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Sociology SOC101 - Introduction to Sociology
Course introduces sociological perspective used to study contemporary society, with focus on United States. Content includes culture, socialization, social interaction, groups and networks, deviance and social control, inequality in society, social institutions such as family or education, and processes of social change. IAI S7 900
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
IAI Code: S7 900 SOC103 - Social Problems
Course investigates social conditions that contribute to contemporary U.S. social problems. Content includes globalization; poverty; discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, age or sexual orientation; crime and criminal justice system; substance abuse; environmental problems; and war and terrorism. Recommended: SOC 101. IAI S7 901
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
IAI Code: S7 901 SOC104 - Sociology of Marriage and Family: Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment
Course explores broad survey of issues related to marriage and family in contemporary society. Content includes nature of relationships and intimacy; love, dating, courtship, cohabitation, marriage and its alternatives, childbirth and parenting, and crises faced in intimate relationships such as divorce and family violence. Recommended: SOC 101. IAI S7 902
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
IAI Code: S7 902 SOC210 - Death and Dying
Course studies social and personal problems relating to crisis of dying and the phenomenon of death. Content includes medical ethics associated with aging; legal problems, euthanasia, social rituals and taboos of old age; family and personal dynamics associated with terminal illness; grieving process, personal clarification of feelings and attitudes about death and dying; suicide and nuclear war.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0) SOC220 - Deviant Behavior
Course uses variety of sociological perspectives to study behaviors commonly labeled deviant because they fall outside societal norms. Content includes process of defining deviance; different forms of deviance such as criminal deviance to mental illness; social causes of deviance; social responses to deviance from stigmatization; systems of social control; reintegration of deviants into society. Recommended: SOC 101.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0) SOC230 - Sociology of Sex and Gender
Course explores issues related to gender, across time and in contemporary society. Content includes social origins of gender roles; socialization into gender roles by family, schools, peers and the media; gender-based inequality in the family, employment, politics, and health; multicultural variations in gender roles, and future directions of gender roles. Recommended: SOC 101 or SOC 104.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0) SOC232 - Diversity in American Society
Course examines history and contemporary landscape of diversity in American society. Content includes patterns of immigration, variations in inter-group relations, cultural expression of race and ethnicity, dimensions of religious diversity, instances of conflict and cooperation among diverse groups, governmental policy and the uniqueness of American civic culture. Recommended: SOC 101 or SSC 101. IAI S7 903D
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
IAI Code: S7 903D SOC233 - Growing Old in America: Diversity Issues
Course examines aging within multicultural society. Content includes effects of race, class, sex, physical and cognitive ability on aging among diverse populations in America; cultural expectations about and difficulties of aging; and impact of diversity issues among elderly on public policy decisions and implementation.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0) SOC234 - Sociology of Violence
Course examines nature and causes of violence in context of contemporary American society. Content includes historical trends in violent behavior, social factors contributing to violence; types of violent behavior (interpersonal, collective, and organizational); strategies to prevent the expression of violence, and system of social control. Recommended: SOC 101.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0) SOC240 - Introduction to Social Research
Course provides basic introduction to social research. Content includes research design, methodology, simple statistical analysis of data, and interpretation of empirical social data. Students design, conduct and interpret a short survey. Prerequisite: Introductory course in any of the social sciences.
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0) SOC290 - Topics in Sociology
Course explores major issues relating to field of sociology. Topics selected from subspecialties: socialization, social organization, deviance, stratification, race and ethnicity, gender, social institutions, collective behavior, urbanization, and social change. Focus and/or scope differ from other sociology courses currently offered. Can be repeated on different topics up to three times for up to nine credits. Prerequisite may vary by topic.
1-4 Credit Hours (lecture: 1-4; lab: 1-4)
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