Undergraduate Courses: Sociology (SOC)
1300: Introduction to Sociology (formerly
2300)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in or completion of
ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Nature and principles of sociology,
interrelationships of personality, culture, and society, social pressures,
organizations, and functions.
2310: Social Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Sources of major contemporary issues and social strains; the
impact of urbanization, bureaucratization, industrialization, and other
social processes upon the individual's life.
2320: Perspectives on the Black Experience in
the United States
Cr. 3. (3-0). The black experience in selected sociological frames of
reference, emphasizing social change, social movements, and institutional
processes in historical and current perspectives.
2325: American Minority Peoples (formerly
3325)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Satisfies 3 hours of Social Science Core Requirement.
Examines the experiences of minority groups in the United States,
including American Indians, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans,
as well as other minority groups.
3300: Introduction to Sociological Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Analysis of major sociological theorists from the late 19th
century to the present; current theoretical issues.
3311: Sociology of Law
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 and junior standing. A comparative and historical examination
of the relationships between legal and non-legal institutions with a
review of the major theorists including Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Selznick,
Unger, and Black.
3312: The Sociology of Deviance
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. The relationship of social structure to deviant behavior
with specific reference to criminality, delinquency, mental disorder, drug
addiction, and alcoholism.
3313: Criminology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or
2310. Theories of the origins of criminality--biological,
psychological, and sociological; their logic, methodology, and data.
3315: Sexuality and Society
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. The sociocultural determinants of
psychosexual development; the incorporation of the sexual in contemporary
institutions and values. Special emphasis on sexual deviants and sexual
minorities.
3316: Sociology of Sport and Leisure
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Sport and leisure behavior as
manifested at both the individual and institutional levels; relationships
with politics, stratification, the economy, and other areas.
3318: Introduction to Social Work
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. The United States social welfare
system contrasted with other national systems with an overview of the
fields and specialties in social work practice.
3320: African American Stratification
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or
2320 or consent of instructor. Processes resulting in inter-intra
ethnic and racial inequality of status, wealth, and power. Dynamics of
movements and change.
3321: African American Family
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Historical and sociological
analysis of the African American family with emphasis on its structure,
function, and unique characteristics.
3326: Immigration in U.S. Society
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Patterns of immigration since World
War II and resulting societal change.
3327: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United
States
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Theories of intergroup relations explored in terms of the
experiences of racial and cultural groups in the United States. Topics
include group identity and politics, ascriptive inequality and
discrimination, and cultural pluralism.
3328: Race and Ethnicity in World Perspective
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Experiences of racial and ethnic groups of diverse nations
in comparative perspective.
3330: Introduction to Social Psychology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Perspectives concerning the nature of social man; the
explication of a model relating social institutions to character and
personality.
3336: Socialization (formerly 4336)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Analysis of sociological conceptions of learning and
motivation including reference groups, roles, situation identities, and
socially induced motivations such as achievement, affiliation, and
alienation.
3341: Sociology of Organizations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Comparison of organizations with special attention to
bureaucracies, a review of the major theories with emphasis on their
convergence.
3342: Sociology of Work
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours of sociology or consent
of instructor. Modern industrialism as social behavior; work groups as
social systems; assumption and values with regard to the meaning and place
of work in American society.
3343: Social Movements
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Characteristics and constructive processes of crowds,
publics, and organizations as agents of social change; case studies of
specific movements.
3345: Sociology of Death and Dying
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Social factors and processes that
affect attitudes toward death, dying, grief, and bereavement.
3346: Qualitative Research Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Experience in participant-
observation, interviewing, visual ethnography, and other field-research
skills with emphasis on computer usage.
3347: Sociology of Mass Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Media participation in the social
construction of reality, focusing on the interaction of social symbols and
personal metaphors.
3351: Social Class and Mobility in America
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Class, race, and sex inequalities in power, prestige, and
life chances viewed in the context of American occupational structure and
social mobility processes.
3352: Population Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
MATH 1310 or consent of instructor. Theory and methods in the study of
human populations. Fertility, mortality, migration, trends of world
population change, population and the environment and population and
economic development.
3357: Urban Sociology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. The nature, conditions, and consequences of urbanization;
growth and structure of metropolitan regions; social and demographic
characteristics of urban populations.
3360: Sociology of the Military
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Level of technology, culture, and
forms of the military; relationship of educational, racial, gender,
socioeconomic, and age factors; military socialization and motivation.
3365: Sociology of Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Issues confronting American education, including
desegregation, student achievement, teacher morale, student dropout
behaviors, and teacher turnover.
3370: Popular Music and Society
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Application of sociological theory
and methods to the analysis of post-World War II popular music as a social
institution with emphasis on its cultural, technological, organizational,
political, and mass media contexts.
3371: Sociology of the Family
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in sociology or
anthropology, or consent of instructor. The family as an institution;
general structures and functions; variation and types of American society.
3373: Comparative Family Structures
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Historical and cross-national
variations, with attention to differences between U.S. racial/ethnic
groups and the impact of industrialization upon family changes.
3375: Religion and Society
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Conceptual problems; a typology of churches; examination of
the interdependence of religious and other institutional structures.
3378: Political Sociology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Comparative analysis of the sources of political development
and political participation.
3380: Introduction to the Sociology of Health
Care
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Social factors in genesis and
development of disease; health practitioners and practices in
cross-cultural perspective; the modern American medical and other health
care professions.
2 3381: Computer Applications in
Political Science and Sociology (also
POLS 3381)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Using mainframe and microcomputers
in political and sociological research, including bibliographic, word
processing, and statistical applications.
3382: Sociology of Drug Use and Recovery Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Institutional processes shaping the definitions of and responses to substance abuse. Gender, racial, and economic influences on substance usage and recovery.
3385: Sociology of World Religions
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300 or consent of instructor. Knowledge of the world's religious
systems, social-structural factors associated with their origins and
development and the impact on contemporary societies.
3390: Sociology of Gender
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300. Contemporary gender role stereotypes and their effects on
childhood socialization, major social institutions, interpersonal
relationships; social movements and changing gender roles.
3397: Selected Topics in Sociology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in sociology or consent
of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
3398: Independent Studies in Sociology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of undergraduate advisor or chair.
May be repeated once for credit.
3400: Introduction to Social Statistics
(formerly 2400)
Cr. 4. (3-2). Prerequisite:
SOC 1300,
MATH 1310 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Introduction to
descriptive and inferential statistics used in sociological research. Data
analysis using a personal computer.
3401: Introduction to Sociological Research
(formerly 2401)
Cr. 4. (3-2). Prerequisites:
SOC 1300,
MATH 1310 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Ways of knowing the
social world, including field methods, experiments, survey research,
census data, utilization of records and existing data, and evaluation
research.
4383: Senior Seminar in Sociology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: major in sociology, senior standing, two
courses from the following:
SOC 3300,
3400,
3401 and nine additional advanced hours in sociology or consent of
instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
4394: Internship in Sociology
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: major in sociology, senior standing, three
required courses from the following:
SOC 3300,
3400,
3401 and nine additional advanced hours in sociology and consent of
instructor. Supervised field experience through placement. May be
taken for credit once by sociology majors.
4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: 3.25 cumulative GPA and 3.50 in
sociology courses in residence, completion of
SOC 1300,
3300,
3400 and
3401 and approval of the undergraduate advisor or chair. Must complete
two semesters for Honors credit.
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