analyzing it as a hegemonic ideology, a form of governance, a set of institutions, and a solution to peace and prosperity. Prerequisites: SOAN 102 and either a 300- level Methods or a 300-level Theory course (in GOVT or SOAN). Offered in alternate years. NU only.
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3.00 Credits
Fall (2-4), Spring (2-4), May Term (1-3) Independent research, generally included as an element of the senior capstone. Students work with a department faculty member who helps design the project, supervises it, and provides advice about analyzing the material. The analysis results in a comprehensive written report. Prerequisite: SOAN 100, 102, or 104; and permission. Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
Fall (2-12), Spring (2-12),May Term (1-3). Work in an applied setting, which is generally included as a component of the senior capstone. This experience is broadly defined and suited to the student's interests. Students work with a faculty member to establish the internship and to determine how to analyze the setting. The analysis results in a comprehensive report. Prerequisite: SOAN 100, 102, or 104; and permission. Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
Fall (2-4), Spring (2-4), May Term (1-3) Independent research as part of an approved honors project. Each student works with an honors committee chaired by a department faculty member. The committee supervises the project, helps in research design and analysis, and provides advice for the comprehensive report formally presented to the department faculty and the committee. Prerequisite: SOAN 100, 102, or 104; and permission. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of 8 credits. Offered as needed.
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