4 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 Sociology3
In this class students apply sociological concepts and research to make sense of socialization and social interactions, deviance and crime, social inequalities, politics, education, work, families, population, and social change. Students connect concepts to real-world applications to develop a sociological imagination. Meets General Education Categories Thinking About Human Behavior and Ethics, Justice, and Social Action; Gender, Race, and Class Studies, Social Justice Focus Areas.
A cross-cultural examination of contemporary family structures, SOC 204 emphasizes the relationships between husband-wife and parents-children. Students study various aspects of the family, including gender roles, values, religious influences, child-rearing practices, power structures, conflict within families, and the future of the family, as well as topics of mate selection, separation, divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Note: This is the same course as PSY 204.
SOC 210Research Methods I: Design and Data Collection3
This course presents the basic principles of qualitative and quantitative research methods, including experimental studies, focus groups, interviews, and surveys. It addresses study design, implementation, interpretation, and presentation. Prerequisite: CRJ 101, SOC 101, or PSY 101. Note: This is the same course as CRJ 210 and PSY 210.
The basic principles of demography and geography at the global, national, and local levels, with emphases on conditions that influence population change and impacts of human populations on the environment, are addressed in SOC 325. Through detailed comparisons of countries, states, and cities throughout the world, students explore population characteristics and life chances; factors affecting trends in population structure and characteristics; population change associated with diseases; aging; urbanization; economic development; and environmental alterations. Trends in population structure and characteristics are examined in terms of geography and public policies. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or ENV 101.
