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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: CJLS This course is a critical evaluation of America's historic and contemporary use of the correctional system as the primary response to crime and many social problems.? This seminar is more about ideology than structure; of paramount interest are the social, political and economic contexts of prisons and the 'tough on crime' movement that have produced the largest prison system in the world.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: CJLS This course explores the depiction of crime and the criminal justice system in media with a specific but not exclusive emphasis on "old" news and entertainment media (film and television). Particular focus will be placed on the entertainment media's role in shaping the general public's ideas of crime and justice. This course also examines the increasingly blurred lines between news and entertainment; the roles film and television play in educating the public about crime and justice; and entertainment media's role in creating a distorted image of crime and justice.? Issues of race, class, and gender will also be explored in the context of entertainment media and crime.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: PIGP An analysis of the structures and dynamics of social inequality, focusing upon competing theoretical explanations and empirical investigations of different arrangements by which wealth, power, and prestige are distributed in human societies.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: PIGP, CJLS An introduction to the sociological analysis of the theory and practice of power in contemporary societies. Emphasis will be placed upon such topics as the nature of political power, social and cultural foundations of political institutions, sources and patterns of political involvement, and the social consequences of various types of power structures.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: PIGP This course explores how gender organizes our society. It focuses on how specific institutions affect individual agency; for example, how do the media, corporate industries, and professional organizations differently influence the social construction of femininity and masculinity? What processes of social activism and resistance do individuals engage to challenge such pressures? Analyses also focus on how conceptions of biological determinism affect behavior. Finally, the intersections of race, class, and sexual diversity among men and women are investigated as they relate to social phenomenon such as production, reproduction, identity, and social change.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: PIGP Using sociological perspectives on the roles of cultural beliefs and social practices in shaping people's lives, this course offers an overview of the organizing principles of society that resulted in the transition of pre-industrial societies to modern industrial states. The goals of the course are to make students aware of the power that social and cultural structures hold over them, of the fact that different societies will necessarily hold disparate views on how societies should be organized, and how to assess social/cultural differences in a nonjudgmental way. Topics covered include the technological bases of social organization, sex and gender stratification, demography, nationalism, religion, and civil society.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: CUC The goal of this course is to expose students to the array of topics that occupy the attention of contemporary urban scholars: political, economic, and cultural issues related to urban transformation, urban inequalities, urban design, urban consumption, urban sustainability, and urban security.? It is strongly recommended (but not required) that students complete Perspectives on the City before enrolling in this course.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: CUC, PIGP Examination of work, the labor force, and labor markets are integral to sociological theory and research.? This course examines how labor and work impact and structure daily life, social structures, and the political economy.? In addition, this course examines the relationship between politics and policy and the labor force in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: CJLS An analysis of conceptions of deviant behavior, the nature and prevalence of such behavior, and the theories developed to explain deviance. Emphasis is upon the relationship of such behavior to social structure and social processes.
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3.00 Credits
Counts towards: PIGP An analysis of the phenomenon of human sexuality from a sociological perspective. An understanding of the diversity of sexuality, development of sex roles, sexual orientation, historical and cross-cultural views of sexuality, and trends in sexual behavior and attitudes. Topics will include such issues as sexual identity, socialization, social change, and social movements.
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