Anthropology

• ANTH-A 103 Human Origins and Prehistory (3 cr.) Humans, their biological evolution, and their archaeological history through stone and metal ages.

• ANTH-A 104 Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.) A survey of cultural and social processes that influence human behavior, using comparitive examples from different ethnic groups around the world, with the goal of better understanding the broad range of human behavioral potentials and those influences that shape the different expressions of these potentials. 

• ANTH-A 105 Culture and Society (3 cr.) Every semester. Introduction to the comparative study of contemporary human cultures and social processes that influence behavior.

• ANTH-E 329 Indians in the U.S. in the Twentieth (3 cr.) Position of the American Indian as an ethnic minority, including health, education, economy, and political consideration of proposals to change the Indian’s status.

• ANTH-E 445 Medical Anthropology (3 cr.) A cross-cultural examination of human biocultural adaptation in health and disease, including biocultural epidemiology; ethnomedical systems in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease; and sociocultural change and health.

• ANTH-E 455 Anthropology of Religion (3 cr.) Critical evaluation of current approaches to the analysis of religious myth, ritual, and symbolism. Problems in understanding religious beliefs of other cultures. Modern development of the anthropology of religion.

• ANTH-P 360 Prehistory of North America (3 cr.) Introduction to antiquity of the American Indian, principal culture areas, and field methods and techniques incident to recovery of archaeological data and materials.

Sociology

• SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.) Multiple sections offered every semester. Introduction to the concepts and methods of sociology with a focus on American Society as well as global issues.

• SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies (3 cr.) Multiple sections offered every semester. Provides an introduction to sociology through an in-depth study of major social problems; explores the policy implications of the general sociological perspective and of sociological knowledge of particular problems. Problems include population, drug use, science and technology, and poverty.

• SOC-S 125 Introduction to Social Services (3 cr.) Introduction to the historical and contemporary professional social work in terms of its purpose and goals, values and ethics, and stated mission to enhance human well-being. 

• SOC-S 252 Methods of Sociological Research (3 cr.) One section offered every Fall Semester. This course is required for majors and is recommended to be completed in Sophomore or Junior year. An overview of methods and techniques used by sociologists for gathering and interpreting information about human social behavior. (P: S100 or S101)

• SOC-S 314 Social Aspects of Health and Medicine (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Survey of the nature of health care systems. Patient and professional role behavior are explored, as well as the characteristics of different health care settings (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor). 

• SOC-S 316 The Family (3 cr.) Offered every three years. The sociological study of family relationships and the interconnections between the individual, family and wider society. Considers American families and other cultures. Emphasis on theories and empirical research explaining family patterns. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor). 

• SOC-S 317 Social Stratification (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Functioning and maintenance of systems of social stratification in local communities, societies, and the global context. Correlates and consequences of social class position and mobility. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor). 

• SOC-R 320 Sexuality and Society (3 cr.) Offered every three years. The study of social issues and problems related to human sexuality using sociological perpectives. Examines diversity with regard to in sexual practices among various cultures and categories of people. Includes sociological research about topics such as the use of sex in the media and advertising, social controversies surrounding sexual orientation, and the sexualization of children. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 325 Criminology (3 cr.) Factors in genesis of crime and organization of criminal behavior from points of view of the person and the group. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 328 Juvenile Delinquency (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Legal definition of delinquency, measurement and distribution of delinquency. Causal theories considered for empirical adequacy and policy implications. Procedures for processing juvenile offenders by police, courts, and prisons are examined. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 331 Sociology of Aging (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Survey of the social dimensions of the aging process within a multidisplinary context. Emphasis on the empirical and theoretical findings with regard to the role of the elderly in society, problems of the elderly, and cross-cultural differences in the aging process. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Relations between racial and ethnic minority and majority groups; psychological, cultural, and sociological theories of prejudice and discrimination; comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 338 Gender Roles (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Exploration of the research and theories explaining gender roles in contemporary societies. Emphasis on defining gender roles; tracing their historical development; considering their implications for work, marriage, parenting, and equality in society. Includes cross-cultural comparisons. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 340 Social Theory (3 cr.) One section, offered every fall.  Junior standing recommended. This course is a required theory course for all sociology majors. Sociological theory, with focus on content, form, and historical development. Relationship between theories, data, and sociological explanations. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 344 Sociology of Childhood (3 cr.) Offered every three years. Analysis of childhood as a structural form and children as social agents who contribute to societal reproduction and change. Considers the relation of childhood to other social institutions and children’s contributions to society historically and cross-culturally. Examines how social policies in education, family, work, and the media affect children’s lives. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 355 Statistics for Social and Health Professionals (3 cr.) One section offered every spring. This course is a required statistics course for all sociology majors. An introduction to statistical analysis including probability, sampling, levels of measurement, descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and multiple regression as used in sociology and other health related professions. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor; Math 118 or Math 119 or equivilent).

• SOC-S 360 Topics in Social Policy: (3 cr.) Offered as needed; Variable topics in social policy. May be repeated for credit 1-4 times with different topics. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor). Recent topics include: 

• Environmental Sociology (3 cr) (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor)

• SOC-S 361 Cities and Suburbs (3 cr.) Introduction to theory and research on the changing scale and complexity of social organization (urbanization), the quality of life in urban areas, demographic and ecological city growth patterns, and public policy concerns in contemporary urban society. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 363 Sociology of Development (3 cr.) An introduction to the various theoretical perspectives and empirical studies pertaining to development. Specific topics include women in development, sustainable development, and the third world within the context of the global political economy. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 364 Drug Abuse in Society (3 cr.) This class introduces students to the sociological aspects of drugs and alcohol use (and abuse). It seeks to give students a sense of why and how drugs came to be characterized as they have. We try to answer such questions as: why people use, and perhaps in some cases abuse, so many of the available substances beyond those prescribed to them by the medical profession. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 366 Body and Society (3 cr.) An examination of the impact of social structure and institutions shaping bodies (our physical bodies), embodiment (how we experience our bodies), and our perception/reception of bodies from conception through death.  (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 367 Race, Crime, and Justice (3 cr.) This course will examine issues raised by race and ethnicity in relationship with crime, the criminal justice system, and social justice. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 368 Family Violence (3 cr.) This course is intended to be an advanced level sociology course which explores the definitions, issues, controversies and social policies regarding family violence in society. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 372 Health over the Life Course (3 cr.) This course introduces and examines the basic principles which guide growth and development and the health of individuals across the lifespan, from the prenatal period through senescence. The course presents methodological, conceptual and substantive issues necessary for understanding and evaluating empirically based information about growth, development and health at different stages of life and from different academic perspectives. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 374 Sociology of Mental Illness (3 cr.) This course will take a sociological view of issues of mental health and illness with an eye to understanding the varying perspectives from other disciplines such as psychiatry, psychology, and social work. We will consider social factors in the cause, incidence, and prevalence of problems, social responses to illness, and the social organization of treatments.  (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 375 Issues in Human and Social Service Policy (3 cr.) Examination of theories in sociology relevant to human/social services delivery, as well as the ethical and professional issues of workers in human/social service agencies with clients from diverse populations. Application of sociological concepts, theories, and methods as they apply to the management, practice, and evaluation of human/social service agencies. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 419 Social Movements and Collective Action (3 cr.) Change-oriented social and political collective action and consequences for groups and societies. Resource mobilization, historical and comparative analysis of contemporary movements, and collective action. (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 420 Topics in Deviance: Variable Topics (3 cr.) P: 3 credit hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Variable Topics.

• SOC-S 431 Topics in Social Psychology (3 cr.) P: 3 credit hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Various topics in sociological social psychology. May be repeated up to 3x with variable topics. 

• SOC-S 445 Deviant Behaviors and Social Control (3 cr.) Nature and dynamics of deviant behavior. The course includes theories of deviance, social control and forms of deviant behavior. Forms may include drug use, sexual behavior, personal violence, crime and delinquency and mental disorders.  (P: 3 credit hours of Sociology or consent of instructor).

• SOC-S 495 Individual Readings in Sociology (arr. cr.) P: Junior or Senior Standing and Consent of instructor. Prior arrangement required.

• SOC-S 470 Senior Seminar in Sociology (Traditional Track) (3 cr.) One section offered each spring. P: Completion of core requirements including S252, S340, S355 and Senior standing, and completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours in sociology or consent of instructor. Capstone course for the Traditional Track in the Sociology B.A. or B.S. degree. Students conduct individual research projects under faculty supervision, make presentations, discuss sociological issues, prepare for applying to graduate school and for seeking employment with a sociology degree after graduation.  May not be repeated as SOC-S471.

• SOC-S 471 Senior Seminar in Sociology (Applied Sociology/Human Services Track) (3 cr.) One section offered each spring. P: Completion of core requirements including S252, S340, S355 and Senior standing, and completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours in sociology or consent of instructor. Capstone Course for the Applied Sociology/Human Services Track in the Sociology B.A. or B.S. Students will investigate issues related to social service agencies, their clients, and/or workers as well as employement strategies after graduation and graduate school options. May not be repeated as SOC-S470.

• SOC-S 497 Field Experience in Human/Social Services (arr. cr.) One section offered every fall.  P: Junior or Senior Standing with completion of 15 hours of upper level sociology courses including SOC-S 100 or SOC-S 101, SOC-S 252, SOC-S 340, and S-355 Statistics, and consent of instructor. For students in the Applied Sociology/Human Services track in the Sociology B.A. or B.S. program. Practical work in a social service agency under direction of a site supervisor and completion 120 hours of supervised internship. Student will job shadow key persons, observe client cases and assist with the usual work of the agency as approved by the site supervisor. Under direction of instructor, student will keep a journal applying sociological concepts and write a directed research paper about an issue related to the experience. May be repeated once for credit in varied setting. May not be repeated as SOC-S 494.

• SOC-S 494 Field Experience in Sociology (3 cr.) One section offered every fall. P: Junior or Senior standing and consent of instructor. Completion of 18 or more hours in sociology including S 252, S 340 and S 355. For students in the Traditional Track of the Sociology B.A. or B.S. Fall only. Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience, in conjunction with directed readings and writings. Specifically, each intern is required to participate in 120 hours on site, keep a daily journal that is given at regular intervals to the faculty sponsor, and write an analytic paper dealing with the field experience. May not be repeated as SOC-S 497.