126 courses with the subject SOAN, 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.
SOAN 111Introduction to Sociology4
or SOAN 121 or Introduction to Anthropology Language 112 4 Major or Integrations Requirement 4
One of the following (2 courses) 8 2 courses in ECON (300-Level) 2 courses in HIST (300-Level) 2 courses in POLS (300-Level) 2 courses in ENVR (300-Level) Total Hours 46
Explores the family as a SOCIAL institution, recognizing the diversity of families around the world and within various cultures. The course places particular emphasis on the history, current challenges, and future directions of the family in United States, while examining how societal perspectives on gender, race, ethnicity, social class, and immigration status impact interactions and roles within the family. Students examine how families are influenced and shaped by social forces such as the economy, politics, and religion. Equivalent courses: SOCI 230, SOCI 329
This course provides an overview of the sociological study of social problems and issues, both in the United States and in global perspective. The course will examine the nature and causes of social problems as well . as possible solutions. Theoretical and methodological perspectives used to analyze social problems will also be considered. Equivalent courses: SOCI 250 SOAN 270AA Aboriginal People-Australia (4 Credits) Equivalent courses: SOCI 270AA SOAN 270FA Fundamental Concepts of Sociology (France) (3 Credits) Equivalent courses: SOCI 270FA
Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of department chair required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students. Equivalent courses: SOCI 271
This course explores global health from an anthropological perspective. It examines how medical anthropologists attempt to understand global health challenges within a larger historical, cultural, political, and economic framework. This course will cover a wide range of health challenges from a variety of cultural and geographic contexts. We will examine a number of topics and diseases – both infectious and non- communicable – through case studies and ethnographies. Students will consider issues of gender inequality, maternal and child health, humanitarian aid, global mental health, and the bioethics of global health practices. The course emphasizes the numerous political, economic, structural and cultural forces that lead to the unequal distribution of disease globally. Identity (CI). CI course may be taken prior to or concurrently with Focus Course. Equivalent courses: SOCI 277A, SOCI 337I Attributes: Social World (SW), Thematic Focus - Justice
This course introduces you to the thinkers, ideas, concepts, and concerns that together comprise the fields of classical and contemporary sociological and anthropological theory. This course begins by addressing the central ideas and assumptions of the founders of modern Sociology and Anthropology. We will read these influential theorists’ original work, discuss the epistemological significance of sociological theory, survey recent schools of thought and intellectual trajectories within the disciplines, and apply sociological and anthropological theory to contemporary issues. Equivalent courses: SOCI 204, SOCI 304
Medical anthropology seeks to understand human health and wellbeing, the experience and distribution of illness, and methods of healing across cultures. While illness and health are universal concepts, the specific conditions that lead to illness and health, and the understanding of what these various states do to one’s body and one’s spirit, vary greatly. In our biomedically-oriented society, we often take for granted the various ways that culture, political economy, social structures, religion, and environment impact health. In this course, we explore the cultural variations that exist in the ways people experience, diagnose, and treat illnesses. We will cover a variety of topics from childhood disease and stress to medical travel and pharmaceutical marketing. The course readings will be rooted in ethnographic inquiry – that is, we will read about the lived experiences of people seeking health and healing, the methods anthropologists use to collect such data, and the theories that help us explain them. Course readings include a graphic novel about medical promise, an ethnography about Malawian medical students, and numerous case studies from all over the world that will bring us closer to understanding the various and complex ways people experience health, illness, and healing. Equivalent courses: SOCI 323, SOCI 337M Attributes: Social World (SW), Thematic Encounter3 - Truth
Africa is an immense continent of strikingly rich and diverse geography, politics and cultures. This course explores many of the central issues and debates in the anthropological study of contemporary Africa, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Media representations of Africa often focus solely on suffering, poverty, disease and corruption. African life is also frequently portrayed as a singular unified experience. Yet, African societies and communities are dynamic: both in their cultural, political and historical diversity, and in their responses to the legacies of colonialism and the challenges of the contemporary global context. While this course will examine many of the problems that contemporary Africans face, we will also contextualize these problems and counter prevailing narratives about Africa by exploring the resilience and rich cultural life on the continent. Topics will include: colonialism and post- colonialism, political economies, kinship and social organization, religion, health, gender, globalization, sexuality, and arts. Equivalent courses: SOCI 324, SOCI 337C '
Additional Requirements: General Education Requirements: All undergraduate students must complete the requirements of the Integrations Curriculum (IC) which is designed to ensure all of our students receive a liberal arts education. Please review details of th Integrations Curriculum (p. 23) requirements here (p. 23). Graduation Requirements: In addition to the Integrations Curriculum, all undergraduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements to earn their degree from CSB and SJU. Credits: 124 total credits, 40 of which must be from upper division coursework GPA: 2.0 or higher* Residency: At least 24 of your last 32 credits must be completed at CS and SJU Please visit Graduation (p. 23) under the Academic Policies and Regulations (p. 14) portion of the catalog for additional details rega degree requirements. * Cumulative GPA as well as major(s)/minor(s) GPA. Please note some majors/minors may require a higher GPA to earn their degree. nprofit and Social Innovation Suggested Plan of Study Course Title Hours 4 First Year 4 Fall 4 INTG 100 Learning Foundations 4 Language 111 4
Food is central to human life, but how food is defined, acquired, and consumed varies widely throughout the world. This class takes a four- field anthropological approach to the study of food. In this course, students will explore how food nourishes and shapes our bodies, how historical changes in food acquisition have shaped society, and how globalization is re-shaping what and how we eat. The social and cultural importance of food will be emphasized in this class, and students will examine the role of food in building identity, making meaning, organizing society, and creating social practices. This course will draw on anthropological theory and methods to understand the importance of food in shaping and giving meaning to human life. Identity (CI). CI course may be taken prior to or concurrently with Focus Course. Equivalent courses: SOCI 327, SOCI 337L Attributes: Social World (SW), Thematic Focus - Movement
To a greater extent than ever before, business is a global enterprise. Social scientists are increasingly using their expertise to shape the way corporations understand customers, create well-designed products and services, innovate to meet evolving needs, and thrive in an increasingly diverse and interconnected marketplace. In this course, students will examine how scholars and corporations use insights and methods of anthropology and sociology to study, critique, and/or meet the needs of the private sector. Topics covered include cultural norms and international business, corporations as producers of culture, the symbolism of marketing and advertising, consumer behavior, design research, and human-centered approaches. Students will also gain familiarity with ethnographic techniques (observation, interviewing, cultural mapping) through course assignments.
Definition, causes and theories of deviant behavior in the framework of social norms and institutions. Major deviant identities in American society. Equivalent courses: SOCI 334 CSBSJU Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 419
This course will offer an exploration of current topics in the field of men’s studies. What is masculinity? How is it formed? Who does it benefit? What are its hazards? Readings from a variety of disciplines will challenge students to analyze the way masculinity functions across cultures and in their own cultural context. and Cultural and Social Difference: identity (CI). Equivalent courses: GEND 290D, GEND 360D, SOCI 336B, SOCI 337T Attributes: CSD: Systems (CS)
SOAN 336CCorrections: Race, Gender and Power in Prisons4
In this course, students will examine how the corrections system works to enforce, shape, invent, and constrain people's behavior related to gender. Students will use first hand accounts, statistics, and ethnography to understand the relationship between gender, power, and the corrections system. The experiences of inmates, corrections officers, judges, and victims will be central to understanding how corrections systems work in relationship to power, gender, and race. Finally, we will consider how this can be used to shape corrections policy in the future. and Cultural and Social Difference: identity (CI). Equivalent courses: SOCI 336C Attributes: CSD: Systems (CS)
Why do some Native nations have unique fishing rights? Why do some operate casinos? This topics course explores these and other questions that examine the ways Native nations continue to assert self-governance. For centuries, colonizers used military and assimilationist campaigns against Native nations. Fortunately, these campaigns failed to account for Native nations’ resilience and North American continues to be home to hundreds of distinct tribal governments. By exploring the histories and cultures Native nations in Minnesota and across North America, students in this course will learn from the strategies they use to resist colonizatio and assert their independence. Equivalent courses: SOCI 277A, SOCI 337R Attributes: Social World (SW)
Community has always been a central concept in Sociology, and this course will introduce you to the history of sociologists' analyses of communal life. We will study the relationship between the individual and the community, as well as relationships between communities. We will consider both geographic and relational communities, the degree to which these overlap, and changes in the structure and function of communities over time. The first half of the course will cover the history of sociologists' theoretical and empirical work on community, while the second half of the course will focus on contemporary American communities. Much of our time will be spent studying new, emerging forms of community made possible by technology and mobility. Equivalent courses: SOCI 337S
How did Native American tribes meet all community members health and wellness needs? Why do Native communities today have some of the highest healthcare disparities in North America? As Native communities are revitalizing their health and wellness traditions, what lessons do they provide that can benefit everyone? In this course, student will investigate these and other questions as we explore the unparalleled resiliency of Native communities from Minnesota’s Ojibwe and Dakota communities to those across the continent. Equivalent courses: SOCI 337V Attributes: Social World (SW)
To a greater extent than ever before, business is a global enterprise. Social scientists are increasingly using their expertise to shape the way corporations understand customers, create well-designed products and services, innovate to meet evolving needs, and thrive in an increasingly diverse and interconnected marketplace. In this course, students will examine how scholars and corporations use insights and methods of anthropology and sociology to study, critique, and/or meet the needs of the private sector. Topics covered include: cultural norms n and international business, corporations as producers of culture, the symbolism of marketing and advertising, consumer behavior, and design research and human-centered approaches. Students will also gain familiarity with ethnographic techniques (observation, interviewing, cultural mapping) through course assignments. Attributes: Social World (SW)
Theoretical causes of criminal behavior. Strengths, limitations, and challenges to the effectiveness of police, judicial, and corrections systems in the U.S. Attention to the role of the media and cultural biases in analyzing the "crime problem." Course includes an optional Service Learning component. Alternate years. and Cultural and Social Difference: identity (CI). Equivalent courses: SOCI 340 Attributes: CSD: Systems (CS)
CSBSJU Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 99 Additional Requirements: General Education Requirements: Hours All undergraduate students must complete the requirements of the Integrations Curriculum (IC) which is designed to ensure all of our students receive a liberal arts education. Please review details of the 4 Integrations Curriculum (p. 23) requirements here (p. 23). 4 Graduation Requirements: 4 In addition to the Integrations Curriculum, all undergraduate students 4 must meet the following minimum degree requirements to earn their degree from CSB and SJU. 4 Credits: 124 total credits, 40 of which must be from upper division 4 coursework 4 GPA: 2.0 or higher* 4 Residency: At least 24 of your last 32 credits must be completed at CSB and SJU 4 Please visit Graduation (p. 23) under the Academic Policies and 4 Regulations (p. 14) portion of the catalog for additional details regarding 4 degree requirements. * Cumulative GPA as well as major(s)/minor(s) GPA. Please note some majors/minors may require a higher GPA to earn their degree. 4 Additional Requirements: General Education Requirements: All undergraduate students must complete the requirements of the Integrations Curriculum (IC) which is designed to ensure all of our 4 students receive a liberal arts education. Please review details of the 4 Integrations Curriculum (p. 23) requirements here (p. 23). Graduation Requirements: In addition to the Integrations Curriculum, all undergraduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements to earn their degree from CSB and SJU. 4 Credits: 124 total credits, 40 of which must be from upper division coursework GPA: 2.0 or higher* Residency: At least 24 of your last 32 credits must be completed at CSB and SJU 4 Please visit Graduation (p. 23) under the Academic Policies and Regulations (p. 14) portion of the catalog for additional details regarding degree requirements. 4 * Cumulative GPA as well as major(s)/minor(s) GPA. Please note some 4 majors/minors may require a higher GPA to earn their degree. Suggested Plan of Study Course Title Hours
We interact daily with the environment in a multitude of ways which often pass unnoticed. When we use cell phones powered by lithium batteries, when we wash our dishes with chlorinated water, when we drink coffee produced in other countries, and when we walk through the arboretum, we engage with nature and the politics that manage it. In this course, students will gain an anthropological framework for observing and critically analyzing diverse human relationships to the environment. The course addresses the questions: In what ways do human cultures perceive, use, and care for the natural world? What does it mean to live in the Anthropocene? How does resource management mediate the natural world? In what ways do people plan for, participate in, subvert, and are affected by environment management schemes? This course examines the relationships between human cultures and the environments they inhabit through ethnographic examples drawn from around the world. Equivalent courses: SOCI 349 Attributes: Social World (SW), Thematic Encounter3 - Justice
Social scientists approach race and ethnicity as constructed concepts. This class will explore the ways in which racial and ethnic distinctions are constructed, how these distinctions are made meaningful to individuals and groups, how racial understandings are based on social and cultural contexts, and in what ways inequalities form along racial and ethnic lines. This course utilizes social science approaches to critically analyze race, ethnicity, and the ways these concepts impact people in today’s world. and Cultural and Social Difference: identity (CI). Equivalent courses: SOCI 351 Attributes: CSD: Systems (CS)
Examines the social factors affecting learning and educational processes. Considers the relationship between types of societies and systems of education and the rise of education as a social institution, the links between schools and social stratification, and the contribution of schools to the preservation of the social order. Equivalent courses: SOCI 357
Supervised reading or research at the upper-division level. Permission of department chair and completion and/or concurrent registration of 12 credits within the department required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year or second-year students. Equivalent courses: SOCI 371
What roles do Two-Spirit and other Indigenous gender identities play in Native American communities? How did colonialism impact these identities and what steps are being taken to reclaim them? As we explore the similarities and distinctions between Indigenous and Western gender constructions, students in this course will understand the roots of Indigenous and LGBTQ+ allyships and the tools necessary for develop successful coalitions. Identity (CI). CI course may be taken prior to or concurrently with Focus Course. Equivalent courses: SOCI 377A Attributes: Social World (SW), Thematic Focus - Justice
Additional Requirements: General Education Requirements: All undergraduate students must complete the requirements of the Integrations Curriculum (IC) which is designed to ensure all of our students receive a liberal arts education. Please review details of the 4 Integrations Curriculum (p. 23) requirements here (p. 23). 4 Graduation Requirements: 4 In addition to the Integrations Curriculum, all undergraduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements to earn their degree from CSB and SJU. 4 Credits: 124 total credits, 40 of which must be from upper division 4 coursework GPA: 2.0 or higher* Residency: At least 24 of your last 32 credits must be completed at CSB and SJU Please visit Graduation (p. 23) under the Academic Policies and 4 Regulations (p. 14) portion of the catalog for additional details regarding degree requirements. 4 * Cumulative GPA as well as major(s)/minor(s) GPA. Please note some 4 majors/minors may require a higher GPA to earn their degree. 4 Suggested Plan of Study 4 Course Title Hours
Supervised field work and experience in a variety of social, administrative and research settings. Subject to approval of faculty advisor and department chair and completion of the pre-internship seminar. S/U grading. No more than 4 credit hours may be applied to the major. Equivalent courses: SOCI 397 Attributes: Experiential Engagement (EX)
