SO

See description under SO 101

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

An overview of the discipline of sociology is presented. The focus is on social groups and their effects on individuals. Content areas cover culture, social structure and social change as well as an introduction to social research. Additionally, special emphasis is placed on stratification in society in terms of social class, race, gender and sexuality. Includes class discussion and group assignments.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course is a study of contemporary social problems from a global perspective. It examines population, environmental depletion and destruction, violence and war, racial and ethnic conflict, migration, gender inequality and other problems that occur internationally and that are interrelated. It analyzes assumptions underlying popular and theoretical explanations of social problems, as well as programs and policies aimed at alleviating them.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course explores the differences between social scientific writing and other forms of writing (e.g., novels, essays, non-fiction). What makes sociological arguments unique? What forms do they usually take and what are the features that make them most effective? Students are asked to analyze different sociological forms or argumentation and writing, explore their varying degree of efficacy and to produce one end-of-term research paper. Although the end goal of this course is a literature review paper, the structure of the course is writing intensive with a series of short writing assignments and paper drafts that build up to the final paper.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Sociology or Criminal Justice majors.

This overview of the social welfare system in this country includes its historical development. Understanding and evaluating social welfare programs such as family and children’s services, healthcare, community mental health and working with the aging are the goals. The course includes visits to selected community agencies.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

SO 101 or AN 120 .

This course provides in-depth analysis, from a social science perspective, of a substantive social issue confronting modern societies. It emphasizes pertinent social structures, values and attitudes, and the effects on the individual. Topics vary from year-to-year. May be repeated for credit.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit.

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not offered on a regular basis.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course introduces students to gender theory, the concept of gender as a social construction, and socio-cultural processes related to gender as a social institution. We will study gender inequality as it intersects with structural inequalities of race, sexuality, class, ethnicity, religion, and ability. Although this course is a sociology course, we will explore a variety of types of texts about gender, including academic, journalistic, personal narratives, and documentary films. We will examine the social construction of gender not only through our readings, but also through class discussion, interactive exercises, journal writing, and class projects. This course is open to all majors. It is required for minors in Gender and Sexuality Studies because it provides a foundational understanding of gender studies scholarship and lays the conceptual groundwork from which to connect gender and sexuality studies scholarship to inter-disciplinary study.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course provides a critical examination of how racism is operationalized in American society and its impact on the historical, social, psychological and spiritual relationship between Black and White Americans. Students have an opportunity to investigate both past and present racist practices and events and analyze how the practice of racism and culture interface and the effects of racism on Black and White America.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course provides a critical examination of the role and effects mass media have on the African American community. Students have the opportunity to explore the genres of television and film not only as mediums of entertainment, but as dynamic forces in the presentation and perpetuation of certain cultural values, ideals, philosophies and beliefs. Students examine the cultural prism of race in assessing mass media’s creation of images and attitudes about the African American community.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as AN 240 ) Ethnographic film explores the history and impact of documentary films made by anthropologists and the issues and ethical dilemmas involved in this type of storytelling. Classes consist of lectures, readings, screenings and discussions concerning the style and content of the major ethnographic films, and anthropological and documentary film theory.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course introduces students to the gay and lesbian experience in American society from pre-Stonewall to present day life. Using a sociological approach, students explore the development of diverse gay and lesbian identities and communities during the past 30 years and examine their social, political and cultural implications, both inside and outside the gay and lesbian community. Students examine and discuss the ways in which the gay and lesbian culture has impacted American society, as well as identify the cultural and political struggles within the gay and lesbian community, and between the gay and straight communities. Intersections of race and class also are explored. Offered in even years.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Sophomore standing or above.

This course explores the multiple ways that social processes and culture construct sexuality. Students study social science research on human sexuality, the meanings of sex and gender from a sociological perspective and the cultural mythologies that shape and inform our emotions, behaviors and attitudes.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course explores definitions of health and illness in the United States and other cultures. It analyzes the social, economic, political and cultural factors bearing on healthcare with emphasis on social structure, formal organization, professionalism and historic development. It enables students to apply the knowledge gained, both professionally and personally.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not offered on a regular basis.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

SO 101 or AN 120 .

This course examines social issues surrounding AIDS and HIV: discrimination and homophobia, risk reduction strategies, social factors in transmission, media treatment, legal and political dilemmas, and international efforts in HIV reduction. Students get firsthand experience through service learning in AIDS organizations within the Delaware Valley. Offered in odd years.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course provides an introduction to social theory, with emphasis on the founding fathers of sociological theory: Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim. Students will learn how to read and apply social theory, as well as the content of the major theorist’s arguments. In the second half of the course, students will explore the work of theorists working in the tradition of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, examining how the theoretical arguments are adapted to address issues that arise in the post-modern world, and will be introduced to more contemporary theoretical traditions in sociology.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course explores the relationship between health and human rights through prevailing definitions and understandings of international human rights, and the relevance, scope and depth of issues relevant to health and human rights scholars, practitioners, and advocates. Sociological and interdisciplinary approaches are used to explore the intersection between health and human rights. Key international declarations and conventions are examined, the meanings of “human rights” and “health” explored, specific case studies analyzed, and the intersection between historical and contemporary social issues considered. Potential methods for promoting health by protecting human rights at various levels, and the contemporary human rights issues of university/cultural relativity and accountability are addressed as a way of illuminating possibilities and avenues for improving individual and community health through considering primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in various contexts.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Sophomore or above.

CJ311 Social movements are integral for social change and social justice. This course will consider social movement, protest, and advocacy/activism. Students will engage with social movement theory, including resource mobilization, media representation, and movement framing, and they will link theory to criminal justice-focused social movements in Philadelphia/Pennsylvania. Not just an outside observer, students will attend organizational meetings and forums of their choice and write field notes and reports. Students will offer case histories of organizations, speak with members, and participate in efforts of their choosing. In doing so, students will engage with social movement issues, context, strategies, and goals through a grounded and active research approach. In this, students will discuss and think critically about research-activism: that, in conducting research, they effect social change. Organizations include, but are not limited to: Decarcerata PA, Philadelphia Reentry Coalition, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, Art 4 Justice, Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Black Lives Matter Philadelphia, PA Innocence Project, Attic Youth Center, and the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition. The course will involve guest speakers, and it is not internship-based.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines lack of affordable homes, urban homelessness and extreme impoverishment from a comparative historical perspective. Cases to be examined will include the United States, United Kingdom, Kenya and India. A third of the class will devote to service learning (volunteering with residents of one of Project HOME’s housing programs).

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

In this course, we will undertake a critical study of gender performance, roles and structures as they exist in varied parts of the world, and the factors that create or perpetuate both opportunities and inequalities for women. We will investigate the impacts and costs of such inequalities on human personal and social health, development, and stability. This course seeks to interrogate the similarities and the differences between women in various environments and nations across the world; and by doing so, examine the definition and meanings of women. We will look at what are the relationships between and among women and how we canwork to create justice. Specifically, we will study the construction and reproduction of gender inequalities around the globe, as well as the ways women resist these processes in diverse societies. We will examine how social, economic, and political changes affect women’s and men’s lives, and their relations, family structures, and cultural conceptions. We will explore efforts for gender equality and justice all over the world. We will look at the diversity of experiences across class, racial-ethnic groups, sexualities, cultures, and regions. We will examine the role of international organizations, local and regional unions, civil society, and people to reduce gender inequality. Throughout the course we will work from a feminist perspective which will guide our understanding, inquiries and activism.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

CJ330 This course examines the notion of paradigms, the relationship of theory to empirical work, the formulation of hypotheses, questionnaire construction and multi-method research. The introduction to the major quantitative and qualitative research methods includes survey research, ethnography, interviewing and content analysis. A class project gives the student hands-on experience to aid in the development of the required individual research projects.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

SO 101 , one additional SO or AN course, and MA 141 .

Not offered on a regular basis.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Students get fieldwork experience in a social welfare or similar agency for 10 hours each week for the semester. Choice of setting is based on the interests and needs of individual students. The course includes weekly seminars focusing on workplace skills. Spring

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

6

Credits (max)

6

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course closely examines feminist theories from an analytic and sociological viewpoint, including how feminist thinkers have conceptualized how and why women are positioned as they are in society and how these ideas have evolved over time and within particular sociopolitical contexts. Students examine the definitional and political issues inherent in “feminism” and what it has come to mean in society. The theories studied include liberal, Marxist, psychoanalytic and radical feminism. Throughout the course, these theories are evaluated along the intersections of race, class, and sexual orientation. Offered in even years.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Sophomore standing or above.

Individual research or directed in-depth reading at an advanced level is devoted to specific topics in sociology, anthropology, or social welfare.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Approval of the Chair and instructor concerned.

The Empirical Research Capstone class offers seniors an intensive immersion in advanced research methods. Students will carry out an independent research project from start to finish on a topic of their choice. Students will learn how to design a study, collect and analyze data, and write a research report. Instruction will be given in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Students can choose from a variety of research methods, including ethnographic methods, unobtrusive research and analysis of large datasets. The course culminates in a completed senior thesis.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

This course is only open to seniors in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Students must have a major GPA of at least a 2.0 in order to enroll and must have passed SO 330 or CJ 330 , or an approved alternate course.

Not offered on a regular basis.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

This course is only open to seniors in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Students must have a major GPA of at least a 2.0 in order to enroll and must have passed SO 330 or CJ 330 , or an approved alternate course.

Students will research and write an independent thesis project based on a topic of their choosing. This capstone course is for students who wish to write a critical literature review thesis paper, based on analysis of secondary sources. Students will conduct an in-depth review of academic literature, develop an original argument linked to social theory and complete a thesis paper. Open to senior majors in sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

This course is only open to seniors in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Students must have a major GPA of at least a 2.0 in order to enroll and must have passed SO 330 or CJ 330 , or an approved alternate course.

This seminar focuses on graduate school and career preparation issues and skills. Students integrate the material learned through the undergraduate years, uncover the meanings associated with becoming a professional, work on graduate school and career readiness skills, and explore career opportunities through a series of guest speakers.

Subject

SO

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Open to senior Sociology majors and others by permission of the instructor. A GPA of 2.0 or higher in the major, or permission of the Department is required.