10 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 3100Introduction to Sociology3
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. An introduction to the scientific study of society and social interactions. This course covers social theories, methods, culture, deviance, social inequities (including race, class, and gender) and social situations (such as the family, education, and religion). Students learn to analyze, evaluate, and critique social structures and to understand social change. Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. The origin of the world's cities, industrialization and the global spread of cities, post-industrial cities and cities of the future. Urban research methods. The development and contemporary life of multicultural American cities. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 or ANT 3700 Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (Group B) Department: Behavioral Sciences 571
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Focusing on problems whose origins lie outside the individual and how their effects are reflected in the behavior of individuals and the institutions of society. Students will explore problems relating to health care, education, criminal justice, inequality, etc. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 or ANT 3700 Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. The sociology of the family study areas include: definitions, pattern variations, developmental theories and specialized functions and their effect on socialization, courtship, marriage, divorce and the life cycle. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Selected minority groups in American society are studied. Topics discussed include: nature of prejudice and discrimination, social meaning of minority, annihilation, assimilation, competition, conflict, exploitation, social and cultural change, past and present trends and developments. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (Group B) Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. An exploration of the ways people construct gender and how gender structures our everyday lives and society in general. Issues that are covered include: how gender is produced, the relationship of gender to biology, gender and sexuality, the social evolution of gender, the gendered division of labor in the home and the workforce, gender and religion, micro politics of gender and race, class and gender as intertwined systems of inequality. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D) Department: Behavioral Sciences 572
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. Introduction to the study of religion and society, basic definitions and concepts, methods, organizational structures, secularization, church-state, immigration and multi-cultural environments, interactive effects with socioeconomic status, ethnicity and gender. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 or PSY 1100 or ANT 3700 Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A) Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. This class will introduce students to the process of public policy analysis. Public policy is an interdisciplinary field which draws from Sociology, Political Science, Economics, and other related social sciences to guide policy decisions on the local, national, and transnational levels. Students will learn how to examine real urban policy problems in a case study format, then apply potential policy solutions/ alternatives to eliminate or lessen these problems. Student will also learn about the functions of major policy institutions, and the impact of urban policy decisions on their lives, by exploring problems in the fields of Education, Health, Housing, Food Systems and Public Policy. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. This course is designed as an engaging and informative intellectual discourse. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field that comprehensively understands crimes, their causes, and the criminal justice system. The course will allow students to develop critical thinking skills to unpack contemporary challenges relating to crime, victimization, and crime prevention within the framework of criminological theories. In addition, you will engage in evidence-based knowledge and insights that can directly inform criminal justice, decision-making, and policies. Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): SOC 3100 Department: Behavioral Sciences
(s) Hours: 3 hrs. This course introduces students to the ways that people attempt to use law for social and political change, as well as how social and political forces affect the content of law and access to it. Using a variety of approaches, the course covers issues such as how people understand law and how law both limits and empowers people politically. Prerequisite(s): SOC 3100 Department: Behavioral Sciences 573
