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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of deviant behavior and crime as behavioral and social phenomena, with analysis of data and theories of the causation of crime. The effects of labeling deviants are also considered. P: CJ/SO 111 or permission of Program Coordinator. Generally offered every other fall semester. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
Investigation of delinquency as a separate phenomenon, including its theories of causation and particular patterns of delinquency, as well as consideration of the variables which affect the rates of delinquency. P: SO 111, CJ 111 or permission of Department Chair. Generally offered every other fall semester. 3 credits
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Examination of philosophy, theory, and practice of criminal punishment and of the processes which characterize arrest, prosecution, trial, and sentencing. Formal and informal operation of law enforcement agencies are studied, with special attention to patterns of differential treatment accorded different social and economic groups. P: CJ 111 or permission of Department Chair. Generally offered every spring semester. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
We shall study the effects of the urban environment on social institutions and populations and examine the modern crises of urban living with an eye towards answering the question: Can cities survive P: SO 111 or permission of Department Chair. General Education Choice for Part C. Generally offered every other Fall semester. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the positions of "minorities" in the status hierarchy of the UnitedStates, and teaches a critical perspective on the economic, political, and social oppression of subordinate groups by dominants. Multiculturalism will be examined from this perspective: since the United States comprises various racial and ethnic groups, what does it mean to be "American" and who gets to define this General Education Choice forPart C. Generally offered every spring semester. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
A study of dynamics of population including size, composition, distribution, fertility, mortality, and migration. A study of the relationship between population variables and variation in economic, educational, political, religious, and familial institutions. P: SO 111 or permission of Department Chair. General Education Choice for Part C. Generally offered every other spring semester. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the organizational structures of modern societies (for example, bureaucratic, military, educational, technological), including analysis of formal and informal structures. It provides a consideration of theory and research which attempts to explain the behavior of organizations in society. This is a Distance Learning course. Generally offered in the Accelerated Degree Program every spring. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
Fieldwork experience. Admission only with approval of Department Chair. P: SO 111 plus 15 hours in sociology and junior status. Generally offered every semester. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
Study of a topic of particular interest to the student, for which there is no existing course. The student must have demonstrated by prior performance the ability to do honors work and have maintained an honors average in the major field. The design of the proposed topic of study must originate with the student. Admission only with approval of Department Chair. Hours and credits to be arranged.
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3.00 Credits
A consideration of all forms of social control. A study of both the content and quantity of law employed under varying social conditions. Law will be considered as both a cause and effect of social change P: SO 111 or permission of Department Chair. Generally offered every other fall semester. 3 credits
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