81 courses with the subject SOCY, 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.
4 hours; 4 credits Overview of classical theories in sociology. Focus on industrial capitalism in Western Europe. Development of theories related to division of labor and subsequent stratification systems. Analysis of class, power, inequality, urban development, and research methods. chairperson.
4 hours; 4 credits Overview of contemporary sociological theories. Focus on major theorists and schools of sociological theory from mid-20th century to the present. Analysis of research methods and theoretical concepts as related to class, structure and agency, gender, race, globalization, feminism, and post-modernism. Techniques for writing about sociological ideas. of the chairperson.
3 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours; 4 credits Basic concepts and principles of qualitative methodology in sociology. Logic of analysis. Principles of research design in qualitative modes. Content coding. Interviewing. Observational data collection. Writing sociological research. chairperson.
3 hours lecture; 2 hours lab; 4 credits Basic concepts and principles of quantitative methodology in sociology. Logic of analysis. Principles of research design in quantitative modes. Survey design. Applied demography. Program evaluation. Introduction to inferential statistics. Data analysis with statistical software. of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Changing images of the city explored through art, film, television, and other media; development of urban spaces for cultural production and consumption; alternative lifestyles of Sociology 503 n different communities. Research may include ethnography, interview projects, media analysis, and visual documentation. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Society's relationship to the natural environment. Origins of major environmental stresses and political conflicts associated with them. Role of society's utilization of natural resources in creating crises, how society identifies environmental stresses as social problems and how social responses to environmental problems lead to political conflicts. Outcomes of environmental conflicts; development of integrated, viable solutions to Socio- environmental problems. [2.2], [2.3], 1230, Core Studies 3, 4, 9, History 3005, Urban Sustainability *1001 [1], Sociology *1101 [5] or SOCY 1200 or SOCY 1201 or permission of the chairperson.
3 hours lecture, 3 credits Social origins and social consequences of climate change. Role of organizations, institutions, and social structures in the generation of greenhouse gasses. Capacity of organizations, institutions and social forces to limit the negative social and ecological impacts of global warming. Social adaptation to planetary conditions unlike those that humans have experienced before. Distribution of social costs and benefits in the creation of the climate crisis. Role of carboniferous capitalism in structuring a society that undermines its basic conditions for survival. Effectiveness of the climate denial propaganda network in delaying social action to limit greenhouse gasses. Tactics and strategies employed by those attempting to limit climate change-related socioecological damage.
3 hours, 3 credits Introduction to urban issues facing transnational communities; political, economic and sociological analyses of Caribbean Diaspora, with a focus on African descendants, in urban environments; problem-based and place-based approaches; data analysis, group projects. This course is the same as Caribbean Studies 2300 and Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 2300. Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 1001 or Caribbean Studies 1001
3 hours; 3 credits Examination of the structure and function of the family and its relationship with such other institutions of the society as religion, the economy, and the political system; family as a unit of interaction. Family types will be compared: the traditional family, the dual-career family, and the single-parent household; alternatives to the family will also be discussed. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 21.) CHST 2100 with a C grade or higher or permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Sociological analysis of children and childhood. Historical and cross-cultural differences in attitudes toward children. Socialization processes, the family, peer cultures, education, mass media, children as consumers. Such social problems as social inequality and poverty; divorce, adoption, and foster care; racial discrimination; differential schooling; children at risk. CHST 2100 with a C grade or higher or permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Aging in industrial and preindustrial societies. Age discrimination and the "new aging." Aging as a stage in the life cycle. The changing American family and the aging parent. Leisure, retirement, and social networks. Constraints and adaptation in the later years. Aging: the challenge to individuals and society. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 3902 [22.1], Topic: "Beyond the Youth Culture: Aging in America.") permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Problems generated by conflicting demands within the social structure of American society. Discussions and readings about social problems related to crime, work, urban life, race, ethnicity, and business organizations. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 14.) permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Sociological theories of deviant behavior including social causation, labeling, stigmatization. Sexual deviance, suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, counterculture. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 33.1 or 39.) permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Gender as a system of inequality that shapes social life and the Programs and Courses of Instruction distribution of resources and privilege. Particular attention to gender as a social construct and the real consequences of gender in different social institutions such as the workplace, family, and schools. Discussion of movements for gender equality. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3420. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Sociological approaches to the study of racial and ethnic relations. Historical and contemporary constructions of identity, assimilation, stratification, and interaction between groups. This course is the same as Africana Studies 3328. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Formation of social classes. Leading theories of class. History of American class system. Critical examinations of studies of class. Intersection of class stratification with race and gender in contemporary society. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Continuity and change in society. Changing concept of social change. Theories of social change. Factors and determinants of social change. Problems of planning, inducing, controlling social change. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 73.) permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Analysis of the interaction perspective in sociological theory. Social rules explaining such sociological concerns as maintenance of identity, ascription of motives and intention; production of mental illness in interaction; production of conversation and language; the idea, orientation, process of social inquiry. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Religion as a social institution. The nature of inter-group conflict. Patterns of belief, ritual, organization, and experience. Religion and urban culture. Religion and politics, family, gender, race, and social class. Religion and social change. permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits The role of mass media in modern society. The importance of propaganda, public relations, and public opinion; the effects of advertising on everyday life, and the origins of consumer culture; the consequences of violence in TV and film; the reasons for news distortions in print and broadcast journalism. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 52.) permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Processes that create inequality and how they impact the uneven distribution of environmental degradation and protection. Placement of hazardous facilities in minority communities, unequal protection of environmental health, employment structure of hazardous industrial workplaces, socio-ecological conditions of migrant farm workers, extraction of resources from Native lands, population control initiatives directed at peoples-of-color, and the national and transnational export of toxic waste. [2.2], Core Studies 4, 9,] History 3005, Urban Sustainability *1001 [1], SOCY *1101 [5] or SOCY 1200 or SOCY 1201 or permission of the chairperson
3 hours; 3 credits Development of consumer society in modern times, with emphasis on the United States and comparison with other countries. Critical analysis of major institutions, media, and social and cultural norms, and gender, generational, and ethnic identities, that shape and reflect global consumer culture. *1101 [5] or SOCY 1200 or SOCY 1201 or permission of the chairperson
3 hours; 3 credits Urban and rural communities. Impact of community, social context, ecology on institutions and people. Social structure of the suburbs. Sociological factors of planning in metropolitan areas. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Immigration in both historical and contemporary context. Major sociological perspectives on immigration. The immigrant experience in the U.S. Discriminatory policies toward immigrants. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Education as a social institution. Theoretical perspectives, empirical studies and policy. The organization and structure of the American education system; inequality; peer-groups and socialization; race/class/gendered experiences in schools; current issues with the American education system; the politics of reform. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Development and re-organization(s) of U.S. welfare state in the 20th and 21st centuries, emerging directions and systems, underlying theoretical frameworks. Takes a theoretical approach to understanding social welfare systems in relation to larger social struggles over political and economic power, labor markets, and social inequality. Examines changes in policy in relationship to the state, economy, and corporations, and how policy changes impact low income communities. Situates welfare policy in relation to social movements and both the maintenance of and changes in class, race, and gender stratification, as well as historical changes in social constructions of race and gender. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3122. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Development of U.S. drug policy from the early 20th century through the contemporary era, with attention to both domestic and international dynamics of these policies. Role of drug policy as a mechanism for regulating marginal social groups, immigration, and economic interests in the U.S. and other countries. Impact of U.S. drug policy and drug control strategies on population and economic development. Relationship between drug policy, social constructions of race, gender and class, and larger patterns of social and economic change. This course is the same as AMST 3601 chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits s. Housing remains among the United States’ most enduring
4 hours, 4 credits Key areas of global cities, such as rural-urban migration, labor, housing and land use, health, and transportation, from a comparative perspective. Spans continents and specific geographical regions. Focus on tensions in urban politics in national and international policy-making contexts. This course is the same as Political Science 3347. or SOCY *1101 [5], or SOCY 1200 or SOCY 1200, or English 1010 or equivalent, or permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Historical constructions of race and gender; difference as it contributes to structural and institutional inequalities; ideological debates among marginalized groups within nation states, legislatures, schools, neighborhoods, prisons, marketplaces, social and political organizations and government institutions; the intersection of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class in social movements, grassroots organizations, political parties and civic associations. This course is the same as Africana Studies 3362, American Studies 3362 and Women’s and Gender Studies 3488. chairperson
4 hours; 4 credits Study of transgender identities, sets of practices, social movements, and interventions in gender studies and queer theory. Theoretical overview of key early texts in gender theory. Subsequent readings on social and legal constructions of sex in the United States and internationally and on social and political movements for transgender rights and gender self- determination. Examination of trans as both as a particular kind of claim for gender recognition and as a move away from norms organized around the gender binary. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3352 and Political Science 3446. range, or Women’s and Gender Studies 1001 or Sociology 1101 or permission of the Chairperson, or English 1010 or equivalent, or permission of department.
3 hours; 3 credits Function of law in society. Relationships between social values, conduct, law. Comparison of legal institutions in primitive and modern societies. Laws in the context of family and occupational structure of the United States. Consideration of Programs and Courses of Instruction extent to which legal change can affect established patterns of social behavior. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 34.) permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Nature and cause of crime; its relationship to social structure. The criminal in society. Approaches to the study of crime and its treatment and prevention. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 33.) permission of the chairperson.
3 hours, 3 credits Examination of the relationship between social, economic, and political systems and population-level patterns of health and illness. How a range of social policies not directly health- related, such as housing, shape health, illness and life expectancy across US populations. Interaction of race, class, gender and other systems of stratification with dynamics of health and illness. This course is the same as HNSC 3505. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits The objectives of the course are to acquaint students with methods to analyze spatially-referenced data with the procedures appropriate for a sociological theoretical base. Topics include coverage of essential theoretical concepts, the visualization of social data in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), techniques to construct or analyze social point, line, and polygon data using exploratory and confirmatory spatially- centered analytical approaches. permission of the chairperson.
Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 hours; 3 credits How the “data revolution” has transformed the way we understand and interact with the world around us. Fundamental concepts and practical techniques and skills needed for data analytics and data visualization. Availability of large datasets and their use across a variety of settings, including social networks, libraries, governments, non-profits, etc. Emergence of practices with regard to data analysis and visual communication in the social and behavioral sciences. This course is the same as PSYC 3470. PSYC 3400
3 hours; 3 credits Introduction to the sociological study of population, basic issues, theories, concepts, and measures. Historical and contemporary views; developed and developing countries. Population change, fertility, mortality, immigration; social demography, including race, religion, class, and gender.
3 hours; 3 credits Study of collective action motivated by political goals. Basic structures of social movements in the U.S. and internationally. Role of leadership, tactics, strategy, resource moibilization, cultural frames, opportunity structures, cycles of protest and reform, interaction with the media, globalization and international diffusion. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Sociological analysis of mass movements. Social structure of political parties. Secret societies and underground movements. Social ideologists in relation to political and economic structure Utopias and social myths as dynamic concepts. Socialism, anarchism, communism, fascism, nationalism, Pan-Slavism, Pan-Germanism, democracy. (Not open to students who have completed Sociology 75.) permission of the chairperson.
U.S. 3 hours; 3 credits Major issues in the sociology of work. Theories and research in the field. Historical and contemporary nature of work. Shifts in the labor market. Race, gender, immigration, and work. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3229. permission of the chairperson.
and Capital 3 hours; 3 credits Theories of labor and work. History of labor struggles and worker's rights in the U.S. and globally. Relationship between the labor movement and immigrant groups. Development of worker centers as a response to declining labor union density. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3319. permission of the chairperson.
Family Life in the Contemporary United States 3 hours; 3 credits Sociological exploration of the competing responsibilities of paid work and family work in the contemporary United States. Perspectives of women, men, and children on work-family negotiations and conflicts. Diversity of work-family arrangements as organized by the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality and nationality. Social policy fo work-family balance. This course is the same as Women's and Gender Studies 3318. SOCY 1200 or SOCY 1201 or Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or Sociology 3607 [43.2] or permission of the Sociology 507 chairperson
3 hours; 3 credits Visual media as a method for sociological data collection and critical analysis. Representations of collective identity and social conflict. Introduction to history of visual media. Role of visual media in contemporary society. New media technology as social practice. photographs, film, and video as sociological data. A substantial field research project is required. permission of the chairperson.
3 hours; 3 credits Issues in social theory, social institutions, social and cultural processes, social organization, social policy. Topics vary from term to term. Course description may be obtained in the department office before registration. Students may not repeat . topics completed in Sociology 60.1, 60.2, or 60.3. permission of the chairperson.
1 hour lecture, 6 hours supervised fieldwork; 3 credits Supervised internships in organizations in the private and public sector. Development of research and related skills in the study of formal organizations, group dynamics and leadership, urban planning, decision making, and market and evaluation research. Students will be responsible for required readings, a diary of field experiences and observations, and a term paper. (Students may elect to complete either one or two semesters, but 4900 is not required prior to 4901. Only one internship course, either 4900 or 4901, may count towards the requirement that majors complete five advanced electives in
1 hour lecture, 6 hours supervised fieldwork; 3 credits Supervised internships in organizations in the private and public sector. Development of research and related skills in the study of formal organizations, group dynamics and leadership, urban planning, decision making, and market and evaluation research. Students will be responsible for required readings, a diary of field experiences and observations, and a term paper. (Students may elect to complete either one or two semesters, but 4900 is not required prior to 4901. Only one internship course, either 4900 or 4901, may count towards the requirement that majors complete five advanced electives in
Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work§; 3 credits each term Independent research supervised by a faculty member. Approved topic. Periodic conferences. Research paper. Not primarily for department honors. and the chairperson.
3 hours plus conference and independent work; 4 credits Capstone seminar for majors. Topics will vary each semester. Course description may be obtained in the Sociology Department office prior to registration. Final paper involves empirical research and is written in the style of an academic journal article. Writing-intensive course. grade of B- or higher; English *1012; senior status or permission of the chairperson. ms and Courses of Instruction
sociological data. Emphasis on concepts and implications of 45 hours; 3 credits sociological statistics rather than on mathematical foundations. Critical examination of major treatises and schools in the Critical survey of statistical reasoning in major sociological development of sociological theory from Comte to twentieth- studies. century theorists.
45 hours; 3 credits 45 hours; 3 credits Analysis of categorical data. Loglinear models for contingency Critical discussion of current sociological theory. Relation of tables. Logistic regression models. Aspects of multivariate contemporary theory to empirical research. analysis, multivariate normal distribution, MANOVA. Analysis of covariance, principal components, factor analysis. Classification and grouping techniques, discriminant function analysis,
45 hours; 3 credits and sociological theories related to the use of spatial methods
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45 hours; 3 credits Major sociological and cultural forces that lead to crime. Criminal behavior viewed as separable behavioral systems and as adaptations to variations in cultural standards and the social structure.
45 hours; 3 credits Central problems of concern to sociologists studying the ability of individuals and groups to influence and/or control the behavior of others even against their will. Ways in which individuals and groups translate preferences into social organization. Focus on the institutionalization of power in state and economic structures. Competing sociological models and theories of power. Concepts of legitimacy and authority. The nature of power, inside of and outside of politics and governance. The dynamics of political and social change. Focus on the intersection of power and social class, gender and race.
45 hours; 3 credits Overview of theories on race and ethnicity. Focus on urban environment. Relationship between different racial and ethnic groups. Development of racism and capitalism. Research paper required.
45 hours; 3 credits Major sociological perspectives on international migration. The diverse causes, consequences and contexts of contemporary immigration. Linkages between local, regional, national and transnational processes organizing immigration. Impacts of global economics and geopolitics, immigration policies, the creation of social and technological linkages, familial, community and interpersonal relationships in immigration. Immigrant settlement, adaptation, transnational mobility in social, economic, political, and cultural arenas. Immigrant organizing and activism.
45 hours; 3 credits Various class, estate, caste systems. Their influences on behavior and values. Their relation to political power, social prestige, consumption style. Social mobility.
45 hours; 3 credits Exploration of the social construction of gender as a major social category and its production and maintenance as a master social status. Issues that will be explored are: gender and Sociology 317 parenting; social scripting of sexuality; micropolitics of gender; gender, production, and power in nonindustrialized societies; gender and class in industrialized societies; occupational gender segregation in post-industrial societies; gender, class, and racial oppression in the United States; theories and strategies of feminism.
45 hours; 3 credits Dynamic interactions between social systems and ecosystems; incorporating the natural environment as a variable in sociological analysis; social origins of major environmental stresses; social conflicts produced by environmental; approaches to resolving social system-ecosystem disjuncture; major theoretical frameworks and debates in the sub-discipline; roles of science and technology in generating and responding to socio-environmental disorganization; role of socio-economic inequality in environmental conflicts; emergence of environmental social movement coalitions; linkages between economic processes and sustainable development trajectories. s
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45 hours; 3 credits Sociology of urban communities and public space. Urban social trends, dynamics, processes, and problems from a sociological point of view. Impact of community, social context, ecology on urban institutions and residents. Sociological factor of metropolitan, including suburban, planning.
Minimum of 135 hours of independent work and conference; 3 credits Critical study, in an area of sociology selected by the student, of reading approved by a faculty adviser. One or more written reports or a final examination. permission of the deputy chairperson.
48 hours; 3 credits Thesis preparation seminar. Topics based on students’ theses. Final paper includes literature review and proposal for data collection and analysis, and is written in the style of a professional sociology proposal. 7112G
Minimum of 135 hours of independent work and conference; 3 credits Data collection in the field under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Analysis of data. Preliminary presentation of the results.
15 hours, plus conference; 1 credit each term Research supervised by a faculty member for the thesis. The work must be awarded a grade of B or higher in order to be eligible for consideration toward the completion of the master of arts degree in sociology. Students register for each of these courses only once. deputy chairperson.
15 hours plus conference; 1 credit each term Research supervised by a faculty member for the thesis. The work must be awarded a grade of B or higher in order to be eligible for consideration toward the completion of the master of arts degree in sociology. Students register for each of these courses only once. deputy chairperson. The following inactive course(s) will only be offered if there is sufficient dema
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