Academic Catalog

Sociology (SOCI)

SOCI 1001.  Introduction to Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: May not be taken out of sequence after passing SOCI 3203.  
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
SOCI 1001W.  Introduction to Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Cannot be taken for credit after passing SOCI 3203.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
SOCI 1251.  Social Problems.  (3 Credits)  
An examination of how institutional and organizational features of societies generate contemporary social problems, public policies for their alleviation, and questions of ethics and social justice. Topics may include substance use and misuse, mental illness, crime, social inequality, racism, gender disparities, climate change, and human rights. CA 2. CA 4.
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 1251W.  Social Problems.  (3 Credits)  
An examination of how institutional and organizational features of societies generate contemporary social problems, public policies for their alleviation, and questions of ethics and social justice. Topics may include substance use and misuse, mental illness, crime, social inequality, racism, gender disparities, climate change, and human rights. CA 2. CA 4.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 1501.  Race, Class, and Gender.  (3 Credits)  
Race, class, and gender, as they structure identities, opportunities, and social outcomes. CA 2. CA 4.
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 1501W.  Race, Class, and Gender.  (3 Credits)  
Race, class, and gender, as they structure identities, opportunities, and social outcomes. CA 2. CA 4.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 1701.  Society in Global Perspective.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4INT: Div & Multi Intl  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI2: Cultural Dimen Human Exp, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 1701W.  Society in Global Perspective.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4INT: Div & Multi Intl  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI2: Cultural Dimen Human Exp, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 1993.  Foreign Study.  (1-15 Credits)  
Special topics taken in an Education Abroad program.
May be repeated for credit  
SOCI 1996.  Introduction to Research.  (3 Credits)  
Introduction to conducting sociological research.
  
SOCI 2101.  Sports and Society.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
SOCI 2110W.  Sociology of Education.  (3 Credits)  
Education and society: primary schools through universities as agencies for social selection and socialization. Formerly offered as SOCI 3471W.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2198.  Topics in the Sociology of Culture.  (3 Credits)  
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.
May be repeated for a total of 9 credits  
SOCI 2198W.  Topics in the Sociology of Culture.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
May be repeated for a total of 9 credits  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2200.  Introducing India: Diversity and Dynamism.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AAAS 2200.) 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.
Enrollment Requirements: Recommended preparation: One introductory AAAS or SOCI course.  
  
SOCI 2200W.  Introducing India: Diversity and Dynamism.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AAAS 2200W.) 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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Recommended preparation: One introductory AAAS or SOCI course.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2210.  Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AAAS 2210.) 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.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: six credits of introductory social sciences courses.  
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2210W.  Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AAAS 2210W.) An overview of social structures, inter-group relations, and women's rights, focusing on the experience of Asian American women. CA 4.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2220.  Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the United States.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AAAS 2220.) 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.
  
SOCI 2220W.  Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the United States.  (3 Credits)  
How gender, class, and ethnicity/race structure everyday lives of Asian Indian women in both India and the United States.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2240.  Sociology of Race and Religion.  (3 Credits)  
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.
May be repeated for a total of 3 credits  
SOCI 2240W.  Sociology of Race and Religion.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
May be repeated for a total of 3 credits  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2260.  Science, Medicine, and Race.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: Recommended preparation: SOCI 1001.  
  
SOCI 2260W.  Science, Medicine, and Race.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011. Recommended preparation: SOCI 1001.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2271.  The Social Construction of Happiness.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
SOCI 2275.  Social Well-Being.  (3 Credits)  
Socially-embedded facets of well-being. Definitions and levels of well-being; relationship of well-being to social situations, social interactions, and social institutions.
  
SOCI 2275W.  Social Well-Being.  (3 Credits)  
Socially-embedded facets of well-being. Definitions and levels of well-being; relationship of well-being to social situations, social interactions, and social institutions.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2280.  Sociology of Mental Illness.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 2280W.  Sociology of Mental Illness.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2301.  Criminology.  (3 Credits)  
Theories and research on crime, victimization, social control, and the extent and patterns of criminal behavior.
  
SOCI 2301W.  Criminology.  (3 Credits)  
Theories and research on crime, victimization, social control, and the extent and patterns of criminal behavior.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2305.  Deviant Behavior.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
SOCI 2305W.  Deviant Behavior.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2310.  Introduction to Criminal Justice.  (3 Credits)  
The criminal justice system from a sociological perspective, including crime, police and law enforcement, courts and adjudication, and corrections. CA 2. CA 4.
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2315.  Guns and Society.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
SOCI 2320.  Drugs and Society.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
SOCI 2320W.  Drugs and Society.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2411.  Work and Occupations.  (3 Credits)  
Occupations, jobs, careers, and the professions, and their effects on the division of labor, on the workplace, and on individuals in the labor force.
  
SOCI 2461.  Race, Gender, and U.S. Health Care.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AFRA 2461.) 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.
Enrollment Requirements: Recommended preparation: AFRA/SOCI 1001.  
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2501.  Sociology of Intolerance and Injustice.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2503.  Prejudice and Discrimination.  (3 Credits)  
Sources and consequences of racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination. CA 4.
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2509W.  Sociology of Anti-Semitism.  (3 Credits)  
Sources and consequences of anti-Semitism in society. CA 4-INT.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA4INT: Div & Multi Intl  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI2: Cultural Dimen Human Exp  
SOCI 2510.  Ethnicity and Race.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as AFRA 2510.) 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.
  
SOCI 2510W.  Ethnicity and Race.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2520.  White Racism.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as HRTS 2520.) 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.
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2530.  African Americans and Social Protest.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as HRTS 2530.) Social and economic-justice movements, from the beginning of the Civil Rights movement to the present. Formerly offered as AFRA/HRTS/SOCI 3825.
  
SOCI 2651.  Sociology of the Family.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2651W.  Sociology of the Family.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2655.  Sociology of Carework.  (3 Credits)  
Organization of carework, both nurturing and social reproduction, including activities essential for daily living; meanings and complexity of carework in varied contexts, for diverse populations, and through different working conditions; alternative ways of organizing carework infrastructure.
  
SOCI 2655W.  Sociology of Carework.  (3 Credits)  
Organization of carework, both nurturing and social reproduction, including activities essential for daily living; meanings and complexity of carework in varied contexts, for diverse populations, and through different working conditions; alternative ways of organizing carework infrastructure.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
SOCI 2660.  Sociology of Health.  (3 Credits)  
Social factors related to health, illness, and health-care systems. Formerly offered as SOCI 3451.
  
SOCI 2660W.  Sociology of Health.  (3 Credits)  
Social factors related to health, illness, and health-care systems. Formerly offered as SOCI 3451W.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 2011 or 3800.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2670.  Sociology of Religion.  (3 Credits)  
Religion in social context: differences of church, denomination, sect, and cult; religious culture, organization, and ideology. Formerly offered as SOCI 3521.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 2670W.  Sociology of Religion.  (3 Credits)  
Religion in social context: differences of church, denomination, sect, and cult; religious culture, organization, and ideology. Formerly offered as SOCI 3521W.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2680.  Sociology of Sexualities.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as WGSS 2680.) 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.
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2680W.  Sociology of Sexualities.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as WGSS 2680W.) 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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
SOCI 2701E.  Sustainable Societies.  (3 Credits)  
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.
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
SOCI 2705E.  Sociology of Food.  (3 Credits)  
Social factors shaping the industrial food system, as well as a social analysis of viable alternatives. CA 2.
Enrollment Requirements: Not open for credit to students who have passed SOCI 3271 when offered either as Food or as Sustainability.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
SOCI 2707.  Energy, Environment, and Society.  (3 Credits)  
Sociological perspectives on energy production, distribution and consumption, technology transitions, and energy inequalities. Formerly offered as SOCI 3407.
  
SOCI 2707W.  Energy, Environment, and Society.  (3 Credits)  
Sociological perspectives on energy production, distribution and consumption, technology transitions, and energy inequalities. Formerly offered as SOCI 3407W.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2709E.  Society and Climate Change.  (3 Credits)  
Sociological perspectives on the social, economic, political, and environmental causes and consequences of anthropogenic global climate change. CA 2.
Enrollment Requirements: Not open for credit to students who have passed SOCI 3271 when offered as Society and Climate Change.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI1: Creativity: Des,Expr,Inn, TOI4: Environmental Literacy  
SOCI 2709WE.  Society and Climate Change.  (3 Credits)  
Sociological perspectives on the social, economic, political, and environmental causes and consequences of anthropogenic global climate change. CA 2.
Enrollment Requirements: 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.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy, COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI1: Creativity: Des,Expr,Inn, TOI4: Environmental Literacy  
SOCI 2720E.  Environmental Racism, Colonialism and Justice.  (3 Credits)  
Examination of environmental racism and colonialism alongside movements toward liberation and justice; emphasis on environmental justice as theory, practice, narratives, and collective actions.
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy  
SOCI 2720WE.  Environmental Racism, Colonialism and Justice.  (3 Credits)  
Examination of environmental racism and colonialism alongside movements toward liberation and justice; emphasis on environmental justice as theory, practice, narratives, and collective actions.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Environmental Literacy, COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2800.  Human Rights in the United States.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as HRTS 2800.) 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.
  
SOCI 2800W.  Human Rights in the United States.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2820.  Sociological Perspectives on Poverty.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 2830.  Class, Power, and Inequality.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as HRTS 2830.) Inequality and its consequences in contemporary societies. Formerly offered as HRTS/SOCI 3421.
  
SOCI 2835W.  Social Movements and Social Change.  (3 Credits)  
Revolutionary, reform, reactionary, religious, communal, and escapist movements. Formerly offered as SOCI 3821W.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2841.  Public Opinion and Mass Communication.  (3 Credits)  
Contemporary public opinion and ideology, the process and effects of mass communication, and the measurement of public opinion.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 2845.  Sociology of Global Human Rights.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as HRTS 2845.) 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.
  
SOCI 2898.  Topics in Sociology and Human Rights.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as HRTS 2898.) 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.
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits  
SOCI 2901.  Urban Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as URBN 2901.) Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Formerly offered as URBN 3275 and 3901/SOCI 3901.
  
SOCI 2901W.  Urban Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as URBN 2901W.) Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Formerly offered as URBN 3275W and 3901W/SOCI 3901W.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 2907.  City Life.  (3 Credits)  
Ways of life in large cities and suburbs and the culture of modernism.
  
SOCI 2993.  Foreign Study.  (1-15 Credits)  
Special topics taken in an Education Abroad program.
May be repeated for credit  
SOCI 2995.  Special Topics.  (1-3 Credits)  
Topics vary by semester.
May be repeated for credit  
SOCI 2996.  Directed Research I.  (1-6 Credits)  
Provides students an opportunity to conduct research with a faculty member or graduate student.
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits  
SOCI 2998.  Variable Topics.  (1-3 Credits)  
Topics vary by semester. Formerly offered as SOCI 3998.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
May be repeated for credit  
SOCI 3201.  Methods of Social Research.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: 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.  
  
SOCI 3211Q.  Quantitative Methods in Social Research.  (4 Credits)  
Practical work in the design and execution of research, hypothesis testing, data analysis, and interpretations.
Enrollment Requirements: SOCI 3201 and either STAT 1000Q or 1100Q; or instructor consent; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Quantitative Competency  
SOCI 3251.  Social Theory.  (3 Credits)  
Overview of classic and contemporary sociological theories, and how these theories help explain current society and shape contemporary sociological research.
Enrollment Requirements: SOCI 1001, 1251, 1501, or 1701; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 3251W.  Social Theory.  (3 Credits)  
Overview of classic and contemporary sociological theories, and how these theories help explain current society and shape contemporary sociological research.
Enrollment Requirements: SOCI 1001, 1251, or 1501; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 3425.  Social Welfare and Social Work.  (3 Credits)  
Social welfare needs and programs; introduction to social work as a professional service.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 3453.  Women and Health.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as WGSS 3453.) Social factors shaping women's health, health care, and their roles as health-care providers.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 3453W.  Women and Health.  (3 Credits)  
Social factors shaping women's health, health care, and their roles as health-care providers.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 3459W.  Aging and Society.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science  
SOCI 3507.  Race and Reproduction.  (3 Credits)  
The social construction, organization, and politics of race and reproduction in the United States.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 3525.  Latino Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as LLAS 3525.) The economic, social, political, and cultural experiences of Latinos in the United States. CA 2. CA 4.
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 3525W.  Latino Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as LLAS 3525W.) The economic, social, political, and cultural experiences of Latinos in the United States. CA 2. CA 4.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just, TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 3601.  Sociology of Gender.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 3601W.  Sociology of Gender.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA4: Diversity & Multicultural  
Topics of Inquiry: TOI5: Indiv Values Soc Inst  
SOCI 3801.  Political Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
Social analysis of power, democracy and voting, society and the state, and political economy.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 3801W.  Political Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
Social analysis of power, democracy and voting, society and the state, and political economy.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 3823.  The Sociology of Law: Global and Comparative Perspectives.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4INT: Div & Multi Intl  
SOCI 3823W.  The Sociology of Law: Global and Comparative Perspectives.  (3 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to sophomores or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
Content Areas: CA2: Social Science, CA4INT: Div & Multi Intl  
SOCI 3903.  Urban Problems.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as URBN 3276.) Social problems of American cities and suburbs, with emphasis on policy issues.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to juniors or higher.  
  
SOCI 3903W.  Urban Problems.  (3 Credits)  
(Also offered as URBN 3276W.) Social problems of American cities and suburbs with emphasis on policy issues.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 3971.  Population.  (3 Credits)  
Size, growth, composition and distribution of population; social factors in population change.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
  
SOCI 3990.  Internship: Field Experience.  (1-6 Credits)  
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.
Enrollment Requirements: Must be taken with SOCI 3991 concurrently unless continuing an internship already initiated; open to juniors or higher.  
May be repeated for a total of 6 credits  
SOCI 3991.  Internship: Research Paper.  (1-2 Credits)  
Research paper based on Field Experience.
Enrollment Requirements: 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.  
May be repeated for credit  
SOCI 3991W.  Internship: Research Paper.  (1-2 Credits)  
Research paper based on Field Experience. May not be repeated.
Enrollment Requirements: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; must be taken with SOCI 3990; open to juniors or higher. May not be repeated.  
  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 3993.  Foreign Study.  (1-6 Credits)  
Special topics in a foreign-study program. Consent of Department Head required, preferably prior to the student's departure.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to juniors or higher.  
May be repeated for a total of 36 credits  
SOCI 3995.  Special Topics.  (1-6 Credits)  
Topics vary by semester.
Enrollment Requirements: Open to sophomores or higher.  
May be repeated for credit  
SOCI 3996W.  Senior Thesis in Sociology.  (3 Credits)  
Enrollment Requirements: Fifteen credits in sociology; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.  
  
Grading Basis: Honors Credit  
Skill Codes: COMP: Writing Competency  
SOCI 3999.  Independent Study.  (1-6 Credits)  
Enrollment Requirements: Open to juniors or higher.  
May be repeated for credit