400
Factors explaining large-scale change in the Western and non-Western worlds. Change in smaller units such as the family and community. Prerequisite:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
Social bases of American politics. Sociological theories and research on political behavior and distribution of power in the United States. Prerequisites:
SOC 200, 301, 350; or PSC 280 and at least one PSC course at the 300-level or above.
Credits
3(3-0)
Victimology is the scientific study of victims. Different forms of victimization, victim-offender relationships, and the interactions between victims and social systems/institutions are examined. Prerequisite:
SOC 100.
Credits
3(3-0)
Exploring the theories, concepts, and social constructions fundamental to the conceptualization of women as victims, offenders, and workers in the criminal justice system. Identical to
WGS 410. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. Prerequisites:
SOC 301, 350.
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
WGS 410
Family as a contested social institution embedded in changing social and cultural contexts. Explores kinship systems, family diversity, social organization, social conflict, family policy, and change. Prerequisites:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
Transition from childhood to adulthood. Emphasis on topics such as identity, peers, relationships with parents, school, and the media. Prerequisite:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
Work and professions in post-industrial society: historical perspectives, work ideology, work organization, employment relations, and globalization. Prerequisites: 9 hours in Sociology.
Credits
3(3-0)
Sociological analysis of the institution of motherhood, including ideologies, social policies, motherhood and wage earnings, teenage and single mothers, medicalization, and social stressors. Prerequisites:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
Social structure and consequences of sport as an institution in societies. Prerequisite:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
Sociological analysis of popular culture in the U.S. Elements of popular culture include television, radio, recording, advertising, spectator sports, hobbies, food, and fashions. Prerequisite:
SOC 100 or
SOC 201 or
SOC 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
Issues pertaining to youth welfare are related to broader organizational and structural features of society, including historical and comparative (international) perspectives. Identical to
SWK 422. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. Prerequisites: SOC/ANT 101 and a signed Global Justice Minor; or
SOC 100 and a signed Youth Studies Minor; or
SOC 200,
SOC 301, and
SOC 350.
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
SWK 422
Explores peer culture, social problems, children in families, social policy, and social change of children ages 3-12. Also emphasizes race, class, and gender studies. Prerequisites:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course examines modern-day human trafficking within the context of social justice and human rights. Prerequisite:
SOC 100 or
ANT 205 or
SOC 205 or
PSC 351.
Credits
3(3-0)
Ethnographic methods, ethics, and research design in cultural anthropology. Identical to
ANT 450. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. Prerequisite:
ANT 170.
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
ANT 450
Effects of the global economy on the division of labor, transnational migration, social inequality, ethnic identities, gender relations, and other aspects of social organizations. Identical to
ANT 457. Credit may not be earned in both of these courses. Prerequisites:
SOC 100 or 201 or 221 or
ANT 170.
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
ANT 457
A capstone seminar for advanced students within the Sociology major encompassing research and service learning or other sociologically- relevant projects, approved in advance by the instructor. Prerequisites:
SOC 200, 301, 350; signed Sociology major; Junior or Senior standing; permission of instructor.
Credits
3(3-0)