38 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.
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Designed to give students a foundation for all future sociological studies. Develops an understanding of the role of social organization on human interaction. Introduces definitions, terms, and concepts used in sociological literature. (Fall, Spring, Summer) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course examines current cultural and social aspects of problems such as poverty, racial and gender inequality, crime, health, and illness. The course examines ties between these social problems and their connection to the broader structural issues of inequality. (Fall, Spring, Summer) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $6 Fee This course explores six topics: jobs you can get with a sociology degree, job-relevant skills sociology majors develop, sociology courses that are relevant to various jobs, the value of a sociology minor, deciding if sociology is the right major for you, and resume writing for sociology majors. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee An introduction to the field of gender studies with a focus on sex-role behavior from several theoretical perspectives. Emphasis is on recent sociological research as well as cross-cultural and historical analysis of women and men in society. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course focuses on the family as a key societal institution and explores the changes taking place in contemporary marriage patterns. We will examine the various components of the family, the variations of contemporary families, and experiences of families of different social classes and ethnicities. We will also explore the realities of marital power, domestic work, child-rearing, family violence, and overall family changes. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A study of the ethnic patterns in contemporary American society. Emphasis is placed on contemporary theories of race and ethnic relations, the problems of prejudice and discrimination, and myths concerning group differences, and contemporary issues and dilemmas of inter-group relations. (Fall - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course examines inequality in contemporary societies and people’s collective responses to inequitable situations. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course provides students with an understanding of prominent global and economic topics from interdisciplinary perspectives. This course also incorporates civic and community engagement components. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the larger structural forces that shape community, community work, and services. The course integrates both traditional academic teaching and community-based engaged learning tools. The course focuses on four main areas: (1) how larger social, cultural, economic, and global forces shape the local community, community work, and services; (2) types of existing local organizations and their community partners; (3) practices and services of local organizations in response to the changing social, cultural, and economic landscapes and the growing needs of the local community; and (4) students’ engagement in community-based work through experiential learning projects. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course draws upon the sociology of health and medicine as well as cultural, biological, psychological, and linguistic anthropology to better understand those factors which influence health and wellbeing (broadly defined); the experience and distribution of illness; the prevention and treatment of sickness; healing processes; the social relations of therapy management; and the cultural importance and utilization of pluralistic medical systems. This course introduces students to the theories and methods anthropologists and sociologists use to study health, illness, health care, and health-seeking behavior from a cross-cultural perspective. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is a window into south Asian nations from Afghanistan to Pakistan. It explores the geographic, social, economic, and political landscapes of South Asian nations through sociological eyes. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee The course examines the changing nature and patterns of work on a worldwide scale from the perspective of gender. Who does what and why? What are the causes and effects of these shifts? (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Students will learn about: (1) an introduction to demography; (2) demographic data and applied demography; (3) demographic perspectives and theories; (4) the health and mortality transition; (5) the fertility transition; (6) the migration transition; (7) the urban transition; (8) the age transition and the life course; (9) family demography and life chances; and (10) population, the environment, and global sustainability. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This introduction to the key terms, concepts, and theoretical perspectives of the sociology of drugs and drug use will broaden students’ understanding of the meaning and impact of drugs on society. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Using general theories of the nature of social and cultural structures, this course provides a sociological analysis of everyday American culture. Examining popular culture such as print, media, television, sport, and other aspects of a consumer-driven culture helps understand prevailing values and anticipate changing norms and behaviors. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course investigates the influence, creators and consumers of U.S. popular culture from various sociological perspectives. The course explores sociological dynamics related to video games, popular music, Hollywood films, TV shows and binge-worthy series on streaming services, as well as various communities linked to leisure activities (e.g., fantasy football, YouTubers, DIY movements, fan fiction, and underground zines, etc.). (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course explores the types, causes, and consequences of human trafficking from sociological perspectives. In particular, it focuses on labor and sex trafficking from local to global contexts. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course addresses the relationship between food and culture. It examines food taboos and rituals, food and identity, alcohol and drug use, feasting and fasting, hunger and obesity, and the global politics of food production and consumption. (Spring - Even Years) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee An introduction to the key terms, concepts, and theoretical perspectives of the sociology of sports will broaden students’ understanding of the meaning and impact of sports on culture and society. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course analyzes the school as a social organization. Among topics considered are power and control in the school classroom, organization and procedures and their relation to learning, roles of educators, and relations between school and community. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course provides students with a systematic introduction to sociological social psychology. Both sociological and psychological approaches are considered, before specifically addressing the theoretical and empirical studies of symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, and postmodern social psychology. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is an exploration of the interconnectedness between the social world of humans and the biophysical world in which they exist. Topics include population growth, land and resourced development, identity attachments to the land, the impact of environmentalism, and environmental justice issues today. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course provides students with a firm grasp of the quantitative and qualitative research methods commonly used in the social sciences, enables students to execute their own worthwhile research projects, and helps students be informed consumers of research. (Fall) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is an exploration of social deviance as evidenced in subcultures in American society. It is designed to apply major criminological and deviance theories to modern-day deviant groups, while contextually examining the construction of deviant identities in relation to mainstream values. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course aims to equip students with a diverse set of research, artistic, and technical skills for ethnographic and low-budget documentary filmmaking. Students will learn to strategize for research and effective storytelling, and to film and edit interviews, while completing a short, engaging, socially relevant documentary film in the course. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee An in-depth course, students will learn about the historical, geographical, cultural, and sociological variability of leisure and tourism, both in America and around the world. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is an exploration of past and current delinquency theories, trends, and issues. Topics included in this course are an extensive review of theory; female delinquency; gangs; the juvenile justice system; police and juveniles; the role of family, peers, schools, and drugs on delinquency; and juvenile corrections today. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is a survey and exploration of crime including a review of classic and contemporary criminological theories, trends in crime, and a brief historical overview. Specific topics will include property crimes, violent crimes and hate crimes, white-collar crimes, organized crime, and police discretion. The criminal justice system will be explored as a process, focusing on the U.S. correctional system today, the prison system, and alternatives to prison. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course provides an introduction to the major strands of social theory of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Emphasizes the contributions of individual thinkers from each of the key traditions–conflict, functionalist, interactionist, structuralist, feminist, and post-modernist/post-structuralist. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee History of the rise of urban/industrial societies. Examination of the social and economic structures and organization of modern cities. Emphasis on urban social ecology and modern urban social conditions. (Summer) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course examines religion as a key societal institution and cultural practice. Ethnographic studies illustrate classical and contemporary theories on the meaning, function, and interpretation of religious experience. The intersection of religion with ethnicity, class, gender, and politics is explored. (Spring) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee This course is an examination of how social movements arise and are maintained, of why certain kinds of movements emerge, and of what impact they have upon society, both globally and locally. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee The course is a survey of sociological approaches to power, government, and politics. It will identify key concepts and theories, analyze substantive issues, and consider current research. Contemporary issues and problems will be examined as well. The course will focus on in-class discussion and a student term paper. Can also be counted as a Political Science credit. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $6 per credit Fee From time to time faculty will offer a course pertaining to a special area of interest or particularly timely topic under this course number. Both the class schedule and handouts in the department office will provide further information as to what is being offered under this special topics title. (Summer) [Graded Letter] Repeatable for Add’l Credit? Yes
Credit(s) | $18 Fee A one-on-one, in-depth study with a chosen professor on a topic of mutual interest not currently covered in the existing course offerings. Course Outcomes: to help students learn how to generate high quality research ideas, research proposals and design research studies, and lead and participate in research seminar discussions. (As Needed) [Pass/Fail]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee Students will conduct ethical research under the supervision of a professor. (As Needed) [Graded Letter]
Credit(s) | $6 per credit Fee Practical experience in sociology. No more than six (6) credit hours will be applied to one’s major, three (3) to a minor; remaining credit hours will be counted as elective hours outside the major or minor. (Fall, Spring, Summer) [Pass/Fail]
Credit(s) | $18 Fee After selecting a faculty supervisor, students have two options: 1) a practicum involving internship, service-learning, and/or civic engagement experience(s) with social research and social problem analysis; or 2) a research project in which one defines a topic, conducts research, and prepares findings. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]
Source: Southern Utah University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
