2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Sociology/Anthropology Department
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Moffett Center, Room 2120
(607) 753-2726
E-mail: william.skipper@cortland.edu
www.cortland.edu/sociology/
School
Arts and Sciences
Faculty
William Skipper (Chair), Jamie Dangler, Herbert Haines, Stephen Halebsky, Richard Kendrick, Kassim Kone, Craig Little, Ellis McDowell-Loudan, John R. Sosa, Sharon Steadman, Stuart Traub, Anne Vittoria, Mark Worrell, Tiantian Zheng
Adjunct Faculty
For a listing of adjunct faculty see the Faculty and Administration section.
Programs Offered
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
Bachelor of Arts in Adolescence Education: Social Studies and Sociology (7-12)
Majors Offered
Criminology
Sociology
Adolescence Education: Social Studies and Sociology (7-12)
Concentrations Offered
Criminology
Social Gerontology
Minors Offered
Sociology
Social Gerontology
Description
Sociology is a way of understanding human behavior. The discipline's central premise is that the behavior of individuals is a function of social context: We live our lives as we do because we live among particular others in a particular place at a particular time. Proceeding scientifically and holistically, Sociology attempts to understand how, broadly speaking, culture and social structure (the economy, politics, family, religion, etc.) shape the lives of those who participate in them; the ultimate goal of that understanding being to improve the quality of those lives.
The sociology program offers a curriculum designed to help students develop their analytical skills and ability to understand conceptual and theoretical material. Courses encourage students to think creatively and flexibly and to broaden their perspectives on the world around them. Sociology majors acquire an educational background that is useful in careers relating to counseling, gerontology, human services, law, law enforcement, probation work, public administration, management and international relations, among others.
The major also prepares students for a variety of careers in the private and public sectors that require an understanding of race and ethnic relations, cross-cultural settings, contemporary social problems, and demographic and social transformations in contemporary society.
Students are encouraged to take pre-career internships and research experiences for academic credit. Students who are interested in teaching may combine study in the sociology major with professional courses leading to a qualification for initial certification in adolescence social studies (grades 7-12).
Special Features
- Internships
- Study abroad opportunities
- Exchange program with Griffith University, Australia
- National honor society in sociology (Alpha Kappa Delta)
- National honor society in criminology (Alpha Phi sigma)
- National honor society in gerontology (Sigma Phi Omega)
- Sociology/Anthropology Club
- Teaching certification for adolescence social studies
Requirements
- Degree requirements listed here apply to all sociology majors.
- Liberal Arts Requirements – 90 credit hours
Major
Dual Major
Minor
CRM 303 - The Criminal Justice System (C)Introduction to structure, operation and politics of criminal justice system (CJS). Basic operational details of CJS, including roles played by police, prosecutors, defense attorney, judges, and community. Political dimension to definition of crime, race and sex bias in CJS, and contemporary problems in application of capital punishment. Examination of white-collar crime as it relates to economics and criminal law.Also listed as POL 303.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 333 - The Police (C)Provides students with a critical understanding of history of law enforcement, the police and policing in the United States. Will focus on four major issues related to policing: the history and role of the police in America; learning police work and becoming a police officer; issues and problems in policing; and current issues and trends in policing. Social science research on the police and policing will be the basis for studying and analyzing this aspect of the criminal justice system.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 333.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 345 - Drug Policy (C)The origins and continuing evolution of government policies to control psychoactive drugs. Primary emphasis on the United States, with secondary attention to Western Europe and Asia. Critical examination of both prohibitionist and alternative drug policy models, including public health, "harm reduction" and legalization/decriminalization.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 345.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 348 - Gun Control: Crime, Law, Policy (O)Criminological, legal, historical, policy and political consequences of the gun issue in America. Historical and contemporary gun habits, the crime and self-defense debates, the role of the Second Amendment's “right to bear arms,” the gun culture, public attitudes, interest groups, federal gun laws, contemporary political controversies and the effectiveness of gun control measures.Also listed as POL 348.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 365 - Sociology of Violence (B)Physical violence as interpersonal, cultural, societal, political phenomenon. Topics include the learning of aggression, the social organization and rationalization of various forms of violence, the experiences of victims, and the prospects for reducing current levels of violent conflict.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 365.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 373 - Deviant Behavior (A)A critical examination of sociological theories of deviance and social control (functionalism, anomie, social disorganization, differential association, labeling, conflict and others as appropriate) and their application to behavior that elicits social disapproval.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 373.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 375 - Sociology of Law (B)Analysis of law with respect to its functions as a means of social control and its relationships with other social institutions. Topics include an interdisciplinary survey of jurisprudence, the natural law approach versus legal and cultural realism, law as a source of crime, the administration of justice, and law in non-Western cultures.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 375.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 377 - Crime and Criminal Law (B)Study of legal rules and procedures that are essential to the criminal judicial process. Examination of the English basis for criminal law, an analysis of the relationship between the state and the development of criminal law. Examination of criminal law and rules of evidence with emphasis on the origins, development, scope and impact on the accused, the criminal justice system, and society.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 377.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 380 - White-Collar Crime (B)Surveys the broad range of white-collar crimes from employee embezzlement to corporate pollution law violations. Includes extensive coverage of the theories proposed to explain white-collar crimes, the methodologies used to study white-collar wrongdoing and a review of the strategies proposed to control white-collar crimes.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 380.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 383 - Race, Class, Gender and Crime (B)Involvement of the poor and minorities, especially African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Native Americans and women in crime and the criminal justice system. Special attention given to the role of racism in theories of crime and criminal law and the treatment of minorities by the police, courts and other components of the criminal justice system.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 383.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 462 - Juvenile Delinquency (B)Historical development of juvenile court; theoretical interpretations of delinquency; modern trends in prevention, treatment.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 462.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 463 - Criminology (B)Sociological study of crime and its consequences; the etiology, extent and nature of crime in society. The focus of attention is on an historical and contemporary examination of that nature, role, and causes of crime and the relationship between crime and social control. Topics include explanations for crime, typologies of crime, criminal statistics, criminal law, and how pragmatic agencies of the justice system — the police and courts — operate to prevent, detect, manage and influence crime in society.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 463.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 464 - Corrections (B)Historical approach to correctional ideas and institutions in the United States and Europe. Focus is on the development of institutions and ideas for “correcting” dependent poverty, criminality, delinquency and mental illness. Examination of the changing relationship between correctional institutions and other economic and social institutions.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 464.Fulfills: LASR;PRES.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 477 - Social Control (C)Examines theory and research on social control defined as the techniques that people, as individuals and collectively, use to define or respond to deviant behavior. Particular attention paid to social control measures directed at what is conveniently called crime. Historical and cross-national perspectives on social control are emphasized.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as SOC 477.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 485 - Capital Punishment (C)Examination of the death penalty as an element of American criminal justice policy. Topics include the development of the modern system of capital punishment; the responsibilities and experiences of attorneys, jurors, prison personnel and others in its implementation; the social network of death row; and empirical research on deterrence, sentencing disparities by race, and death penalty's fiscal impact, the estimated probability of miscarriages of justice, and other issues in the current policy debate.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 485.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
CRM 498 - Seminar in Criminology (O)Theoretical, empirical analysis of selected topics in criminology. Topics will vary according to instructor.Prerequisites: Nine credit hours of criminology, junior standing.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 100 - American Society (A)This course examines the historical development of American society with reference to changing notions of freedom and equality as they are embedded in the social institutions of polity, work, religion and the family.Fulfills: GE 4;LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 129 - Special Topics in Sociology (O)Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit.Notes: Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 150 - Introduction to Sociology (A)Social structure, institutions, processes and major social forces. Emphasis on American society.Fulfills: GE 3 and GE 4;LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 220 - Introduction to Social Gerontology (F)Introduces theories, concepts, research and applied aspects of the study of aging in American society. Topic areas include: social and institutional issues related to family, work and retirement and the economy, minority groups, biomedical, psychological, and demographic and public policy perspectives on aging.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category C.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code F = offered in fall
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 229 - Special Topics in Sociology (O)Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit.Notes: Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 230 - Prejudice and Discrimination (B)Descriptive and theoretical review of the existence and effects of prejudice and discrimination in worldwide context. Comparison of Western and non-Western social structure, and of dominant and subordinate relationships in the U.S. and around the world.Also listed as ANT 230.Fulfills: GE 11;LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 235 - Sociology of Globalization (S)Exploration, from a sociological perspective, of the sources, processes and consequences of globalization. Special emphasis on selected world problems.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or SOC 150 or ANT 102. Category C.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 315 - Development Sociology (O)Anthropologists’ and development sociologists’ specific roles in economic development, public health, other projects involving cross-cultural planned change. Concepts of socioeconomic change emphasizing classic case studies of applied anthropology and sociology; modern roles in project planning, design, instrumentation and evaluation. Social scientists’ responsibilities in understanding recipient culture, in encouraging participatory approaches to development as part of interdisciplinary development project team emphasis. Fulfills Category C.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as ANT 315.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 322 - Sociocultural Study of AIDS (C)Emphasize anthropological and sociological approaches to the social and cultural aspects of the disease that are ignored or downplayed in the dominant biomedical paradigm. Attention given to the local community as a nexus of historical, social, cultural, political and economic forces that critically determine the effects of AIDS. Issues covered may include: AIDS and commercial sex, gay communities, drug use, migration, condom use, women, prevention and AIDS in cross-cultural contexts such as the U.S., Thailand, China, etc.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as ANT 322.Fulfills: GE 12;LASR.Notes: Category C(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 329 - Special Topics in Sociology (O)Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit.Notes: Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 330 - Religions of Asia (B)General introduction to the basic and enduring structures of the major religions of Asia with attention to the fundamentals of history, cultural aspects (sacred objects or places, beliefs, values, symbols and rituals), social organization and present day position.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as ANT 330.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 333 - The Police (C)Provides students with a critical understanding of history of law enforcement, the police and policing in the United States. Will focus on four major issues related to policing: the history and role of the police in America; learning police work and becoming a police officer; issues and problems in policing; and current issues and trends in policing. Social science research on the police and policing will be the basis for studying and analyzing this aspect of the criminal justice system.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 333.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 335 - Technology and Society (C)Investigation of the nature of technology, of technological change, and of the dynamic reciprocal relationship between culture, social structure and technological innovation and adoption. Explores historical cases of technological change in social context and addresses contemporary social issues related to ongoing developments in information, communication, biomedical and energy technologies.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or SOC 150 or ANT 102. Category C.Fulfills: GE 12;LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 340 - Environmental Sociology (C)Analysis of household, workplace, local and global environmental issues with emphasis on the interplay of cultural, social, political and economic factors in the development of and response to environmental problems. Topics covered include the effects of toxic substances on ecosystems, human health and safety risks, consumption patterns and their relation to environmental problems, government regulation, conflicts between science and politics in the assessment of workplace and environmental risks, social stratification and environmental risks, citizen activism and social movements around environmental issues.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 345 - Drug Policy (C)The origins and continuing evolution of government policies to control psychoactive drugs. Primary emphasis on the United States, with secondary attention to Western Europe and Asia. Critical examination of both prohibitionist and alternative drug policy models, including public health, “harm reduction” and legalization/decriminalization.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as CRM 345.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 350 - Civil Society (C)The course begins with an examination of the historical development of and the social and psychological underpinnings of civility. It then describes the ideas and the practices of civil society in liberal modern societies from the 18th century to the present. The course concludes by examining the character of civility and of civil society in the contemporary United States in light of recent changes in the market economy, the democratic state, publics, and the social realm of familial, communal and associational ties.Fulfills: GE 3 and GE 5;LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 351 - The Community (C)Structure, functioning of human community in defined areal units: neighborhood, town, city, region, international region.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 352 - U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict (B)Social histories of major U.S. ethnic groups are contrasted in terms of both cultural identity and social structural differences. Anthropological and sociological data, theories and interpretations of internal U.S. cultural and power differences are presented to analyze and challenge the concepts of “race” and “minority.”Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as ANT 352, AAS 361.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 355 - Gender and the Life Course (B)Theoretically and practically examines the interlocking forces of gender and age within the context of society and the constraints of social structure, from a life course perspective. Topical areas will include the social construction of age and gender; structural inequalities that result in ageism and sexism across the life course; male and female experiences of aging that interact with gender to give rise to changed gender roles and relationships into later life.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 360 - Self and Society (B)Theories of structure, function of self in society, dealing primarily with the American case.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category C.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 365 - Sociology of Violence (B)Physical violence as interpersonal, cultural, societal, political phenomenon. Topics include the learning of aggression, the social organization and rationalization of various forms of violence, the experiences of victims, and the prospects for reducing current levels of violent conflict.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or 150.Also listed as SOC 365.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 366 - Sociology of International Conflict (S)General theories of social conflict used to provide theoretical framework for understanding and analyzing complexities of international conflicts and ways in which conflicts emerge, are waged and end. General theories of social conflict are applied to one or more case studies of recent international conflicts. Portion of course devoted to discussing ways in which international conflict can be resolved nonviolently — through negotiation and mediation — and the limits of our knowledge about nonviolent approaches.Prerequisite: One of the following: ANT 102, GRY 120, 125, HIS 101, 111, IST 200, POL 100, 101, SOC 100, 150.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category C.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 370 - Sociology of Consumer Society (B)Historical roots of consumer society; mechanisms and modes of persuasion; theories of consumption; social problems of consumer society.Prerequisites which may be taken concurrently: SOC 100 or SOC 150 or ANT 102. Category B.Fulfills: LASR; PRES.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 371 - Sociology of Medicine (O)Sociological examination of illness, treatment of disease, medical politics and medical policy.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 373 - Deviant Behavior (A)A critical examination of sociological theories of deviance and social control (functionalism, anomie, social disorganization, differential association, labeling, conflict and others as appropriate) and their application to behavior that elicits social disapproval.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 373.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 375 - Sociology of Law (B)Law is analyzed with respect to its functions as a means of social control and its relationships with other social institutions. Topics include an interdisciplinary survey of jurisprudence, the natural law approach versus legal and cultural realism, law as a source of crime, the administration of justice, and law in non-Western cultures.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 375.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 377 - Crime and Criminal Law (B)Study of legal rules and procedures that are essential to the criminal judicial process. Examination of the English basis for criminal law, an analysis of the relationship between the state and the development of criminal law. Examination of criminal law and rules of evidence with emphasis on the origins, development, scope and impact on the accused, the criminal justice system, and society.Prerequisites: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or SOC 150.Also listed as CRM 377.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 380 - White-Collar Crime (B)Surveys the broad range of white-collar crimes from employee embezzlement to corporate pollution law violations. Includes extensive coverage of the theories proposed to explain white-collar crimes, the methodologies used to study white-collar wrongdoing and a review of the strategies proposed to control white-collar crimes.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 380.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 383 - Race, Class, Gender and Crime (B)Involvement of the poor and minorities, especially African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Native Americans and women in crime and the criminal justice system. Special attention given to the role of racism in theories of crime and criminal law and the treatment of minorities by the police, courts and other components of the criminal justice system.Prerequisite: ANT 102 or SOC 100 or SOC 150.Also listed as CRM 383.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 385 - Sociology of Work (B)Social organization of work in modern society, with particular attention devoted to the major transformations of work organization and occupational structure in the United States and to the consequences they have had for family life, class structure, politics and America's place in the international economy.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 401 - Sociology of Sex and Gender (C)Theoretical, empirical examination of male and female experiences of inequality in social institutions; changing sex roles; gender socialization, and the interaction of biology and culture. A comparative perspective is used, and theoretical differences between sex and gender are investigated sociologically.Prerequisite: SOC 100, 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 420 - Issues in Gerontology (O)Selected topics in gerontology. May be repeated as subtitle changes.Prerequisite: SOC 220.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 425 - Sociology of Aging and the Life Course (S)Analysis of sociological and social psychological processes associated with the adult life span.Prerequisite: SOC 100, 150, 220 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category C.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 429 - Special Topics in Sociology (O)Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit.Notes: Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 430 - Social Welfare Institutions (C)Sociological study of process of institutionalization of welfare. Focus is on American society with some comparative analysis with other industrialized societies.Prerequisite: SOC 100, 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as HUS 430.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category C.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 451 - Social Stratification (O)Theories, structures, function, trends of social class, social mobility in industrial, non-industrial societies. Dynamics of caste, caste system in Asian and other nations.Prerequisite: SOC 100, 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 461 - Urban Sociology (O)Structure, function, quality of urban life from early city to contemporary American megalopolis. Analysis of change, resultant problems.Prerequisite: SOC 100, 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 462 - Juvenile Delinquency (B)Historical development of juvenile court; theoretical interpretations of delinquency; modern trends in prevention, treatment.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 462.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 463 - Criminology (B)Sociological study of crime and its consequences; the etiology, extent and nature of crime in society. The focus of attention is on an historical and contemporary examination of the nature, role and causes of crime, and the relationship between crime and social control. Topics include explanations for crime, typologies of crime, criminal statistics, criminal law, and how pragmatic agencies of the justice system — the police and courts — operate to prevent, detect, manage and influence crime in society.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 463.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 464 - Corrections (B)Course takes a long range historical approach to correctional ideas and institutions in the United States and Europe. Focus is on the development of institutions and ideas for “correcting” dependent poverty, criminality, delinquency and mental illness. Course also examines the changing relationship between correctional institutions and other economic and social institutions.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 464.Fulfills: LASR;PRES.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 465 - Political Sociology (O)Analysis, interpretation of social power, socioeconomic bases of political behavior with reference to participation in politics, political consequences of social mobility and political socialization.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Caetgory A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 470 - Sociology of the Family (B)Comparative perspective of the family as a social institution, focusing on analysis of historical and cross-cultural variations within American society, with some comparative analysis of other societies. Topics covered include demographic changes; changes in family functions; relationship of the family to other social institutions; contemporary family issues and problems.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as HUS 470.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 475 - Sociology of Religion (C)Comparative religious systems, institutions; functions, role of religion and church in society.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 477 - Social Control (C)Examines theory and research on social control defined as the techniques that people, as individuals and collectively, use to define or respond to deviant behavior. Particular attention paid to social control measures directed at what is conveniently called crime. Historical and cross-national perspectives on social control are emphasized.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 477.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
SOC 485 - Capital Punishment (C)Deals with the death penalty as an element of American criminal justice policy. Topics include the development of the modern system of capital punishment; the responsibilities and experiences of attorneys, jurors, prison personnel and others in its implementation; the social network of death row; and empirical research on deterrence, sentencing disparities by race, the death penalty's fiscal impact, the estimated probability of miscarriages of justice, and other issues in the current policy debate.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Also listed as CRM 485.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category D.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
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SOC 486 - Collective Behavior (C)Elementary forms, mechanisms of collective dynamics; crowd, public, mass, fads, fashions, social movements in contemporary society.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category C(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
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SOC 487 - Sociology of Education (C)Ideas, approaches, research of sociologists in their study of public schools, higher education.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102.Fulfills: LASR.Notes: Category A.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
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SOC 492 - Sociological Theory (A)Sociological theory as an appreciation and a critique of modernity; the classical tradition as formulated by Marx, Durkheim, Weber and others, such as Simmel and Mead; the relevance of this tradition to the understanding of both contemporary sociological theory and the promises and discontents of contemporary modern societies.Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
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SOC 493 - Methods of Social Research I (A)Introduction to methods of social research. Provides students with basic understanding of how to conduct and evaluate scientific research in the social sciences. Course topics follow the major steps in design and execution of social research from definition of the problem and formulation of hypotheses to interpretation of results and preparation of final report. Course provides suitable background for pursuing more advanced courses in research.Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.Fulfills: LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
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SOC 494 - Methods of Social Research II (A)Analysis, interpretation of data including statistical methods: measures of central tendency, dispersion, frequency distributions, measures of association and selected inferential statistics. Both computation of statistics and computer applications for statistics are included. Coordinated laboratory work.Prerequisites: SOC 493 and junior or senior status.Fulfills GE 1;LASR.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
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SOC 529 - Special Topics in Sociology (O)Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit.Notes: Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
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SOC 596 - Independent Study in Sociology (A)Individual study in selected areas.Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.(3-8 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
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