33 courses with the subject SOCI, 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.
SOCI 101FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY. An introductory study of the major and
enduring theoretical ideas, concepts, methods, and debates that have shaped and informed the discipline of sociology from its inception to the current day. Topics include the origins of the discipline, the social conditions under which humans may thrive, social order, religion, and inequality. Attention is also paid to the ways in which the Christian tradition perceives and, in some cases, may challenge contemporary social conditions. Recommended to precede all other sociology courses. Three hours.
SOCI 103FOUNDATIONS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. An introduction to
the study of culture, its meaning and significance for human beings, and the ways in which man organizes his activities to meet universal human needs, especially in simpler societies. Three hours.
SOCI 105PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIOLOGY. A one-credit course for students
wishing to meet the College’s “Foundations of Social Sciences” general education requirement by transferring in a standard introduction to sociology course taken elsewhere, that provides the unique content within Grove City College’s Sociology 101 Foundations of Sociology course. The following themes are covered: epistemological foundations of sociology, sociological views of human beings and their actions, foundations of social order, engines of social progress, and sociological understandings of the divine. Prerequisite: A Sociology 101 comparable class transferred from another institution. One hour.
SOCI 201SOCIAL PROBLEMS. An analysis of American social problems such as
family, sexuality, drugs, crime, health, poverty, race, and global problems such as population, the environment, religion, war and terrorism. Three hours.
SOCI 203SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. A study of the social aspects of
personal deviation including consideration of the alcoholic, the drug addict, the suicidal and the sexually maladjusted from the perspective of social background, causative factors, and possible therapy. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or 201. Three hours.
SOCI 208GERONTOLOGY. A general introduction to gerontology, with emphasis on
the normative aspects of aging and adaptation to old age. Topics include the role of senior citizens in the family and a youth-oriented culture, theories of disengagement, role activity in retirement and aging from a cross-cultural perspective. Three hours.
SOCI 221WHITE COLLAR CRIME. An in-depth examination of important concepts
theories, and facts related to white collar crime, using case studies, academic lectures, guest lecturers and films. The degree to which such crimes occur, as well as their economic and social costs, will be considered. Victims and offenders will be described. Legal issues and problems in dealing with white collar crime will also be considered, with a special consideration of the typical legal, political, and cultural barriers encountered in trying to create and enforce relevant laws, including detection and punishments. Three hours.
SOCI 233INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE. An overview of every
element of the criminal justice system, looking at the process of handling offenders from crime detection through arrest, adjudication, prosecution/defense, sentencing, incarceration, probation, and parole. Issues of criminal law (ethics, philosophy, and basic structure and rules) and policy, defendants, victims, and the roles of different criminal justice agents will also be considered. Biblical perspectives will be examined throughout, as will, where appropriate, private alternatives to response to crime. Three hours.
SOCI 241MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. A study of the social and cultural aspects of
medicine and health, strongly emphasizing the results of cross-cultural and comparative research. Topics include health professionals and services around the world, alternative healers, the demography of health and illness, and privatized versus government-sponsored health care systems. Three hours.
SOCI 303SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC AND CULTURE. Music is a central aspect of
culture and a distinctive human activity. As such, it makes for ripe sociological analysis, as relevant as work, worship, or love. This course will consider the social contexts that contribute to the production and performance of music and the ways it contributes to the very production of society. More specifically, we will examine the manifest production and content of music, as well as some of its more latent impacts as a cultural product, reinforcing and destabilizing social order. Finally, we will apply the lessons of this course in an analysis of music’s role in social life by examining its uses by local congregations. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or permission of instructor. Three hours.
SOCI 304SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE. This course is designed to
introduce students to the social determinants of health and well-being. We will consider how health care professions and social scientists define and conceptualize population level health outcomes and disparities. We also examine how health outcomes are patterned according to sex, race and class. Prerequisites: Sociology 101 and Biology 101, or permission of instructor. Three hours.
SOCI 308SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION. This course will examine religion from a
sociological perspective, including such topics as sociological theories about religion, how religion affects individuals and societies, secularization and worldwide religious resurgence, effects of globalization upon religion, America’s contemporary religious climate, contemporary American Evangelicalism, and the future of religion. Three hours.
SOCI 312THE FAMILY AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION. A course that focuses upon
the status, development, and future of the modern American family from historical, cross- cultural, and sociological perspectives. Examines contemporary debates over legal definitions of “family”, patterns of family structure, families and the elderly, family policy, and reviews non-governmental approaches to strengthening the family. Recommended for those students contemplating careers in teaching, the helping professions, ministry, public policy, and research. Three hours.
SOCI 314CRIMINOLOGY. An introduction to the scientific study of crime. This
includes classical and modern criminological theories and methods, various types of criminal behavior and what triggers them, social and environmental factors that affect levels of crime, comparisons of crime rates across place and time. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or 201. Alternate years, three hours.
SOCI 315JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. An examination of the meaning of juvenile
delinquency and the social institutions and psychological phenomena that shape juveniles. Significant trends in delinquency will be highlighted. Three hours.
SOCI 321SOCIAL CHANGE. An analysis of patterns, mechanisms and strategies of past
and future social change in a rapidly changing world. Social and political movement theory, revolutions, the force of religion in social movement activism, and recent changes in American society are considered. Prerequisite: Sociology 101. Three hours.
SOCI 331LAW AND SOCIETY. An exploration of the relationship among law, legal
systems, and social structure. Topics include the origin and development of law, sociological theories of law, the relationship of Christianity and the law in the West, analysis and cross-cultural comparisons of dispute resolutions and other judicial processes (includes legal anthropology), comparisons of modern legal systems, the social psychology of legal decision-making including jury studies, and the legal profession. Three hours.
SOCI 356POVERTY AND STRATIFICATION. An overview of the nature and extent
of poverty and stratification in the United States and the world, including consideration of empirical data, sociological theory, and Christian perspectives. Special attention will be given to private, faith-based solutions to chronic poverty. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or 201. Three hours.
SOCI 377SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS. This course will study the basic methods
for social research. This includes selecting topics, developing and operationalizing concepts, sampling, establishing causal relations, data collection using secondary (especially aggregate and comparative) sources, content analysis and other unobtrusive approaches, surveys, field research, interviews, experiments. The weekly lab will focus on creating databases for a computer statistical package; coding, entering and analyzing data, and writing professional research reports. This course is designated Information Literacy (IL). Prerequisites: Sociology 101 or Social Work 101, and Psychology 201. Alternate years (odd), four hours.
SOCI 452SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM. Guided intensive study of a specific
sociological problem or topic under the guidance of one Sociology faculty member, and training in the art of professional speaking in the field. Students will orally present and defend their study proposals and completed final projects before the Sociology faculty and
SOCI 473SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. Overview of major schools of Sociological
Theory with a focus on major thinkers and the central questions that have historically animated the discipline. These include: Functionalism, Conflict and Critical Theories including Marxism and World Systems Theory, Exchange and Rational Choice, Post- Modern, Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology. Prerequisites: Sociology 101 and junior standing in the Sociology major, or Instructor’s permission. Three hours.
SOCI 499HONORS IN SOCIOLOGY. Open only to seniors who have honors grades
and who have completed a minimum of fifteen hours in the department. Application must be made to the department and a proposal for the study must be approved before registering. The student studies under the guidance of department staff. Prerequisite: Fifteen hours in sociology including Sociology 377. One, two or three hours.
