12 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 100Thinking Sociologically
This course serves as an introduction to the discipline of sociology. The course combines an overview of the field with an analysis of contemporary social issues. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, SS.) SOC/ENVS-220. Environmental Justice This course explores the topic of environmental inequality. Focusing mostly on the United States, the course examines unequal exposure to pollution and other environmental health risks. The course also explores the environmental justice movement’s efforts to frame environmental inequality as a social problem. Prerequisite: ANTH-100, SOC-100, or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, O, SS.)
Crime, homelessness, sex trafficking, and the opioid crisis are examples of issues that become labelled a ‘social problem’. Media attention and public outcry in turn produce action by politicians and policy makers, sometimes social reforms follow. In this course we will examine how some public issues become social problems while others are ignored. We study the claims that are made about why something is a problem and how they are discussed in the public sphere. Finally, we examine the policies and solutions that are advocated to address the problem. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, SS.)
An opportunity for students to read about a sociological topic of their choice. Before the course starts, the supervising faculty member must approve the student’s preliminary bibliography. A final paper is required. Prerequisite: SOC-100, ANTH-100, or permission of the instructor. Six to eight hours of reading per week. Two semester hours.
A continuation of SOC-230. Before the course starts, the supervising faculty member must approve the student’s preliminary bibliography. A final paper is required. Prerequisite: SOC-230. Six to eight hours of reading per week. Two semester hours.
All societies create rules and, under certain circumstances, attempt to enforce them against those said to have broken them. In the discipline of sociology the topic of rules and their enforcement is discussed in terms of deviance and social control. In this course we’ll discuss a number of classic sociological studies of deviance. The course will sharpen your ability to think sociologically and will also prepare you to explore a number of related fields, including criminal justice studies. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, SS.)
An exploration of how race and ethnicity shape social life. This course examines the relations between racial and ethnic groups, along with the social consequences of their relative positions. The course expands students’ critical thinking and reflection skills by making meaningful connections between sociological ideas and everyday experience. Prerequisite: SOC-100, ANTH-100, or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, O, SS.)
This course is designed to make students aware of the institutional and cultural effects of Blackness in the United States; to educate students on the complex intersections of race, class, gender, and nationalism; and to investigate issues concerning the multiple experiences of African-Americans in America. Students will work to expand their critical thinking and reflection skills by making meaningful connections between sociological ideas and everyday experience to better understand how race and ethnicity interact with larger social and historical forces. Prerequisite: SOC-100, ANTH-100, or permission of instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, SS.)
An occasional course focusing on a special topic in sociology. Prerequisite: ANTH-100, SOC-100, or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (Possible DN, O, or SS depending on topic) SOC/GWSS-263. Sex, Gender, and the Politics of Bodies in American Society After initial examination of the causes of sex differences, focus is placed on the modern American sex/gender role system: socialization and education; economic, political, religious, and family roles; sexual inequality; and gender-based public policy issues. Some cross-cultural and cross-national comparisons are made. Prerequisite: SOC-100, ANTH-100, or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, SS.)
This course examines sports in American society, as well as the reciprocal influences between sports and our culture, including social values, education, socialization, deviance, minority and female athletes, the mass media and institutional settings. Part one of the course deals with the multiple ways in which individuals are involved in sports organizations and activities. Part two of the course deals with the organization of sports and sports organizations as particular representations of societal goals, norms, social roles, and manifest and latent functions. Prerequisite: SOC-100, ANTH-100, or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (DN, SS.) SOC/ENVS-288. Animals and Society An examination of the sociology of human-animal relationships. Focusing mainly on the United States, the course examines the various ways in which people think about and interact with other animals. Prerequisite: SOC-100, ANTH-100, or permission of the instructor. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (O, SS.) SOC/ENVS-290. Radical Environmentalism This course explores the radical environmental movement that emerged in the United States in the 1980s. The movement differs from other streams of environmentalism in its embrace of ecocentrism and in its willingness to engage in controversial tactics such as ecosabotage. Students will reflect on their obligations to nature and on the wisdom and morality of various tactics for protecting the environment. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (O, SS.) SOC/HS-298. Sociology of Health and Illness Illness, health, and healing are social phenomena. In this class we focus primarily on the United States, studying the types of disease afflicting Americans, the distribution of disease among the population, and how medical care is organized to respond to population health problems. To understand the links between health and society we must also consider how wider social processes influence health, for instance the organization of the economy, the media, cultural representations about disease, and values and practices associated with caring for the sick. The course builds on sociological frameworks that ground understanding of 1) how patients experience illness; 2) situate health problems within the context of a society’s history, social arrangements
An opportunity to engage in independent empirical research on a topic of your choice. Before the course begins, the student’s faculty supervisor must approve the student’s research proposal. A final progress report is required. Prerequisite: ANSO-200. Four semester hours. (XLP.)
A continuation of SOC-491. Prerequisites: SOC-491 and permission of the department chair. Four semester hours. (XLP.) Anthropology and Sociology Department
