| SOCIOLOGY COURSE OFFERINGS |
| SO 116 | Introduction to Sociology | SO325 | Complex Organizations | |
| SO 200 | Statistics | SO326 | Human Relations in the Workplace | |
| SO 201 | Social Problems | SO335 | Sociology of Sports | |
| SO 202 | Social Analysis | SO337 | Sociology of Aging | |
| SO204 | Social Psychology | SO338 | Sociology of Death and Dying | |
| SO205 | Understanding People | SO339 | Aging Policies and Programs | |
| SO210 | Introduction to Gerontology | SO340 | Medical Sociology | |
| SO218 | Introduction to Social Work | SO343 | Health Systems and Policy | |
| SO300 | Research Methods | SO345 | Women, Health and Society | |
| SO303 | Social Class and Inequality | SO346 | Mental Health and Society | |
| SO304 | World Views | SO360 | Criminal Justice System | |
| SO306 | Sex and Gender | SO361 | Law in the World | |
| SO308 | Foundations of Social Theory | SO362 | Criminology | |
| SO309 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | SO363 | Victimology | |
| SO310 | Sociology of Deviant Behavior | SO364 | Juvenile Delinquency | |
| SO311 | Sociology of Addiction | SO366 | Sociology of Corrections | |
| SO312 | Plagues and Peoples | SO400 | Senior Seminar | |
| SO314 | Contemporary Africa | SO442 | Criminal Justice Seminar | |
| SO316 | Minority Groups | SO470 | Directed Study | |
| SO317 | Sociology of Religion | SO471 | Field Research | |
| SO318 | Collective Behavior | SO473 | Criminal Justice Internship | |
| SO319 | Social Change and the Future | SO477 | Health Administration Internship | |
| SO320 | Family Sociology | SO479 | Social Gerontology Internship | |
| SO321 | Population and Society | |||
| SO322 | Work and Society | |||
| SO323 | The Community |
| Course Number | SO 116 |
| Course Name | Introduction to Sociology |
| Course Description | A general introduction to the discipline of sociology including discussions of culture, socialization, social institutions, social processes, deviance, family, social change, collective behavior, etc. |
| Offered | Every Semester |
| Prerequisite | None |
| Taught By | Staff |
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| Course Number | SO 200 |
| Course Name | Statistics |
| Course Description | An introduction to the place of statistics in the research process; develops understanding of statistics as a valuable tool in analyzing data. Deals with probability, sampling, tables, graphs, averages, measure of variation, measures of association, tests of significance, and multivariate statistics. Special emphasis given to analysis of survey data using micro-computers. |
| Offered | Every Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Reddy, Sinden |
| Notes | Only one statistics "200" course can be taken for credit |
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| Course Number | SO 201 |
| Course Name | Social Problems |
| Course Description | Review of the causes, nature, dynamics, and modes of alleviating some major social problems in contemporary U.S. Among the problems which may be reviewed are poverty, deviance, crime and delinquency, discrimination (racism, sexism, ageism), ecological-environmental threats, over-population, as well as problems of vital institutions (familial, medical, political, economic). |
| Offered | Fall Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Reddy |
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| Course Number | SO 202 |
| Course Name | Social Analysis |
| Course Description | Seeks to orient students sociologically toward a broad range of social phenomena in such a way that they can begin systematically to question, analyze, and articulate a sociological point of view on any topic of sociological interest. |
| Offered | Every Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Braude, McLain, Wysong |
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| Course Number | SO 204 |
| Course Name | Social Psychology |
| Course Description | The forms of social interaction that relate people to each other in everyday life and the consequences for individuals of their social experiences. Theoretical models applied and evaluated for their explanatory power in illuminating such issues as socialization into roles, attitude formation, development of self concept, conflict resolution, etc. |
| Offered | Fall Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Braude |
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| Course Number | SO 205 |
| Course Name | Understanding People |
| Course Description | using biographies, explores how key sociological factors such as age, gender, race, marital status, socio-economic status, occupation, religion and health affect the everyday life of people, their life chances and life choices, their perspectives on themselves and on their world, their valuees and their beliefs. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Reddy |
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| Course Number | SO 210 |
| Course Name | Introduction to Gerontology |
| Course Description | An introduction to the field of gerontology and the different approaches taken by the natural and social sciences to the study of the aging process. Research on aging from disciplines such as biology, psychology, sociology, history, political science, and econ9mics, is discussed. provides an overview of how gerontology is used by professionals working with the elderly. |
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| Taught By | Staff |
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| Course Number | SO 218 |
| Course Name | Introduction to Social Work |
| Notes | Introduction to Social Work Has Been Changed to SW218. See Social Work Course Listing for Course Description |
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| Course Number | SO 300 |
| Course Name | Research Methods |
| Course Description | A course concerned with knowing; emphasis is placed on the evaluation of information and the research process: conceptualization, design, measurement, and data collections methods of survey, experiment and observation are discussed. |
| Offered | Every Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 226, SO 200 or equivalent |
| Taught By | Dorsten, Sinden |
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| Course Number | SO 303 |
| Course Name | Social Class and Inequality |
| Course Description | Examines the sources, forms, and consequences of social inequality, with major emphasis on social stratification in the United States. Emphasis on social class, but also includes racial and ethnic stratification, and gender inequality. Also analyses on debate over the inevitability of inequality, and examines related issues in social policy. |
| Offered | Spring Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Wysong |
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| Course Number | SO 304 |
| Course Name | World Views |
| Course Description | Sociological insight using examples from a wide range of contemporary societies, how they see themselves and others, and into the lives and perspectives of their peoples. Focus on development, on fundamental values and basic institutions, and on the problems and challenges they face. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Reddy |
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| Course Number | SO 306 |
| Course Name | Sex and Gender |
| Course Description | Description and analysis of sex and gender roles and relationships from a variety of societies at different levels of socio-cultural complexity. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Bilharz |
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| Course Number | SO 308 |
| Course Name | Foundations of Sociological Theory |
| Course Description | Critical examination of the modern grounding of sociological theory in the works of Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Simmel. Examines linkages of past with present in contemporary sociological enterprise. Considers developments through 1920. |
| Offered | Fall |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Braude |
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| Course Number | SO 309 |
| Course Name | Contemporary Sociological Theory |
| Course Description | Development of sociological theory since 1920, with special attention to structural-functionalism, action theory, the conflict/power orientation, exchange theory and the elaboration of the interactionist tradition. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116, SO 200 recommended |
| Taught By | McLain |
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| Course Number | SO 310 |
| Course Name | Sociology of Deviant Behavior |
| Course Description | Covers theoretical and empirical issues in the sociological understanding of deviant behavior. Research studies of several forms of career deviance analyzed and critiqued: suicide, skid row, addiction, prostitution, homosexuality, mental illness, physical handicaps. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Stephens |
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| Course Number | SO 311 |
| Course Name | Sociology of Addiction |
| Course Description | Examination of all that behavior which has come to be identified as addiction including tobacco smoking, alcoholism, substance abuse, eating disorders and gambling. An analysis of competing theories of addiction and treatment. The political, economic and social ramifications of addiction control. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dorsten, Stephens |
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| Course Number | SO 312 |
| Course Name | Plagues and Peoples |
| Course Description | This course explores the impact of disease on human populations in terms of demographic, cultural and social changes. The rise of health care delivery systems is addressed as a response to epidemics. Examples include the bubonic plague of the `4th and 17th centuries, cholera, influenza, polio and AIDS. |
| Offered | Fall |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Bilharz |
| Notes | Also listed as AN 301 |
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SO 314 |
| Course Name | Contemporary Africa |
| Course Description | Structure and change within contemporary Africa. Emphasis on understanding interaction between global and local processes and their impact on life on the continent. Considers African economies, health and medical care, gender relations, politics, religion,k education and family life. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | LaFlamme |
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| Course Number | SO 315 |
| Course Name | Environmental Sociology |
| Course Description | An examination of the nature of society's environmental problems and their links to its institutional structure (dominant cultural themes, political and economic bases),\. Problems can include land use, energy, food, transportation, air pollution, water pollution, conservation, waste disposal (solid, radioactive, toxic) and population dynamics. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dommermuth |
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SO 316 |
| Course Name | Minority Groups |
| Course Description | Study of discrimination against ethnic groups (race, religion, national origins); major groupings within the U.S. such as Blacks, Jews, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. Ethnic relations in countries throughout the world, with an emphasis on the impact of colonialism on ethnic relations. |
| Offered | Every Semester |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Staff |
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| Course Number | SO 317 |
| Course Name | Sociology of Religion |
| Course Description | Religion in sociological perspective: the social functions of religion, its interaction with other social institutions and with social change processes and its organizational structure in America and other societies. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Braude |
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| Course Number | SO 318 |
| Course Name | Collective Behavior |
| Course Description | Study of unusual, dramatic, or extraordinary social behavior and of processees influencing that behavior. Such typical forms of collective behavior as disaster behavior, protest, repressive outbreaks, and revivalism. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Staff |
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SO 319 |
| Course Name | Social Change and the Future |
| Course Description | A sociological perspective on the future including the nature and impact of population growth and the emergence and impact of new problems among the industrialized nations and the Third World nations. Prospects for developing a long-range planning view of the future which will allow people to cope effectively with the rapid pace of social change. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dommermuth |
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| Course Number | SO 320 |
| Course Name | Family Sociology |
| Course Description | Overview of sociological perspectives on the family; emphasis on current state of the family in society. Topics include premarital sexual behavior and attitudes; dynamics of mate selection; marriage as an institution; marriage and sex roles; family dynamics (parenthood, childhood, family politics, violence in the family, divorce, etc); marriage and the family as a subjective reality; alternative family forms; and the future of the family. Relationship between family and other social institutions. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Reddy |
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| Course Number | SO 321 |
| Course Name | Population and Society |
| Course Description | Basic introduction to causes and consequences of such demographic processes as fertility, mortality, and migration. Examination of issues such as adequacy of world food supply, relationship of population growth to environmental problems (pollution, resources, etc.), and effect of population density on social behavior illustrates role that population-related factors play in contemporary social problems. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dorsten |
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| Course Number | SO 322 |
| Course Name | work and Society |
| Course Description | Work as an essential form of human behavior; division of labor, labor force, techniques of occupational analysis; impact of work on individual, professions; careers; work as a social problem. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Braude |
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| Course Number | SO 325 |
| Course Name | Complex Organizations |
| Course Description | Social structure and social processes of formal organizations. Behavior within organizations. Comparison of majuor types of organizations; educational, military, business-industrial, hospital, and governmental. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Larson |
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| Course Number | SO 326 |
| Course Name | Human Relations in the Workplace |
| Course Description | Social values, work and the allocation of work roles. Management strategy and tactics in structuring and coordinating work roles in organizations. Work environments, work cultures and problematics of the workplace. Analysis of case studies serves as a framework for course content. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
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| Course Number | SO 335 |
| Course Name | Sociology of Sport |
| Course Description | Introduction to sport as a social institution; social function of sport; sport and culture, schools, and socialization; sport and women, race, and ethnic groups; sport and mass media; sport and stratification and social change. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
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| Course Number | SO 337 |
| Course Name | Sociology of Aging |
| Course Description | In-depth overview of social gerontology, focusing on aging in modern societies. How major institutional changes affect the aged. Review of major problems: status as a minority, retirement adjustment, income, social attitude towards the aged, kinship and other roles. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
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| Course Number | SO 338 |
| Course Name | Sociology of Death and Dying |
| Course Description | Examines the growing body of sociological and social psychological literature on humankind's last major status passage. Institutions which structure death are considered and the processes accompanying dying are investigated. Cross-cultural as well as American death phenomena are included. |
| Offered | Fall |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Stephens |
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| Course Number | SO 339 |
| Course Name | Aging Policies and Programs |
| Course Description | Detailed examination of the major public programs and policies affecting the elderly in America. Analyzes the evolution of programs in a number of areas such as health care, economic support, housing, and transportation, and investigates their impact on the elderly and society. Explores in depth the federal/state/local network of services for the elderly and investigates the role such services play in the lives of the elderly. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 (SO 210 or SO 337 recommended) |
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| Course Number | SO 340 |
| Course Name | Medical Sociology |
| Course Description | Examines the social psychology of health and illness, social epidemology and the social correlates of illness, and the organization of health care, including the doctor-patient relationship, the health professionals, and health institutions. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dommermuth |
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| Course Number | SO 343 |
| Course Name | Health Systems and Policy |
| Course Description | Examination of major functional areas of the health care delivery system, including primary care, acute care, long-term care, and mental health services; the role of the various institutions and groups involved in the organization and delivery of health services; and of administrative, legal, and financial concepts and issues related to planning and management of health services. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
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| Course Number | SO 345 |
| Course Name | Women, Health and Society |
| Course Description | Examines ways in which health and fertility for women are defined and produced in society. Such topics as definitions of the body, race and class differences, the medicalization of conception and birth, contraception and abortion, women and AIDS,k women as health care providers. |
| Offered | Spring |
| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dorsten |
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| Course Number | SO 346 |
| Course Name | Mental Health and Society |
| Course Description | A study of the role of social factors in the definition, development, and distribution of mental illness, and of social responses to problems of mental health, with primary emphasis on understanding the role of various groups and institutions in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. |
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| Prerequisite | SO 116 |
| Taught By | Dommermuth |
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