12 courses with the subject SOC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SOC 1102Relationships, Marriage, and Family3
Catalog Description This course presents the social and cultural forces that have implications for the formation and maintenance of intimate relationships with special attention to marriage and family forms and functioning. Additionally, the course will compare social/cultural patterns and implications for individuals, groups, and society. The course includes (but is not limited to) a focus on social aspects of relationship formation (mate selection), familial roles, parental roles, sexuality, gender, and relationships distinction.
Catalog Description In this course, students will examine how social and cultural processes organize and shape human sexual behavior. The course includes consideration of cultural forces, historical and societal changes that have affected sexuality in society, the investigation of human sexual behavior, and the dissemination of knowledge about sexuality. The diverse impact of social institutions (media, politics, religion, education, and health) on the LGBTQUIA+ community and intersectional identities, including race and other historically oppressed statuses, is also explored.
Catalog Description Death is a natural part of the life cycle and a universal event, but it is still a topic that is often not discussed or examined. This course will explore historical and contemporary theories and research about grief and death issues. The course will examine death and grief from psychological, sociological, biological, and cultural perspectives. It will include topics such as the understanding of death across the lifespan, legal definitions of death, advance directives, religious and cultural death rituals, and grief trajectory research. It will also include a consideration of controversial issues related to death and dying, such as physician-assisted suicide.
Catalog Description This course is an introduction to the scientific study of human behavior in groups and the social forces that shape society and socially construct reality. The course gives special attention to the application of sociological theories, research, and analysis of the social world. Topics include, but are not limited to, methods of research, major sociological theory, culture, socialization, group dynamics and interaction, deviance, and crime; social stratification and inequality; race and ethnicity; and gender and sexuality; the family and social institutions; and social change.
Catalog Description This course is an introduction to the sociological study of gender and focuses on the sociological perspectives, research, and current issues related to gender. Topics covered include the distinction between sex and gender, the social construction of gender, and how gender intersects with other statuses and social institutions. The course will examine the role of social movements relating to gender identities and sexualities.
Catalog Description This course will survey the way in which race, socioeconomic status, culture, religion, gender, and other forms of diversity impact the social and political development within society. In doing so, students will be introduced to the theoretical framework in which diversity studies are examined.
Catalog Description This course examines the fundamental significance of food as it relates to both individuals and social structures to help students gain a more in-depth understanding of local and global sociological patterns related to food. In this course, students will develop an understanding of food-related topics such as: the social construction of food as a form of cultural expression and identity, the inequities pertaining to food, the coexistence of epidemic hunger and obesity, the structural policies related to the production, distribution, and consumption patterns of food at the global level. Social change and social movements attempting to bring attention to and/or alter contemporary social issues related to food and sustainability at the local and global levels are also addressed.
Catalog Description This course is a survey of social inequalities and power differentials in society and examines social, cultural, and social psychological aspects related to the sociology of power. Among the topics covered are how race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, sexuality, religion, and/or other social inequalities are connected to social stratification, minority/majority relations, and other sociological patterns.
Catalog Description This course presents an overview of contemporary social problems and addresses how sociological perspectives and social science research can contribute to a better understanding of the existence, continuation, and alleviation of social problems. Students will learn how social problems are defined, develop tools to effectively analyze current and past social problems, and learn how social institutions influence social problems. Specific topics may include social inequalities, social institutions, ethical responsibility, and critical examination of alternatives to resolve or alleviate social problems.
Catalog Description Social psychology mainly focuses on the point of interaction between the individual and society and groups. The basic questions studied are how the individual shapes society and groups and how society and groups affect the individual’s behavior. This course examines some of the major social psychological concepts such as social cognition, development of self/social identity, and group processes, in addition to assumptions, methods, findings, and applications of social psychological research.
Catalog Description This course provides an overview and analysis of crime and its relationship to societal institutions such as the criminal justice system. Topics covered will focus on measurements of crime (crime data), the social implications and consequences of criminal law, theories of criminal motivation, theories of crime control, evaluation of crime control policy, victimology, and social justice movements related to the criminal justice system. Other special topics may include traditional street crime, white/blue/green-collar crime, juvenile crime, law enforcement conduct, and the relationship between the criminal justice system and other societal institutions.
SOC 2291Capstone Course for Diversity Studies Certificate Program1
Catalog Description This capstone course provides students with the opportunity to connect what they have learned in their previous and concurrent Diversity Studies Certificate Program courses. Students will work with a faculty member to create an individualized project that will help them ask appropriate questions, make critical observations, apply content, and further their academic, career, or community pursuits.
