17 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 1010The Sociological Imagination4
General Education: Societies and Structures course Offered: Every semester This course presents an overview of the basic sociological concepts and approaches. These concepts and approaches are used to explore and understand human behavior and social relations in groups, and institutions such as economy, politics, religion, education, and marriage and family from a cross-cultural perspective. This is a required course for sociology majors and minors and is a prerequisite for upper level sociology courses.
Offered: Periodically based on student need This course is a study of the social processes that create and maintain definitions of human phenomena as problematic. Students examine problems related to crime, poverty, homelessness, racial conflict, aging, family, gender, mental illness and other issues.
General Education: Societies and Structures course Offered: Fall semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course examines the interaction between human lives/societies and the geographical contexts in which people live. Topics include, population change, migration, race, ethnicity, language, gender, politics, economy, and rural and urban lifestyles in global perspective.
HIS/HPS Elective (Note: HON 2110 may substitute for a 4 2000+ course 2000-level HIS course.) HIS/HPS Electives 8 3000+ courses HPS/POL Elective 4 2000+ course PSY 2000+ Elective 4 course Total credit hours = 97 for B.A. degree * Requires admission to Educator Preparation Program Minor: African American Studies Greensboro College offers a minor in African American studies. Please see the section of this Catalog entitled African American Studies for those minor requirements. Minor: History Students must earn a C- or better in each and all of their minor courses. Required Courses: Course number Course title Credit hou HIS/HPS Electives 8 courses HIS/HPS Electives 8 2000+ courses HIS/HPS Elective 4 3000+ course Total credit hours = 20 History and Political Science Department of History; School of Humanities Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major: History and Political Science ------------------------------------------- A combined concentration in history and political science is not available within the Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 227 Liberal Studies major. Major: History and Political Science Required Courses: Course number Course title Credit hours
Offered: Every spring semester This course offers an introduction to the criminal justice system as both process and structure in the United States. Topics surveyed include the system’s history, constitutional limitations, philosophical background, major theoretical schools, and ongoing debates in the field including the death penalty, use of force, and restorative justice. Special attention is paid to each of the major components of the system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Cross-listed with CRI 2260.
Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029 The United States has often been called the most violent place on the earth, both in the streets and in the homes. The course will focus on the crisis of family violence in all its forms. Students will examine child and sibling abuse, spousal battering and rape, and family crimes against the elderly, along with official responses to these crimes.
Offered: Spring semesters, 2028 and 2030 Historical and current biological, psychological and sociological factors in juvenile delinquency are examined, as are modern trends in prevention and treatment. The course also addresses the procedural and substantive aspects of the juvenile justice system.
Offered: Every spring semester This course explores the interconnection of inequality and oppression examining the classical and contemporary theories of inequality throughout society and within institutions. Included in the course are accounts of the inequality from various social positions.
