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1001. Introduction to Sociology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: May not be taken out of sequence after passing SOCI 3203.
Grading Basis: Graded
Modern society and its social organization, institutions, communities, groups, and social roles: the socialization of individuals, family, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, social class, crime and deviance, population, cities, political economy, and social change. CA 2.
View Classes »1001W. Introduction to Sociology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Cannot be taken for credit after passing SOCI 3203.
Grading Basis: Graded
Modern society and its social organization, institutions, communities, groups, and social roles: the socialization of individuals, family, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, social class, crime and deviance, population, cities, political economy, and social change. CA 2.
View Classes »1251. Social Problems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Major social problems, their sources in the organization of society, public policies for their alleviation, and questions of ethics and social justice: alcohol and drug abuse, physical and mental illness, sexual variances, poverty and inequality, ethnic and racial prejudice and discrimination, women and gender, the changing family, violence, crime and delinquency, the environment, urban problems, and population planning and growth. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »1251W. Social Problems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Major social problems, their sources in the organization of society, public policies for their alleviation, and questions of ethics and social justice: alcohol and drug abuse, physical and mental illness, sexual variances, poverty and inequality, ethnic and racial prejudice and discrimination, women and gender, the changing family, violence, crime and delinquency, the environment, urban problems, and population planning and growth. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »1501. Race, Class, and Gender
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Race, class, and gender, as they structure identities, opportunities, and social outcomes. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »1501W. Race, Class, and Gender
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Race, class, and gender, as they structure identities, opportunities, and social outcomes. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »1701. Society in Global Perspective
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Economic, political, social and cultural processes in globalization. The world economy, the autonomy of nation-states, the role of the media, and the social and environmental problems of societies in a world context. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1701W. Society in Global Perspective
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Economic, political, social, and cultural processes in globalization. The world economy, the autonomy of nation-states, the role of the media, and the social and environmental problems of societies in a world context. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 15.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics taken in an Education Abroad program.
View Classes »1996. Introduction to Research
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to conducting sociological research.
View Classes »2101. Sports and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sports as an institution and its impact on society. Gender, race, and class inequality in sports. Cultural, economic, political, and legal influences on sports at the professional, intercollegiate, scholastic, and recreational levels.
View Classes »2110. Sociology of Education
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Education and society: primary schools through universities as agencies for social selection and socialization. Formerly offered as SOCI 3471.
View Classes »2110W. Sociology of Education
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Education and society: primary schools through universities as agencies for social selection and socialization. Formerly offered as SOCI 3471W.
View Classes »2198. Topics in the Sociology of Culture
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
A variable topics course focusing on issues in the sociology of culture. Specific topics may include: production of culture and the culture industry, popular culture, the sociology of the arts, cultural representation of deviance and social problems, women and culture, film and the developing world, material culture, and cultural constructions of social inequality. Formerly offered as SOCI 3271.
View Classes »2198W. Topics in the Sociology of Culture
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
A variable topics course focusing on issues in the sociology of culture. Specific topics may include production of culture and the culture industry, popular culture, the sociology of the arts, cultural representation of deviance and social problems, women and culture, film and the developing world, material culture, and cultural constructions of social inequality.
View Classes »2200. Introducing India: Diversity and Dynamism
Also offered as: AAAS 2200
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: One introductory AAAS or SOCI course.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural diversity of India. Topics may include: cultural diversity in languages, religions, and regions; socio-political challenges; power relations that construct patterns of privilege and marginalization; and contemporary human rights issues.
View Classes »2200W. Introducing India: Diversity and Dynamism
Also offered as: AAAS 2200W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Recommended preparation: One introductory AAAS or SOCI course.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural diversity of India. Topics may include: cultural diversity in languages, religions, and regions; socio-political challenges; power relations that construct patterns of privilege and marginalization; and contemporary human rights issues.
View Classes »2210. Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women
An overview of social structures, inter-group relations, and women's rights, focusing on the experience of Asian American women. Formerly offered as AAAS/SOCI 3221. CA 4.
View Classes »2210W. Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women
Also offered as: AAAS 2210W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
An overview of social structures, inter-group relations, and women's rights, focusing on the experience of Asian American women. CA 4.
View Classes »2220. Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the United States
How gender, class, and ethnicity/race structure everyday lives of Asian Indian women in both India and the United States. Formerly offered as AAAS/SOCI 3222/HRTS 3573.
View Classes »2220W. Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the United States
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
How gender, class, and ethnicity/race structure everyday lives of Asian Indian women in both India and the United States.
View Classes »2240. Sociology of Race and Religion
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to the sociological study of race and religion. Centers on the social constructionist approach to race and religion within the context of North America. Topics may include the Black Church, segregation, theologies of liberation, immigration, identity formation, “ethnic” religion, urban vs. rural practices of religion, diversity, racism, and social change.
View Classes »2240W. Sociology of Race and Religion
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to the sociological study of race and religion. Centers on the social constructionist approach to race and religion within the context of North America. Topics may include the Black Church, segregation, theologies of liberation, immigration, identity formation, “ethnic” religion, urban vs. rural practices of religion, diversity, racism, and social change.
View Classes »2250. Racial Disparities in Health
Social determinants of health. Racial differences in health outcomes. Social, economic, and political structures and their impacts on health organization and inequalities in care delivery. Patient-provider interactions; meanings of illness. CA 2.
View Classes »2260. Science, Medicine, and Race
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: SOCI 1001.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to science, medicine, and the construct of race. Employs a variety of scholarly literatures but centers on the social constructionist approach to race. Topics may include colonialism, eugenics, and Darwinism; notions of biology and species; the causes and consequences of health inequities across the color-line; genetic and genomic research; and DNA and ancestry testing.
View Classes »2270. Society and the Individual
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Modern social systems and the behavior, psychological organization, and development of individuals. Formerly offered as SOCI 3351.
View Classes »2270W. Society and the Individual
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Modern social systems and the behavior, psychological organization, and development of individuals. Formerly offered as SOCI 3351W.
View Classes »2271. The Social Construction of Happiness
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Happiness as a social construction that shapes and is shaped by human societies and their social structures and processes. The social causes, nature, and consequences of the pursuit of happiness as a socially defined and organized phenomenon.
View Classes »2275. Social Well-Being
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Socially-embedded facets of well-being. Definitions and levels of well-being; relationship of well-being to social situations, social interactions, and social institutions.
View Classes »2275W. Social Well-Being
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Socially-embedded facets of well-being. Definitions and levels of well-being; relationship of well-being to social situations, social interactions, and social institutions.
View Classes »2280. Sociology of Mental Illness
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Theories and research in the sociology of mental health; emphasis on how sociologists analyze mental illness, the social and structural causes of mental illness, and the social and institutional responses to people experiencing mental illness. Formerly offered as SOCI 3457.
View Classes »2280W. Sociology of Mental Illness
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Theories and research in the sociology of mental health; emphasis on how sociologists analyze mental illness, the social and structural causes of mental illness, and the social and institutional responses to people experiencing mental illness. Formerly offered as SOCI 3457W.
View Classes »2301. Criminology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Theories and research on crime, victimization, social control, and the extent and patterns of criminal behavior.
View Classes »2301W. Criminology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Theories and research on crime, victimization, social control, and the extent and patterns of criminal behavior.
View Classes »2305. Deviant Behavior
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
How society defines a behavior as deviant, how and why members of society react to those who act this way, why people engage in deviant behavior, their experiences when labeled as deviants, and how they manage the stigma. May consider extreme body modification, drug abuse, mental illness, prostitution, suicide, and unconventional beliefs within the above context. Formerly offered as SOCI 3311.
View Classes »2305W. Deviant Behavior
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
How society defines a behavior as deviant, how and why members of society react to those who act this way, why people engage in deviant behavior, their experiences when labeled as deviants, and how they manage the stigma. May consider extreme body modification, drug abuse, mental illness, prostitution, suicide, and unconventional beliefs within the above context. Formerly offered as SOCI 3311W.
View Classes »2310. Introduction to Criminal Justice
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
The criminal justice system from a sociological perspective, including crime, police and law enforcement, courts and adjudication, corrections and juvenile justice. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »2315. Guns and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
The history, culture, and politics of guns in the U.S. and the social problem of gun violence through a sociological lens. Topics may include the symbolic meaning of guns, the Second Amendment, different types of gun violence, and approaches to reducing various forms of gun violence such as suicide, mass shootings, and everyday gun violence.
View Classes »2320. Drugs and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Drug taking as a social problem, the "war on drugs," drug education, treatment and prevention approaches, the illegal drug market. Formerly offered as SOCI 3307.
View Classes »2320W. Drugs and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Drug taking as a social problem, the "war on drugs," drug education, treatment and prevention approaches, the illegal drug market. Formerly offered as SOCI 3307W.
View Classes »2325. Juvenile Delinquency
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
An overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system. Formerly offered as SOCI 3315.
View Classes »2325W. Juvenile Delinquency
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
An overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system. Formerly offered as SOCI 3315W.
View Classes »2411. Work and Occupations
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Occupations, jobs, careers, and the professions, and their effects on the division of labor, on the workplace, and on individuals in the labor force.
View Classes »2461. Race, Gender, and U.S. Health Care
Also offered as: AFRA 2461
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: AFRA/SOCI 1001.
Grading Basis: Graded
Factors of race and gender at work in U.S health care. Focus on African Americans and Black immigrants as care recipients and care providers in health care institutions. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »2501. Sociology of Intolerance and Injustice
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological concepts of intolerance and injustice and how they affect members of marginalized groups; case studies may consider social class, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, religion, and disability. CA 4.
View Classes »2501W. Sociology of Intolerance and Injustice
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological concepts of intolerance and injustice and how they affect members of marginalized groups; case studies may consider social class, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, religion, and disability. CA 4.
View Classes »2503. Prejudice and Discrimination
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sources and consequences of racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination. CA 4.
View Classes »2503W. Prejudice and Discrimination
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sources and consequences of racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination. CA 4.
View Classes »2509. Sociology of Anti-Semitism
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sources and consequences of anti-Semitism in society. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2509W. Sociology of Anti-Semitism
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sources and consequences of anti-Semitism in society. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2510. Ethnicity and Race
Ethnic groups, their interrelations, assimilation, and pluralism. Culture, and identity that arise from differences in race, religion, nationality, region, and language. Formerly offered as AFRA/SOCI 3501.
View Classes »2510W. Ethnicity and Race
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Ethnic groups, their interrelations, assimilation, and pluralism. Culture, and identity that arise from differences in race, religion, nationality, region, and language. Formerly offered as SOCI 3501W.
View Classes »2520. White Racism
The origin, nature, and consequences of white racism as a central and enduring social principle around which the United States and other modern societies are structured and evolve. Formerly offered as AFRA/HRTS/SOCI 3505. CA 4.
View Classes »2530. African Americans and Social Protest
Social and economic-justice movements, from the beginning of the Civil Rights movement to the present. Formerly offered as AFRA/HRTS/SOCI 3825.
View Classes »2651. Sociology of the Family
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
The American family, its changing forms and values, and the social conditions influencing it: mate selection, marital adjustment, the responsibilities and opportunities of parenthood, and resolving family crises. CA 4.
View Classes »2651W. Sociology of the Family
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
The American family, it's changing forms and values, and the social conditions influencing it: mate selection, marital adjustment, the responsibilities and opportunities of parenthood and resolving family crises. CA 4.
View Classes »2660. Sociology of Health
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social factors related to health, illness, and health-care systems. Formerly offered as SOCI 3451.
View Classes »2660W. Sociology of Health
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 2011 or 3800.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social factors related to health, illness, and health-care systems. Formerly offered as SOCI 3451W.
View Classes »2670. Sociology of Religion
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Religion in social context: differences of church, denomination, sect, and cult; religious culture, organization, and ideology. Formerly offered as SOCI 3521.
View Classes »2670W. Sociology of Religion
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Religion in social context: differences of church, denomination, sect, and cult; religious culture, organization, and ideology. Formerly offered as SOCI 3521W.
View Classes »2680. Sociology of Sexualities
Explores the social organization, construction, and politics of sexualities, particular focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experiences and the intersection of sexualities, gender, race, and class. Formerly offered as SOCI/WGSS 3621. CA 4.
View Classes »2680W. Sociology of Sexualities
Also offered as: WGSS 2680W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Explores the social organization, construction, and politics of sexualities, particular focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experiences and the intersection of sexualities, gender, race, and class. Formerly offered as SOCI/WGSS 3621W. CA 4.
View Classes »2701E. Sustainable Societies
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on the concepts of sustainability, focusing on issues of climate change mitigation and adaptation, including questions of social transitions based on concepts of social justice, biomimicry, permaculture and the future of life on earth. CA 2.
View Classes »2705E. Sociology of Food
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed SOCI 3271 when offered either as Food or as Sustainability.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social factors shaping the industrial food system, as well as a social analysis of viable alternatives. CA 2.
View Classes »2707. Energy, Environment, and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on energy production, distribution and consumption, technology transitions, and energy inequalities. Formerly offered as SOCI 3407.
View Classes »2707W. Energy, Environment, and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on energy production, distribution and consumption, technology transitions, and energy inequalities. Formerly offered as SOCI 3407W.
View Classes »2709E. Society and Climate Change
Zero credits
Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed SOCI 3271 when offered as Society and Climate Change.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on the social, economic, political, and environmental causes and consequences of anthropogenic global climate change. CA 2.
View Classes »2709WE. Society and Climate Change
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Not open for credit to students who have passed SOCI 3271 when offered as Society and Climate Change.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on the social, economic, political, and environmental causes and consequences of anthropogenic global climate change. CA 2.
View Classes »2720E. Environmental Racism, Colonialism and Justice
Zero credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Examination of environmental racism and colonialism alongside movements toward liberation and justice; emphasis on environmental justice as theory, practice, narratives, and collective actions.
View Classes »2720WE. Environmental Racism, Colonialism and Justice
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Examination of environmental racism and colonialism alongside movements toward liberation and justice; emphasis on environmental justice as theory, practice, narratives, and collective actions.
View Classes »2800. Human Rights in the United States
Sociological analyses of human rights issues in the United States, including economic, racial, and gender justice; prisoners' rights and capital punishment; the role of the United States in international human rights agreements and treaties; and struggles on behalf of human rights. Formerly offered as HRTS/SOCI 3831.
View Classes »2800W. Human Rights in the United States
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological analyses of human rights issues in the United States, including economic, racial, and gender justice; prisoners' rights and capital punishment; the role of the United States in international human rights agreements and treaties; and struggles on behalf of human rights.
View Classes »2820. Sociological Perspectives on Poverty
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
The causes, conditions, and possible remedies for poverty. Topics may include historical, cultural, structural, social, political, racial, and spatial/geographical forces, lived experiences of the poor, and the impact of poverty on communities. Formerly offered as SOCI 3429.
View Classes »2820W. Sociological Perspectives on Poverty
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
The causes, conditions, and possible remedies for poverty. Topics may include historical, cultural, structural, social, political, racial, and spatial/geographical forces, lived experiences of the poor, and the impact of poverty on communities. Formerly offered as SOCI 3429W.
View Classes »2827. Revolutionary Social Movements Around the World
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Lectures and documentary films on the Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions and movements in South Africa and the Middle East.
View Classes »2827W. Revolutionary Social Movements Around the World
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Lectures and documentary films on the Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions and movements in South Africa and the Middle East.
View Classes »2830. Class, Power, and Inequality
Inequality and its consequences in contemporary societies. Formerly offered as HRTS/SOCI 3421.
View Classes »2830W. Class, Power, and Inequality
Also offered as: HRTS 2830W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Inequality and its consequences in contemporary societies. Formerly offered as SOCI 3421W.
View Classes »2835. Social Movements and Social Change
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Revolutionary, reform, reactionary, religious, communal, and escapist movements. Formerly offered as SOCI 3821.
View Classes »2835W. Social Movements and Social Change
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Revolutionary, reform, reactionary, religious, communal, and escapist movements. Formerly offered as SOCI 3821W.
View Classes »2841. Public Opinion and Mass Communication
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Contemporary public opinion and ideology, the process and effects of mass communication, and the measurement of public opinion.
View Classes »2841W. Public Opinion and Mass Communication
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Contemporary public opinion and ideology, the process and effects of mass communication, and the measurement of public opinion.
View Classes »2845. Sociology of Global Human Rights
Comparative approach to the study of human rights in the United States and elsewhere around the world from a sociological perspective. Formerly offered as HRTS/SOCI 3837.
View Classes »2845W. Sociology of Global Human Rights
Also offered as: HRTS 2845W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Comparative approach to the study of human rights in the United States and around the world from a sociological perspective. Formerly offered as HRTS/SOCI 3837W.
View Classes »2898. Topics in Sociology and Human Rights
Also offered as: HRTS 2898
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Variable topics covering theoretical and empirical examination of social, political, economic, legal, and/or cultural issues of human rights from a sociological perspective. Formerly offered as HRTS/SOCI 3833.
View Classes »2901. Urban Sociology
Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Formerly offered as URBN 3275 and 3901/SOCI 3901.
View Classes »2901W. Urban Sociology
Also offered as: URBN 2901W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Formerly offered as URBN 3275W and 3901W/SOCI 3901W.
View Classes »2907. City Life
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Ways of life in large cities and suburbs and the culture of modernism.
View Classes »2907W. City Life
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Ways of life in large cities and suburbs and the culture of modernism.
View Classes »2993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 15.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics taken in an Education Abroad program.
View Classes »2995. Special Topics
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Topics vary by semester.
View Classes »2996. Directed Research I
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Provides students an opportunity to conduct research with a faculty member or graduate student.
View Classes »2998. Variable Topics
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Topics vary by semester. Formerly offered as SOCI 3998.
View Classes »3201. Methods of Social Research
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: SOCI 1001, 1251 or 1501 or 1701; open to sophomores or higher. May not be taken out of sequence after passing SOCI 3203, 3211 or 3213.
Grading Basis: Graded
Quantitative and qualitative methods used in sociological research: designs for gathering data, problems of measurement, and techniques of data analysis. Lectures and laboratory work. Majors in sociology should take this required course in their junior year.
View Classes »3211Q. Quantitative Methods in Social Research
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: SOCI 3201 and either STAT 1000Q or 1100Q; or instructor consent; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Practical work in the design and execution of research, hypothesis testing, data analysis, and interpretations.
View Classes »3251. Social Theory
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: SOCI 1001, 1251, 1501, or 1701; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Overview of classic and contemporary sociological theories, and how these theories help explain current society and shape contemporary sociological research.
View Classes »3251W. Social Theory
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: SOCI 1001, 1251, or 1501; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Overview of classic and contemporary sociological theories, and how these theories help explain current society and shape contemporary sociological research.
View Classes »3317. Women and Crime
Also offered as: WGSS 3317
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Women as offenders, victims and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
View Classes »3317W. Women and Crime
Also offered as: WGSS 3317W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Women as offenders, victims and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
View Classes »3401. Social Organization
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social structure, processes, and social change in institutions such as the family, education, religion, economy, and polity.
View Classes »3401W. Social Organization
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social structure, processes, and social change in institutions such as the family, education, religion, economy, and polity.
View Classes »3425. Social Welfare and Social Work
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social welfare needs and programs; introduction to social work as a professional service.
View Classes »3453. Women and Health
Also offered as: WGSS 3453
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social factors shaping women's health, health care, and their roles as health-care providers.
View Classes »3453W. Women and Health
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social factors shaping women's health, health care, and their roles as health-care providers.
View Classes »3459. Aging and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on the process of aging and the elderly population, including kinship relations, work and leisure, mental and emotional health issues, and policy issues that address the elderly. CA 2.
View Classes »3459W. Aging and Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological perspectives on the process of aging and the elderly population, including kinship relations, work and leisure, mental and emotional health issues, and policy issues that address the elderly. CA 2.
View Classes »3507. Race and Reproduction
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
The social construction, organization, and politics of race and reproduction in the United States.
View Classes »3525. Latino Sociology
The economic, social, political, and cultural experiences of Latinos in the United States. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »3525W. Latino Sociology
Also offered as: LLAS 3525W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.
Grading Basis: Graded
The economic, social, political, and cultural experiences of Latinos in the United States. CA 2. CA 4.
View Classes »3601. Sociology of Gender
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Processes contributing to social construction of gender; theories used to explain the system of inequality in the United States with particular attention to the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class; how men and women are differentially constituted in the family, in education, work, politics, and language. CA 4.
View Classes »3601W. Sociology of Gender
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Processes contributing to social construction of gender; theories used to explain the system of inequality in the United States with particular attention to the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class; how men and women are differentially constituted in the family, in education, work, politics, and language. CA 4.
View Classes »3801. Political Sociology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social analysis of power, democracy and voting, society and the state, and political economy.
View Classes »3801W. Political Sociology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social analysis of power, democracy and voting, society and the state, and political economy.
View Classes »3823. The Sociology of Law: Global and Comparative Perspectives
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
The relationship between law and social change cross-nationally, including dispute processing in kinship societies, the impact of Western law on Third World countries, legal strategies that challenge inequality based on class, race, sex, religion, and sexuality, and the impact of international human rights treaties on inequality. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3823W. The Sociology of Law: Global and Comparative Perspectives
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
The relationship between law and social change cross-nationally, including dispute processing in kinship societies, the impact of Western law on Third World countries, legal strategies that challenge inequality based on class, race, sex, religion, and sexuality, and the impact of international human rights treaties on inequality. CA 2. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3835. Refugees and Humanitarianism
Social and political challenges of living as a refugee and working in humanitarian settings with a focus on refugee camps, institutional development of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and alternative approaches to refuge.
View Classes »3835W. Refugees and Humanitarianism
Also offered as: HRTS 3835W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Recommended preparation: POLS 1007/HRTS 1007.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social and political challenges of living as a refugee and working in humanitarian settings. Refugee camps, the institutional development of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and alternative approaches to sanctuary.
View Classes »3903. Urban Problems
Also offered as: URBN 3276
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social problems of American cities and suburbs, with emphasis on policy issues.
View Classes »3903W. Urban Problems
Also offered as: URBN 3276W
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Social problems of American cities and suburbs with emphasis on policy issues.
View Classes »3911. Communities
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: One introductory level sociology course or instructor consent; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Sociological analysis of processes and structures of various kinds of communities.
View Classes »3971. Population
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Size, growth, composition and distribution of population; social factors in population change.
View Classes »3971W. Population
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Size, growth, composition and distribution of population; social factors in population change.
View Classes »3990. Internship: Field Experience
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: Must be taken with SOCI 3991 concurrently unless continuing an internship already initiated; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Supervised field experience. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). Hours by arrangement. 42 hours per semester per credit. Repeatable to a maximum of six credits.
View Classes »3991. Internship: Research Paper
1.00 - 2.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Must be taken with SOCI 3990; open to juniors or higher. May be repeated to a maximum of three credits including SOCI 3991W which may be taken only once.
Grading Basis: Graded
Research paper based on Field Experience.
View Classes »3991W. Internship: Research Paper
1.00 - 2.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; must be taken with SOCI 3990; open to juniors or higher. May not be repeated.
Grading Basis: Graded
Research paper based on Field Experience. May not be repeated.
View Classes »3993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 36 credits.
Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics in a foreign-study program. Consent of Department Head required, preferably prior to the student's departure.
View Classes »3995. Special Topics
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded
Topics vary by semester.
View Classes »3996W. Senior Thesis in Sociology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Fifteen credits in sociology; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Honors Credit
3999. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.
Grading Basis: Graded