SOCI

Choose ONE introductory statistics course:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Data Analytics Core Courses - 18 credits (all courses listed below are required)

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course presents the breadth of professions within human services, explores the ethics of helping, discusses the responsibilities of the helping relationship, introduces students to the practice skills of an effective human service worker, and helps students explore their interest in pursuing a human services career. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Note: Embedded in the required courses are attendance and reflective papers on at leas Electives - 12 credits Choose 12 credits from the following:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

In Citizenship and Civic Engagement courses, students will gain the knowledge, skills, and perspectives they need to become contributing citizens in a diverse and complex society. These experiences help ensure a commitment to collaboratively working across and within community contexts and structures to achieve civic aims in a democracy. Aging is not simply a physical and biological phenomenon, it is also shaped by social processes at both the individual and societal level. This course is designed to provide students with an overview of some of the major concepts, theories, issues and research findings relating to aging and the life course, especially as viewed by sociologists. Additionally, the students will also learn about issues of aging by meeting regularly with elders in the surrounding community as part of the CEL component of the course. Among the different topics examined in the course are: social and cultural dimensions of aging, stereotyping and ageism, important social policy issues relating to the elderly; and specific topics such as: demographic factors; aging and the family; aging, health and healthcare issues; diversity in the aging experience; intergenerational equity issues, and policy and politics of aging. Attributes: CCE YLIB

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

As the Latino population continues to grow in the U.S., an increasing number of community-based professionals (educators, social workers, health care providers) find themselves working in a variety of Latino community settings. Beyond Spanish language skills, developing cultural literacy represents a critical tool for effective interaction and communication. This course is designed to help students develop an appreciation for the dominant cultural traditions shaping the beliefs, values, and practices/customs of the many Latino communities and how different Latino communities vary from one another. Must have a minimum of one semester of Spanish to register. Typically offered:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course helps students understand clients and caregivers in health care and human service organizations. Over the years clinics, hospitals, social work nonprofits, and government agencies have grown to serve more people. Longer periods of training and practice are required for the professionals, who utilize increasingly sophisticated technologies and techniques. A professional culture can develop that is very different from the lives of patients and clients. Organizations with religious roots have had to change as they have accepted government contracts to deliver services to people of different faiths, or no faith. Students will explore all the ways that communities have changed, and what Attributes: CC YLIB

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Targeted initiatives and programs that address specific health topics across a diversity of populations are an essential tool for public health professionals. Different communities and populations may require different approaches for purposes of health promotion and education. This course allows students to consider various population-level characteristics (such as language, gender norms, or family structure) that must be taken into account when designing interventions and programs. Students develop programs to reach and educate community members from specific populations about certain health conditions such as diabetes, alcoholism, or HIV/AIDS. Cultural sensitivity, empathy, and personal self- Typically offered:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course examines the nature of human service agencies and their basic structures of operation. This includes the study of supervision and management, for example, within the human service field. In addition, students explore the wide variety of career options across human service agencies. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

SOCI-101D D- OR SOCI-101T D-

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

This course examines how individuals and societies respond to death, dying, and bereavement. Particular attention is given to the experience of people who have reached an advanced age, but the course more generally studies individuals whose functional abilities have severely declined and who are approaching death. Students analyze issues and controversies pertaining to old age, death, and dying within a framework for ethical decision-making that encompasses four ethical standards of reasoning. These are (1) a utilitarian approach, (2) a duties approach, (3) a rights approach, and (4) a justice/fairness approach. Among the topics and controversies addressed in this course are suicide, euthanasia Typically offered:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Total: 33 credits Inclusive Childhood Education Major with a Liberal Arts Major/Concentration in Sociology and Anthropology Students pursuing teaching certification in inclusive childhood education must declare either a second major or a concentration in a liberal arts field. Either choice results in a Bachelor of Sci Foundations - 6 credits

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Racism is a highly contentious and divisive notion. The purpose of this class is to understand what racism is, how racism works, and why racism persists. For this, students explore a variety of perspectives and multiple methods of investigation. These perspectives include interpersonal racism, systemic racism, intersectionality, and critical race theory. Methods of investigation include qualitative and quantitative techniques for operationalizing, observing, measuring, and analyzing racism. While the focus of this class is contemporary US society, we also consider historical US racism and racism in other societies. Comparisons with the past and with other societies allows students to better und Typically offered:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Advanced Criminology and Criminal Justice - 15 credits (9 credits must be CRIM) Choose FIVE courses from the following:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Race remains one of the most influential social categories and controversial topics in US society today. For this reason, to understand US society it is necessary to seriously consider the role race and race relations. Students in “US Race Relations” will examine contemporary patterns of institutional racism and systematic inequality alongside interpersonal forms of discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes. The notion of race as a social construction will be emphasized and this will be placed in a broader sociohistorical context. The intersections of race with other forms of social inequities (for example, gender-based inequality) will also be considered. Attributes: WGST YLIB

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

SOCI-101D D- OR SOCI-101T D- OR SOCI-103 D-

Gender is a major organizing factor across all societies. This course examines genders as social constructions, focusing on how notions of gender change over time and vary across societies. This contrasts with perspectives that frame gender as a fixed biological category. Students consider how gender inequalities take form through social patterns, and examine how hierarchical gender systems are reproduced via links between social structures and interpersonal experiences. Typically offered:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Section 01 Topic: Punishment Perspectives In this class, the student will examine the sociology of punishment. This is an upper-level undergraduate course, and it is expected that students will read and critically examine both the classics in the field and current theoretical developments, in the United States and beyond. The student will be challenged to understand the socio-historical context of various theoretical developments and to compare and contrast perspectives. Emphasis also will be placed on identifying and critiquing the policy implications associated with punishment perspectives. At the same time, substantial coverage will be given to the system’s increasing reliance on community-based sanctions and release mechanisms. The Section 02 Spring 2013 Topic: Religion and Society The purpose of this special topics course, Religion and Society, is to explore a variety of religious institutions, communities, practices and beliefs across society. The emphasis will be on contemporary developments and the ways in which religious communities have adapted themselves to modern life in an advanced capitalist society. Students will consider their own faith traditions in the context of other faith traditions. Attributes: YLIB

Subject

SOCI

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Prerequisite

SOCI-101D D- OR SOCI-101T D- OR SOCI-103 D-

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

No more than TWO of the following courses may be used as electives for the major:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Capstone - 3 credits

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Capstone - 3 credits Choose ONE:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu

Electives - 15 credits FIVE of the following elective course options including TWO at the 300 level or beyond:

Subject

SOCI

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026

Source

catalog.sjf.edu