300
A systematic and in-depth review of criminal justice in America from a sociological perspective. Course evaluates the historical development of policing, the judiciary, and corrections, and examines the culture and organizations of criminal justice institutions. Significant attention is paid to examining public policy issues in criminal justice.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101 or
PSY 101
This course engages questions of diversity and difference through a critical, interdisciplinary social science lens. Drawing on critical theory and practice perspectives from social work, sociology, and other fields, we examine how social forces operate to marginalize or advantage individuals and groups. Students will learn how to engage models for liberation and anti-oppressive practice across interpersonal, institutional, and societal levels.
3
Prerequisites
SW 101 or
SOC 101 or instructor permission
Cross Listed Courses
SW 325
Examination of inequality in the distribution of wealth, power, and prestige. Focus will be on stratification within societies and on the nature, extent, and significance of inequality of wealth and power between societies.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101
This course introduces concepts and theories in the sociology of race and racism to develop racial literacy. The course examines how race and racism structure everyday life and shape the life chances of individuals and groups. The course emphasizes historical and contemporary race relations in the US, but comparative analyses of race and racism are also explored.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101
This course examines the family through a sociological lens. We consider how the form and function of family has changed over time, including how race, class, gender, and sexuality structure legal definitions and practices within the family. Readings explore diversity in family formation and inequalities in family life.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101
Study of behavior which differs from cultural expectations. This course is concerned with social deviance and will consider the history of the concept of deviance, the legal aspects, social aspects, deviant subcultures, self images, social organization, causes of deviance, and strategies for response.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101
Course examines current issues related to the accountability of the police to the community and the political process.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101 or
PSY 101
Survey of how the American criminal justice system has been portrayed in cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. The course uses select films to underscore significant theoretical debates and policy developments in criminal justice.
3
This course will help students critically analyze biopsychosocial and cultural meanings of gender and body image, change (i.e., disability, illness, aging), and variations through interdisciplinary lenses. Students will explore the social construction of gender and the body as well as the consequences that differing meanings of “gender” and “body” can have on individuals in our society.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101 or permission of instructor
Cross Listed Courses
SW 357
Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding delinquency and crime as social phenomena. Includes the development of a body of general and verified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding process of law, crime, and reaction to crime. Focus is on the adult offender.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101
Psychological behavior of an individual as a member of a group; the influence of culture and society on attitudes, personality, and behavior; the dynamics of group interaction.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101
Cross Listed Courses
PSY 371
Comprehensive study of sociological theories from the late nineteenth century to the present; the relationship between theory and research. Required of majors in sociology.
3
Prerequisites
SOC 101;
SOC 214 or
SOC 215