Considers theory and research about American social movements. Emphasizes leadership, ideology, recruitment, strategy, organizational dynamics, public response, and reasons for success or failure. Recommended prereq., SOCY 3001. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Explores how modern social institutions and culture shape our personal experiences, how personal experiences can affect the nature of those, institutions and culture, and how strategies can be developed for achieving balance between the individual and society. Recommended prereq., SOCY 3001. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context or ideals and values. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Addresses three subtopics of race from a sociological perspective: ethnic and racial identities, immigration, and race and ethnicity in Latin America. Recommended prereq., SOCY 1001 or SOCY 1021.
Uses the conceptual framework of the sociology of race and ethnic relations to explore whiteness as a racial category that is centered and privileged in American society. Investigates the development of whiteness from past white supremacy, current colorblindness, to possible future multiculturalism. Analyzes the consequences of whiteness as a racial identity and a social structure. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of SOCY 1001 and SOCY 1021 (all minimum grade D-).
Introduces students to the logics and methods of sociological research. This requirement for majors teaches ways to answer sociological questions by collecting and analyzing different types of data. Students are trained in research ethics and learn how to collect their own data and conduct original sociological research. Collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data are included. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of SOCY 1001 and SOCY 2061 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Teaches quantitative research methods and, particularly, methods of survey research. Topics include sampling, interviewing, schedule construction, data analysis, computer methods, index construction, and statistical analysis. Students participate in a survey project, design, collect data, and prepare a research paper on the basis of collected data. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of SOCY 2061 and SOCY 3001 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Focuses on aspects of the victimization of women and girls that are "Gendered" - namely, sexual abuse and intimate partner abuse. Also explores the importance of race, class, and sexuality in gendered violence. Recommended prereq., SOCY 1016 or WMST 1016. Same as ETHN/WMST 3314.
Skill development prepares students to conduct qualitative sociological research. Emphasizes ethnographic techniques, including intensive interviewing, direct observation, coding, participant observation, and report writing. Students conceive and execute a field research project with data collection, analysis, and a report. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 3001 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Studies the persistence of genocide and the effects of mass trauma on women and girls. Within the framework of political and social catastrophe, the course examines cataclysmic world events and the traumatic consequences for women of religious persecution, colonialism, slavery, and the genocides of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. Recommended prereq., SOCY 1016 or WMST 1016 or WMST 2000 or SOCY 3314 or WMST 3314. SOCY 4000 and WMST 4010 are the same course.
Studies present and future roles of the aged in the family, the community, and the larger society. Considers economic, political, and health consequences of various retirement systems. Recommended prereq., SOCY 3001. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Variety of courses in criminology. See current departmental announcements for specific content. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Recommended prereq., SOCY 1001 or SOCY 1004 or SOCY 2044. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines global environmental issues from sociological perspectives. Focuses on such problems as overpopulation, world hunger and poverty, pollution, resource shortages, environmental impact of technology and population dynamics, public policy, and strategies for change. Credit not granted for this course and SOCY 1002 or SEWL 2000. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Builds on previous coursework in survey or field methods to result in an original, article-length research paper analyzing sociological data. Students will hone their writing skills through in- and -out-of-class writing exercises, and read and analyze models of quantitative and qualitative sociological articles to develop sociological writing skills. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 3301 or SOCY 3401 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Examines the scientific study of types of criminal behavior and explanations for criminal behavior, with special attention to social factors affecting criminal behavior. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 1001 or SOCY 1004 or SOCY 2044 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Studies status and power differences between the sexes at individual, group, and societal levels. Examines empirically established sex differences, and reviews biological, psychological, and sociological explanations for gender differences. Same as WMST 4016. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 1016 or WMST 1016 or WMST 2000 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines the role of non-human animals in human society. Investigates the social construction of the human/animal boundary. Challenges ideas that animals are neither thinking nor feeling. Examines the many ways humans rely on animals. Considers the link between animal cruelty and other violence. Explores the moral status of animals. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 1001 (minimum grade D-).
Explores conflict resolution theory and method as applied to interpersonal, intergroup, and interorganization conflict. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 3001 (minimum grade D-).
Examines the history, incidence and prevalence of delinquent behavior among youth. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 1001 or SOCY 1004 or SOCY 2044 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Focuses on the structural forces affecting environmental degradation and environmental behaviorby examining the relationships between (a) inequality and democratic decision making and (b) undemocratic decision making Requisites: U.S. and corporate food and energy policy
Studies individuals in social context. Reviews philosophical and sociological treatments of the relation between the individual and society. More specific topics include the socialization process,theories of human development and personality formation, language acquisition, conformity, aggression, sex differences in personality and gender identity, and the relation between attitudes and overt behavior. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 3001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Explores the societal dimensions of hazards and disasters, emphasizing disaster theory and research, key issues in the sociological study of disasters, social vulnerability, the impacts of disasters in the U.S. and worldwide, and the U.S. Emergency Management System. Same as SOCY 5037. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 2077 (minimum grade D-).
Defines relationship between economy and society; sociological approach to study of economic activity and organization; difference from the theoretical and methodological assumptions orienting the discipline of economics; tackles these questions in two ways: studies foundations as established in works of Smith, Marx, Weber, Polanyi, and Schumpeter, and considers current research in economic sociology, focusing on concepts of markets, networks, and embeddedness. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 1001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Variety of courses taught by visiting and regular faculty. See current departmental announcements for specific content. May be repeated up to 9 credit hours for different topics.
Focuses on social inequalities in health in both U.S.and international contexts. Reviews the link between health status and various types of social statuses, including but not limited to socioeconomic status, gender, race, and ethnicity. Explanations for the relationships between these factors and various health outcomes are discussed. The class focuses on multiple levels of analysis, from the physician-patient interactions to health care systems and social policies. Students have the opportunity to develop their own specific research interests in this field. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines how modern societies understand and respond to the reality of human suffering, how care systems are organized, and the experiences of professional caregivers. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
