37 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 1000Introduction to Sociology3
Explore how people interact in social contexts shaped by inequality, health, gender, climate, race, technology, and class. Discover knowledge produced by sociologists working in research, business, advocacy, human services, and education. If you really want to change the world, you must first understand it.
This course introduces students to federal and state Cannabis policy as well as specific regulation and modes of compliance for the Cannabis Industry. Students will gain an understanding of the industry as a whole, and will learn about the opportunities and challenges the industry faces due to multiple legal contexts throughout the U.S. Specific for students seeking to enter the Cannabis workforce, this course provides a detailed state specific regulatory module focused on compliance for Growers, Processors, and Dispensaries.
This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological study of disability. Students will critically deconstruct the social, cultural, moral and political meanings attached to contemporary understandings of disability. A wide range of topics and issues confronting people with disabilities will be explored.
This course will cover a variety of perspectives on a broad range of contemporary social problems. While the specific topics will vary, the focus will be on the events and critical issues that shape social problems and on the variety of effects these problems have on individuals, groups, and society. Potential solutions will also be considered.
SOCI 2100Social Inequalities: Who Gets What, and Why?3
Why is life unfair? Sociology analyzes how patterns of inequality are produced, maintained, and challenged in relation to multiple social identities (ex: ability, class, gender, race, etc.). Using sociological research methods, issues of social stratification, hierarchy, power, and prestige are examined within U.S. and international societies.
The life course perspective represents a sociological way of analyzing how society is organized by age norms and structures. This course applies the life course perspective to better understand how our lives progress through socially constructed stages of life - childhood, adolesence, adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood.
SOCI 2700Animals in Society: Social and Ethical Considerations3
This course examines human society’s relationship with non-human animals. Topics include: how society has classified and exploited animals, how animals serve human needs, the concept of speciesism as a form of stratification and the consideration of ethical issues surrounding the use of animals for human purposes.
In today’s information-based society, we need to become educated consumers of findings reported from social scientific research. Students engage in various research exercises at the instructor’s discretion. These may include surveys, article and literature reviews, interviews, public observations, and more, along with periodic assessments.
Provides a sociological background of racial and ethnic identity. Examines contemporary data of inter-ethnic and inter-racial group relations. Considers proposals for alleviating and resolving interracial, inter-ethnic, and intercultural misunderstandings, problems, and their implications.
This course explores the social construction of gender and sexuality. It will examine the ways in which gender and sexuality are social phenomena that change over time and vary across cultures.
Why are communities formed around gender and sexuality identities? Examines the social construction of gender and sexuality identities, how those identities are impacted by social institutions, and the development of queer communities. Critical examination of the development of queer communities in the U.S. compared to select global examples as well.
This class is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the sociological study of aging. Focus will be placed on the influence of cultural, structural, and historical factors as well as the assigned roles, statuses, and perceptions associated with the aging process.
Deals with development of the family, intimate relationships, and the home in its historical, economic, and legal context. Considers the various factors influencing the organization, disorganization, and reorganization of the family and intimate relationships, as well as the modern trends in the basic institution.
Students will explore various cultural practices of socialization and learn about theories and methods used to study children and adolescents. Focus will be placed on how different agents of socialization and placement within the gender, racial and social class hierarchy shape the intimate experiences of youth.
This course examines individual and societal responses to illness and disease, the social inequalities that structure the experience of illness and access to healthcare, challenges to biomedical authority and expertise, the work sites in which healthcare practice is articulated, and the role of sociology in medical research and healthcare.
Sport is ubiquitous, pervading society and individual lives. As a social phenomenon, sport operates per its own norms, values, and beliefs. Sociology offers a holistic and empirical approach to the study of sport. Gather new insights about how sport interacts and intersects with various sociological factors, including gender, race, class, and more.
This course critically examines the historical, social, and cultural contexts that shape the lives of workers. It explores the historical nature and theories of work, the intersection of work in regard to class, race, ethnicity, and gender, inequality and work, and how work affects our families and personal lives.
This course will introduce students to the study of human social interaction at the micro level of social reality. Students will analyze the social construction of identity in everyday life. This course reviews theoretical and empirical research stemming from symbolic interactionist, constructionist, and ethnomethodological traditions.
Provides an exploration of the sociological issues related to death, dying, and bereavement. Topics examined include: social definitions and attitudes, societal rituals and responses, and theoretical perspectives on death, dying, and bereavement. Societal and ethical concerns regarding end-of-life decisions will be addressed.
What is the politics of poverty in the modern United States? How has economic hardship been debated in our politics and reflected in public policy? In what ways has popular culture perpetuated myths and framed our perceptions about poverty? This course examines poverty through the lens of politics, social and public policy, and popular culture, and is designed to provide context for the pivotal legislation, socio-political movements, and elections that have shaped the politics of poverty in America. To this end, policies such as AFDC, TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, and the ACA; social movements; and major presidencies, elections, and socio-political dynamics, will be considered.
This course will examine theory and research regarding victims of crime, which include intimate violence, stranger violence, sexual assault, workplace violence, and school violence. The victim-offender relationships, the process and consequences of victimization, community and institutional responses, and victim restitution will also be examined.
This course explores the ways in which society and its social structures shape the design and use of technology, and how technology influences cultural and social experience. Various technologies are examined in relation to the social contexts in which they develop. Sociological underpinnings of norms, values, and inequalities are examined.
Students apply theoretical ideas to case studies to enhance knowledge and evaluate tactics and strategies of social movements. There is also focus on the ethical considerations of tactics and strategies as they relate to violence, nonviolence, and technology. Empirical case studies will explore how social movements emerge, grow and decline.
Through the learning and application of theory at the macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis, this course examines the ways in which power encourages or discourages social change. There is a particular emphasis on popular education, globalization, the technology revolution, social media, and social movements.
Analyzes social conflict and introduces the dynamics of conflict resolution. Emphasizes examining theories and methods of active nonviolent conflict resolution in small group and large organizational settings. Includes violence, types of noncooperation, negotiation, adjudication, and mediation. Uses cross-cultural data extensively.
Charismatic leaders emerge from social contexts like science, the military, art, economic/political systems, and religion. Charismatic leadership is rare, revolutionary, and unstable. Assess charismatic leaders’ qualities, successes/failures at reaching their promised goals, and their relationship with their followers.
This course focuses on the process by which individuals or groups in societies become labeled as deviant, the reaction of society to deviance and the methods by which various agencies and individuals attempt to regulate, control and treat deviance. Attention is given to the assumption of deviant identities and formation of deviant subcultures.
This course provides a sociological approach to the study of crime and those it effects. Focus is directed to understanding the macro and micro social construction of crime and criminals as well as recognizing and understanding the social causes of criminal behavior, attending to the roles of race/ethnicity, social class, locality, and gender.
SOCI 3450Sociology of Addiction, Excess, and Exploitation3
This course will examine societal addictions, exploitations, and excesses in relation to their specific defining variables, patterns and practices, and historical and contemporary influences, inhibitions, and acceptances. Attention focuses on how socio-cultural forces influence use and participation through use of sociological tools and theories.
SOCI 3460Sociology of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Societal Perspective3
This course will examine the socially constructed variables that contribute to both the socialization and abuse of children (adults, community, social, political, and cultural contexts). The meanings and perceptions of childhood, inequality, abuse and neglect will be discussed in relation to their historical and contemporary underpinnings.
This course will examine the societal variables that serve as catalysts and consequences for the development of the sociopath. Sociopath and sociopathic characterisitics are analyzed within specific and malleable historical, cultural, social, and contemporary contexts, as well as in response to future social changes, challenges, and innovations.
This course provides a foundation in sociological theory by examining the work of classic sociologists whose theoretical contributions shaped the historical development of the discipline. Some contemporary social theorists, as well as various sociological schools of thought, will be explored.
This course is for students who have a desire to complete an independent research project outside the classroom requirements of any specific course in the curriculum. Students will work with faculty and be encouraged to present their papers, research or poster presentations at professional academic conferences.
Students immerse in concentrated study of emerging topics or specific issues in sociology. The focus may be an area outside current sociology offerings, or a distinctive area touched on more generally in the current curriculum. The particular topics and content vary by semester and instructor.
Provides an overview of qualitative research methods and techniques. Students complete group ethnography projects to master concepts and techniques of qualitative research design, including literature reviews, field research, interviewing, content analysis, visual methods, and qualitative data analysis software for academic and applied research.
SOCI 4400Sociology of Structural and Institutional Violence: School, Workplace, and Eldercare3
This course examines violence as it impacts the social and structural institutions of school, workplace, and eldercare. The nature and extent, causes and consequences, and proposed remedies will be explored in relation to their social contexts and historical and contemporary, socially-defined, underpinnings.
3 TO 15 The internship course provides students with opportunities to demonstrate knowledge and skills developed through Sociology and General Education. This course is characterized by reflective thinking and the ability to synthesize information and ideas, to integrate knowledge, and to express ideas gained.
