Fall, Spring. Credit, three hours. Introduction to the scientific study of human group behavior. Emphasis on definition of analytical concepts and tools for the exploration of significant data in social organizations, culture, institutions, and social change.
TBA. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: Sociology 101; students should first have a basic understanding of sociology before taking this course. With an emphasis on industrialized democracies, this course explores sociological explanations of how and why patterns of social inequality occur and some of the consequences they produce.
On-demand. Credit, three hours. An examination of the nature, causes, and consequences of sex roles in our society, including how male and female roles are learned through socialization, and how they affect work and family.
Spring. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or permission of instructor. Explore the sociological factors affecting health and the organization of health care. Examine medical care services and professionals as social institutions; social history of health, environmental sources of disease, mental health, and effects of technology on health care.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Sociology 101; student should first have a basic understanding of sociology before taking this higher-level course. This course examines various areas of norm violations and rule-breaking behaviors. Students will learn how norms vary across time, culture, and society by looking at how norms are socially constructed.
TBA. Credit, four hours. This course takes a sociological look at food with a focus on sustainability. Students will study political economy, food security, and culture as it relates to food production and consumption.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Psychology 100. The relation of the individual to society; measurement, change, and development of social attitudes; interpersonal relationships; group dynamics; and social problems.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Relations between and within groups, and conflict and cooperation in light of a number of models of social interaction. Application of principles to racial, religious, and ethnic minorities.
TBA. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: Sociology 101. Early in the conceptualization of sustainability, there were environmental, economic, and social elements—including elements of spirituality. This class looks at the various dimensions of sustainability through a sociological lens.
TBA. Credit, three to four hours. This class looks at the relationship between various social structures—the state, the economy, educational institutions, and public health—to examine the relationship between social structures and well-being. It hinges, in part, on comparative work between different industrialized democracies, focusing on the United States and its peer countries in Europe.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Select readings and seminar discussions on the social construction of “nature” and its intersections with human social relationships. This course will emphasize interdisciplinary understandings of people and nature and their overlaps.
Spring. Credit, four hours. Prerequisite: By consent of instructor only. Basic concepts in sociological political economy and sustainability with an emphasis on historical context in Western industrialized countries.
TBA. Credit, three hours. This course includes the analysis of sport as a social and cultural institution and the interrelations between sport and social institutions. Students explore the sociocultural aspects of sport and exercise, and analyze contemporary social problems associated with sport, including race, gender, and class inequality, aggression and violence, as well as political and economic concerns.
TBA. Credit, four hours. The modern school system as part of the functioning of modern communities in the United States. Attention to problems of interrelating school and community in the light of population change, social class differences, and shifting values.
TBA. Credit, three hours. Seminar in selected topics of sociology. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
