30 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 101Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.)
Sociology is the study of human groups. Topics include sociological theory and methods of research, culture and cultural variation across the world, social structure, crime and deviant behavior, social stratification and inequality, social justice, social institutions, social change and social movements. Students will develop an understanding of the intersection of personal biographies and sociological processes (the sociological imagination). Liberal Arts Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities SUNY Framework: Social Sciences Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
This course is a survey of the history and current context of social justice issues in the US. Based on a sociological foundation, the course addresses power and privilege as they are manifested in social systems. The course focuses on the impact of systemic inequalities in the US, but also places these dynamics within a global context, particularly in relation to global social justice struggles and social movements. Liberal Arts Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities SUNY Framework: U.S. History and Civic Engagement, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
This course will examine how social forces shape interpersonal relationships, form individuals’ sense of self-identity, and influences their psychological experience of the world. By encouraging students to reflect on their own life experiences, this course will explore how social characteristics, such as gender, race, class and sexuality (among others), intersect with these social processes. Liberal arts Semester(s) Offered: Varies
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Semester(s) Offered: Spring
This course will introduce students to the basic quantitative and qualitative research methods used by social scientists to obtain knowledge about the social world. Students will learn the necessary skills to conduct social research and to think analytically about social processes. Liberal arts
Overview of quantitative research design and strategies of data collection, inferential statistics and computer assisted data management. Students will be required to design and complete a research project. Liberal arts
Overview of qualitative research design methods stressing historical, ethnographic and ethnomethodological techniques, interviewing, content analysis and field observation. Students will be required to design and complete a research project. Liberal arts
SOC 303Sociology of Development in the Americas (3 cr.)
Effects of development and global integration of the economy and culture on peripheral urban and rural peoples in the Western Hemisphere. Topics include notions of underdevelopment, branch-plant industry, agri-export economies, subsistence and informal economies, migration, international tourism, squatter settlements, environmental issues related to development, women in development, and movements for local autonomy. Liberal arts
This course examines the social construction of gender and cross cultural comparisons of women’s experiences with an emphasis on the variability of global gender stratification and life chances. Course materials develop the ways in which gender intersects with other socially-relevant categories such as race and class while considering the dynamics that address the social and culturally evolving comprehension of identity within a traditionally binary construct. Liberal Arts Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities SUNY Framework: Social Sciences, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Semester(s) Offered: Varies
This course explores the causes, effects, and experiences of migration from a sociological perspective. The course will contextualize immigration to the US within global, historical and contemporary patterns, including empire, early waves of European migration, post-colonial migration, and responses to globalization. In addition to outlining the history of immigration policies in the US, the course will analyze the discourses surrounding these policies and examine the factors that shape migrants’ incorporation into new communities. Liberal Arts
Sophomore standing or higher Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities SUNY Framework: U.S. History and Civic Engagement Semester(s) Offered: Varies
SOC 309Sociology of Aging and Death (3 cr.)
This course examines how society shapes the experience of aging (in particular, the experience of old age), the societal response to older adults, and the experience and response to death. This course will consider how these elements intersect with other social characteristics such as class, gender, and race/ethnicity both here in the United States and internationally. Liberal arts
A comparative analysis of family organization in different societies, emphasizing comparisons to contemporary families in the United States. Liberal arts
This course examines the sociological approach to health and medicine. It will consider the social factors that influence the domestic and transnational distribution of health and illness, the transnational social experiences and cultural meanings of illness, and the different societal responses to health care. Liberal Arts Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities SUNY Framework: Social Sciences Semester(s) Offered: Varies
This course examines the historical development and definitions of race, racism, and ethnicity. The course outlines contemporary theories of race and the reproduction of racial inequalities in the US and explores how race appears in other national contexts. The course also examines processes of immigrant incorporation as well as historical and contemporary anti-racist social movements. Liberal arts
Sophomore standing or higher Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities SUNY Framework: U.S. History and Civic Engagement, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Semester(s) Offered: Varies
SOC 333Sociology of Culture (3 cr,)
This course will expose students to major research traditions and areas within the Sociology of Culture. In this course, we will explore the following questions: How does sociology define culture? How does sociology explain elements of culture such as food, art, music, and language? Can culture be external or internal to the person, or both? How does culture affect and influence individuals’ behavior? Can culture be embedded within other institutions and areas of social life or is it separate? Liberal Arts
This course provides students with a basic foundation in classical and contemporary sociological theory. The course explores such key questions as “What is society?”, “How is social order possible?”, “What is the relationship between society and the individual?”, “How is human behavior to be explained?” “What is the purpose of sociology?”, by comparing and contrasting the diverse theoretical approaches that different sociological traditions have adopted. Liberal arts
The course examines the social influences of the uses of power and the nature of politics in contemporary societies. Political action and political behavior will be analyzed in formal organizations (state, parties, movements) and in the larger national and world political arenas. Liberal arts
The course explores the nature of law and develops an understanding of law as a social institution from a variety of sociological perspectives. The functions and forms of law are analyzed in relation to changes in cultural, economic, and political conditions as well as various forms of inequality. Liberal arts
In the context of current dynamics associated with globalization, Sociology of the Environment approaches environmental issues through a sociological perspective. Topics include: social ideas of nature, environmental justice, environmental social movements, international environmental policy/issues, and the nexus between environmental science and politics. Liberal arts Semester(s) Offered: Spring
A sociological analysis of social change with emphasis on U.S. and global social movements. Topics include types, causes, dimensions, and effects of social change; theories of change, and types of social movements such as reform, resistance, revolutionary, alternative, and religious movements. Focus is directed toward important instances of historical and emerging social change such as the Native American experience, the Holocaust, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, the Civil Rights Movement, and major U.S. political shifts. Implications for future social change are explored. Liberal arts
Topics relating to the analysis of the world system and modern societies will be offered so as to utilize the research specializations of faculty. Topics may include: the sociology of restructured labor markets, the sociology of technological change and the world system, global mass media and mass culture, cultures of resistance to globalization. Liberal Arts
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Addresses the questions: who gets what and why? How are social resources (e.g., money, status, power) allocated? Why is there inequality? Focus is on class, race, gender, global inequalities and comparisons of systems. Liberal arts
Capstone seminar for sociology majors. Concerned with selected issues in sociology, topics vary from semester to semester. Application of the sociological imagination to a specific topic. Topic varies from section to section. Liberal arts
ENG 101 , SOC 101 , six sociology credits. Meets Advanced Writing Requirement Semester(s) Offered: Varies
SOC 496Instructional Practicum (3 cr.)
Supervised tutoring or classroom instructional assistance in a sociology or criminal justice course. Each student and instructor will complete a contract specifying each student’s duties. Cannot be repeated. Grading will be pass/fail.
POI, SOC 101 and a grade of B or better in the course in which the student will work, junior or senior standing. Felony Questionnaire Required Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
SOC 498Applied Sociology Internship (1 to 12 cr.)
The student placed as an intern in a private or public organization will apply social science methods and theories to a topic of current concern to the host organization. Participation 9 to 18 hr/wk required. Liberal arts
POI and chairperson Felony Questionnaire Required Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
SOC 499Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Semester(s) Offered: Fall
