01:920:101. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Not open to majors in their senior year.

Introduction to the systematic study of society and social behavior.

01:920:103. SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS (3 Credits)

Not open to majors in their senior year.

Understanding the major social problems of our times through the application of sociological principles and methods.

01:920:108. MINORITY GROUPS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Not open to majors in their senior year.

Historical experiences of racial and ethnic groups in American society. Contemporary movements of minorities for greater power in the society, including the young, women, and senior citizens.

01:920:111. SOCIAL CLASS (3 Credits)

Not open to majors in their senior year.

Development of classes in Western society. Relation of class to race and ethnicity. Relevance of class to understanding modern society.

01:920:198. SOCIOLOGY HONORS SEMINAR (3 Credits)

Enrollment by invitation of department only.

Selected topics in sociology. Content varies from term to term.

01:920:205. MASS COMMUNICATION IN MODERN SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Who says what, to whom, with what kinds of interests, within which media, and with what kinds of outcomes. The historical forerunners, development, ownership, and interests of the mass media.

01:920:210. SOCIOLOGY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE (3 Credits)

Dynamics of health behavior. Social organization and development of health care institutions and professions. Issues of cost and quality of health care.

01:920:216. SOCIOLOGY OF WOMEN (3 Credits)

Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:216.

Overview of contemporary issues affecting women’s lives: family, health, employment, discrimination, poverty. The women’s movement and the antimovement backlash.

01:920:218. SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION (3 Credits)

Credit not given for both 01:920:218 and 345.

Focus on elementary and secondary education. Education and class systems; education and social change; alternative schools.

01:920:222. CRIMINOLOGY (3 Credits)

Crime and the criminal in modern society. Theories regarding causes of crime, methods of treatment, and preventive programs.

01:920:227. POPULATION AND SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Study of population dynamics: causes and consequences of population explosions; societal factors such as baby bust, aging, migration, family (abortion, teenage pregnancy), residential segregation, income distribution.

01:920:248. SOCIOLOGY OF SPORTS (3 Credits)

Sociological perspective on sports. Topics include mobility through sports, stratification in sports, deviance and violence within sports, and racial and gender inequalities in sports. Examples illustrate common sociological concepts.

01:920:270. SOCIOLOGY OF THE THIRD WORLD (3 Credits)

Development, underdevelopment, imperialism, and mutual effects of these processes between third-world areas and dominant industrial nations. Case materials drawn from Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

01:920:272. SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY (3 Credits)

Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:272.

Family as a social institution: family formation and dissolution, life in families, varieties of family experiences, the future of the family.

01:920:280. COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (3 Credits)

Analysis of spontaneous and organized efforts to promote or resist social change. Cases from movements such as temperance, civil rights, religious cults, youth, and women’s movements.

01:920:281. SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL WELFARE (3 Credits)

Development and current organization and operation of social welfare systems.

01:920:283. INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Relations between social structure and psychological structure; processes of socialization; interaction of biological, situational, and social factors on personality and behavior.

01:920:290. POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Bases and structure of power in modern societies: political socialization, ideology, political parties, movement organizations. Forms of participation linked to social change.

01:920:291 and 292. TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Special topics in sociology, to be determined each time the courses are offered.

01:920:298. SOCIOLOGY HONORS SEMINAR (3 Credits)

Enrollment by invitation of the department only.

Selected topics in sociology. Content varies from term to term.

01:920:303. SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: Introductory Sociology.

Social aspects of aging and old age. Analysis of public policy, social roles, and population characteristics of the elderly, including variations by sex, class, and race.

01:920:304. SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: Introductory Sociology.

Major forms of social deviance, theories accounting for them, and societal responses to them.

01:920:306. RACE RELATIONS (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: Introductory Sociology.

Dynamics of U.S. race relations seen in theoretical and historical perspective; significance of racial domination-subordination in world context; current issues.

01:920:307. SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: Introductory Sociology.

Social and cultural variations in the definitions, causes, and treatment of mental illness. Analysis of institutions and professions dealing with mental illness.

01:920:311. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL RESEARCH (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: 01:920:101 or permission of instructor.

Major methods and techniques of social research: various types of research design, sampling, methods of data gathering, analysis and interpretation of research findings.

01:920:312. COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: 01:920:101 or permission of instructor.

Introduction for social science majors to computer data processing and analysis. Individually designed projects. Emphasis on logical, nonmathematical explanations of techniques and procedures.

01:920:313. DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: 01:920:101 or permission of instructor.

Intensive study of sociological classics by such nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theorists as Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, and Veblen who have influenced subsequent work in sociology.

01:920:314. CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: 01:920:101 or permission of instructor.

Survey of major systems of sociological thought of the last fifty years. Application to contemporary social issues.

01:920:315. ORGANIZATIONS AND BUREAUCRACIES (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Sociological analysis of public and private organizations and bureaucracies in the modern world, with attention to formal and informal structures, power, careers, status systems, and organizational change. Case materials from government, universities, business.

01:920:319. SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Topics include interpersonal exchange, cognitive consistency, conceptions of justice, small groups, friendship networks, social support networks, and techniques for analyzing networks. Topics vary each term; consult department.

01:920:321. URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY CHANGE (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Historical development of the contemporary community form. Emergence of modern patterns of urban life.

01:920:323. SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Study of social interaction during childhood and adolescence; emphasis on social interaction in various types of families and peer groups.

01:920:324. SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:324.

Study of sources, maintenance, consequences, and change of men’s and women’s roles in society. Cultural, social, political, economic, and psychological perspectives.

01:920:326. SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Study of villages, towns, cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas. Their social problems, organization, and change.

01:920:331. SOCIOLOGY OF INDUSTRY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Industrialism and industrialization; development of work, the labor force, and careers. Unions, management, and industrial relations. Worker participation in management and other alternative work arrangements.

01:920:332. SOCIAL INEQUALITIES (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Facts and theories of unequal distribution of income, honor, prestige, life chances, opportunities, social mobility, status attainment. Implications for social integration and conflict.

01:920:345. EDUCATION AND SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Credit not given for both 01:920:218 and 345.

Organization and functions of school systems; differential opportunities and stratification; educational developments as effects and causes of social change; community conflict; internal organization of schools.

01:920:349. LAW AND SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

How social forces affect law and how law affects society. The relationships among legal and other institutions in society. The roles of lawyers, judges, and juries.

01:920:353. SOCIOLOGY OF HOUSING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Social and cultural influence on housing and urban design and the reciprocal impact of the built environment on social organization, interaction, and personality.

01:920:354. THIRD-WORLD WOMEN (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:354.

Comparative analysis of objective conditions and subjective experiences of women in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and of third-world women in the United States and other industrialized nations.

01:920:359. ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Interaction between people and the environment, with emphasis on such problems as air and water quality, energy, and land use.

01:920:361. SOCIOLOGY OF DRUG USE (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Causes and extent of illegal drug use, nature and effectiveness of law enforcement, treatment-oriented efforts to control drugs, and the criminalization and decriminalization of drugs.

01:920:362. OPPRESSION AND POLITICAL PROTEST (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Origins, dynamics, and control of protest. Liberation, revolutionary, and reform movements by racial and ethnic minorities, the poor, and women.

01:920:363. SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND OCCUPATIONS (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Meaning of work; occupational development and socialization; occupations and careers; social control of work; occupational cultures and lifestyles; relations between occupations.

01:920:375. ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Analysis of economic institutions from a sociological perspective. Historical and contemporary viewpoints drawing on material from developed and underdeveloped, capitalist, and state socialist societies.

01:920:393. TOPICS FOR SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Topics vary each term. Consult department.

01:920:398. SOCIOLOGY HONORS SEMINAR (3 Credits)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Enrollment by invitation of the department only.

Selected topics in sociology. Content varies from term to term.

01:920:399. SERVICE LEARNING INTERNSHIP (1 Credit)

Prerequisite: One of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Corequisite: Must be taken in conjunction with a designated CASE (Citizenship and Service Education) course offered in the sociology department.

One-credit community service placement in sociology.

01:920:406. SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Orientations to the superempirical; the interaction of religious beliefs and institutions with secular society. Classical and contemporary theories and data.

01:920:408. SOCIOLOGY OF AMERICAN JEWISH RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:408.

Denominational patterns of America’s Jews; religious patterns including Hasidism, fundamentalism-secularization, women’s roles, intermarriage, and intra- and interreligious patterns.

01:920:410. SOCIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Social, social-psychological, and physiological functions of alcohol; relations to institutional values; efforts at social control.

01:920:428. SOCIOLOGY OF CITIES AND SUBURBS (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Suburban growth; implications for cities. Job location, housing, nature of public spaces, neighborhoods, environment, growth itself. Responses by city and suburban residents.

01:920:434. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Federal government and policy making; roles of foundations, private agencies, and policy sciences. Data bank and social indicators in the study of policy. Game theory and policy making.

01:920:435. IMMIGRANT MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Study of migrations to the United States and their impact; detailed consideration of pluralist versus assimilationist hypotheses about the effects of immigration; effects of ethnicity on U.S. culture. Case study materials on various ethnic Americans.

01:920:438. SOCIOLOGY OF AGE (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Age stratification and society; conflict and cooperation among young, middle-aged, and old; aging, succession of generations, and social change. Implications for public policy and professional practice.

01:920:440. SEXUALITY AND SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:440.

Description of sexual conduct and variation; patterns of sexual behavior and attitudes analyzed in terms of social, historical, and cross-cultural antecedents and consequences.

01:920:441. SOCIOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

This course provides a survey of sociological theory and research dealing with schools, colleges, and universities.  Students are encouraged to extend their interests by defining and pursuing current questions in higher education.

01:920:442. MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Analysis of popular culture, with stress on propaganda techniques and myth disseminations. Touches on such topics as romantic love, pop music, and sports.

01:920:461 and 462. SOCIOLOGY OF SELECTED INSTITUTIONS (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Intensive analysis of such institutions as prisons, hospitals, mental hospitals, schools. Different institutions considered in different terms.

01:920:464. ART AND SOCIETY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Analysis of uses of art in modern society. Organization of artists, producers, critics, and audiences in the different art worlds. “High” art and “popular” art.

01:920:470. SEMINAR IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:470.

Social relations and structures, ideas and practices that define women and men. Emphasis on contemporary theories and research findings.

01:920:489. THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314.

Developments among blue- and white-collar workers and working-class movements. Emphasis on implications for the American political system.

01:920:491 and 492. ADVANCED SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314. Open only to advanced undergraduates by permission of instructor. Topics vary by section.

01:920:493 and 494. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314; permission of department.

01:920:495. RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314; permission of department.

01:920:497 and 498. HONORS IN SOCIOLOGY (3 Credits)

Prerequisites: Two of 01:920:311, 312, 313, 314; permission of department.