SOC 001Introduction to Sociology
SPAN 021+SPAN 022 - Fundamentals of Spanish I and II
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SOC 100Introduction to Sociology
ETHICS COURSES (1 REQUIRED)
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SOC 101Intro to Sociology
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SOC 205Men and Masculinity
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SOC 206Kids and Contention
SOC 221/AMST 221 Race and Ethnic Relations SOC 223/AMST 223 Inequalities
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SOC 211Research Methods This course is an introduction to the basic issues and fundamental trends of social
research. The logic of inquiry, research design, sampling, validity, reliability of indicators in social data, and logistical and ethical problems in the collection and analysis of data form the central problems for consideration. Techniques of data collection, such as, participant observation, content analysis, experimental design, unobtrusive measures, and survey research are discussed. The course is intended to prepare students for original research efforts and also to help them become more sophisticated consumers of the literature of the social sciences today. (Monson, Sutton, offered annually) SOC 212 Data Analysis This course provides an introduction to the organization and analysis of data in the process of social research. Presentation of data in tabular and graphic forms, the use of elementary descriptive and infer- ential statistics, and the use of bivariate and multivariate analytic procedures in the analysis of data are examined. This course includes a laboratory experience in the use of computing software to display data and test hypotheses. The course is ultimately intended to prepare students for original research efforts and to help them become more sophisticated consumers of the literature of the social sciences today. (Perkins, Freeman, offered annually) SOC 213 Poverty and Place in Rural America This course centers on the study of place-based poverty in the United States with a focus on rural areas. The course examines the ways in which social and economic rewards are geo- graphically and racially stratified, asking “Who gets what, where and why?” This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying poverty by including geographic and humanistic dimensions. Course content will address theoretical and conceptual approaches to poverty, poverty and population measures, and explanations of geo- graphically concentrated poverty. Through novels and non-fictions texts students will discover lived experiences of the rural poor with particular attention to Black, Latinx, and American Indian peoples. Students will also critically examine popular representations of rurality and poverty in the U.S. Lastly, students will take a case study approach to evaluate or predict a poverty program’s structural and cultural impacts, including impacts on the poverty statuses of selected minority groups. This course counts as a Social Science core for the Environmental Studies major/minor. (Mauer, offered occasionally) SOC 214 Urban Ethnography Rapid urbanization in the 19th century provided a crucial impetus to the development of sociology, as scholars wondered how “the city” transformed traditional forms of identity and community. Urban ethnography – the systematic observation of social life in the city – became one of the most important methods that defined the Chicago School of Sociology. This course will introduce students to the body of knowledge amassed over a century of urban ethnography, focusing on urban ethnographies both theoretically and methodologically. We will cover topics of sustained importance to ethnographers, such as poverty, crime and violence, race, social class, public space, work, immigration, consumption, housing and homelessness, and the informal economy. We will cover important debates within ethnography, including issues of ethics, representation, and the politics of doing an ethnography. Throughout the semester, we will ask what is specifically urban about any given ethnography, as well as what is specifically ethnographic about what’s being studied in the readings we consider. Students might be expected to conduct their own ethnographies. The course will make references to urban changes visible in Geneva, as well as more regional cities such as Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo. Students who have passed SOC 100, SOC/ URST 210, ANTH 110, or BIDS 207 with a minimum grade of C- or have obtained permission of instructor will be able to register for this course. (Kosta, offered occasionally)
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SOC 212Data Analysis
CORE PUBLIC POLICY COURSES (1 REQUIRED)
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SOC 214Urban Ethnography
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SOC 220Social Psychology In this seminar course, major theoretical perspectives and classic empirical stud
ies in social psychology are introduced. The emphasis is on exposure to a variety of viewpoints in the literature. Theoretical orientations, such as learning theory, exchange theory, role theory, symbolic interaction, attribution theory, and cognitive balance models are surveyed during the term. Furthermore, studies in substantive areas, such as social norms and behavioral conformity, attitude change, interpersonal attraction, group dynamics, conflict and cooperation, and leadership are examined in light of these major perspectives. The course gives attention to the congruencies and disparities among psychological and sociological perspectives within the interdisciplinary field of social psychology. (Perkins, offered alternate years) SOC 221 Race & Ethnic Relations What is race? What is ethnicity? Has race always existed? Why should the history of people of color matter to contemporary policy and social relationships? In this course, students analyze minority group relations including inter-group and intragroup dynamics, sources of prejudice and discrimination, social pro- cesses of conflict, segregation, assimilation, and accommodation. Minority-majority relations are viewed as a source of hierarchy, contention, and change, and the history and current context of our multigroup society are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on racial and ethnic groups in the United States. (Freeman, offered annually) HWS.EDU/CATALOGUE 377 2023 - 2024 CATALOGUE
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SOC 221Race and Ethnic Relations
Transnational Issues and Cooperation Keystone Courses
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SOC 222Social Change
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SOC 223Inequalities (C)
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SOC 224Social Deviance
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SOC 225Working Families
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SOC 226Sex and Gender What is the connection between biological sex and our identities as men and women?
How is the variation over time and across cultures in gendered behavior explained? What are the sources and conse- quences of differences between women and men? How are these differences linked to inequalities of race and class as well as gender? What social forces will alter gender relations in the future? This course provides an introduction to sociological perspectives on gender relations as a social structure. Several theoretical frameworks for understanding the sources and persistence of gender differences and inequality are considered. Students examine a range of social institutions and ideological constructs shaping the social structure of gender, such as the state, family, employment, sexuality, and reproduction. (Monson, offered alternate years) SOC 238 Immigrant America Ethnicity and race are constantly evolving social constructions, yet they remain among the most persistent forms of structured social inequality. Focusing on the United States, but with reference to other multi-ethnic societies, this course will consider the immigration histories to examine why and how the salience of ethnic identity increases and decreases at particular historical moments, how the categories of race and ethnicity inform each other, and how they are inexorably related to the continuous remaking of the American mainstream. This course will pay particular attention to the immigration patterns of the turn-of the-twentieth-century (Ellis Island) groups, and the Chicago-school tradition of urban ethnographies that documented the lives of those groups during the 20th and 21st centuries. (Kosta, offered alternate years) SOC 242 Sociology of Business/Management This course provides an “applied” sociological analysis of the major trends shaping business in the United States and worldwide. Students explore the nature of business organization and management; at the micro level in its institutional forms and the business and management environment, at the macro level as it operates within economic and cultural systems, and within global contexts. The issues of demo- graphic effects, ethical concerns, technological innovation, the role of producers and consumers, and the changing role of government are considered. (Harris, offered alternate years) SOC 251 Sociology of the City More than 80 percent of Americans and 50 percent of the world’s peoples now live in urban areas. Such figures show that the city has become one of the most important and powerful social phenom- ena of modern times. As a result, it is imperative that we understand the city’s influence on our lives. This course provides a basic introduction to urban life and culture by examining the development of the city in Western histo- ry. Classic and modern theories are examined in an attempt to grasp what the city is and what it could be. (Kosta, offered alternate years) SOC 261 Sociology of Education This course is an examination of the interplay between the formal ideal and infor- mal personal aspects of education and other social processes. Topics of discussion include the potential of critical HWS.EDU/CATALOGUE 378 2023 - 2024 CATALOGUE
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SOC 228Social Conflicts
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SOC 238Immigrant America
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SOC 242Sociology of Business
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SOC 249Technology and Society
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SOC 251Sociology of the City
SOC/URST 353 Global Cities SOC/URST 210 Gentrification
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SOC 253Global Cities
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SOC 256Power and Powerlessness
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SOC 257Political Sociology
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SOC 258Social Problems
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SOC 259Social Movements
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SOC 260Sociology of Human Nature
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SOC 261Sociology of Education
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SOC 263Juvenile Delinquency
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SOC 265Penology
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SOC 266Sociology of Police and Policing
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SOC 290Sociology of Community
ART HISTORY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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SOC 295Alcohol Use and Abuse Alcohol is consumed as beverage by most adults in contemporary American
society. Alcohol is also the most widely used and abused drug. On the one hand, attractions, pleasures, and pos- sible benefits of alcohol consumption can be identified as motivations for widespread use. On the other hand, the debilitating effect and costs of heavy drinking and alcoholism on the health of individuals, families, and society in general are enormous. This course examines the causes and consequences of alcohol use and misuse both in terms of its biochemical and social construction. This sociology course brings together natural science and social science contributions to the interdisciplinary study of this phenomenon by incorporating a variety of academic perspectives HWS.EDU/CATALOGUE 379 2023 - 2024 CATALOGUE
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SOC 299Vietnam: Conflict, Contradiction, and Change
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SOC 300Classical Sociological Theory
Fine and Performing Arts The following is a non-exhaustive, representative list of courses that meet the requirement for a European studies course in fine and performing arts.
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SOC 353Global Cities(C, CP)
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SOC 357Race and Education (C, CP)
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SOC 362Criminology
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SOC 370Religion, Politics, and Lifestyle (Perkins)
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SOC 375Social Policy
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SOC 450Independent Study Permission of the instructor required. (Offered annually)
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SOC 499Internship in Sociology A minimum of of work or practice under the supervision of a sociology
faculty advisor. Students are expected to keep a reflective journal and to produce a paper that relates their expe- rience to more general issues in sociology. The length and scope of the paper shall be determined in consultation with the internship faculty advisor. Internship advisor permission is required to take this course, and prior depart- mental approval is required for any students who wish to repeat SOC 499. Permission of instructor. SOC 623 Inequalities Inequality is a fundamental aspect of social structure but we, as individuals, frequently find it simple to justify without investigating its history. Despite the adoption of the rhetoric of equal rights and democrat- ic values, inequality thrives in the United States. Our placement in Geneva, NY allows us, as sociologists, a unique opportunity to observe these systems of inequality within our city and relate them to broader patterns in the nation as a whole. This course is designed to give students a foundational knowledge in sociological theory of inequality stemming from Marx, Weber, and DuBois and continuing through contemporary theories of intersectionality. These perspectives will then be used to understand inequality in social class, race, gender, sexualities, and in the global arena. (Freeman, offered annually) Note: Some regularly offered bidisciplinary courses carry credit for the Sociology major. Examples include BIDS 214: The Politics of Reproduction and BIDS 207: Contemporary American Cities. HWS.EDU/CATALOGUE 381 2023 - 2024 CATALOGUE
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