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Sociology Course Catalog

SOC 0120 - Introduction to Social Work

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1998

SOC 0205 - Social Theory:Classical

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1998

SOC 0215 - Sociology of Education

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999

SOC 0260 - Criminology

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997

SOC 0265 - Juvenile Delinquency

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000

SOC 0285 - Sex Roles and Human Sexuality

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999, Fall 1997

SOC 0300 - Sociology of Aging

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1999, Fall 1998

SOC 0307 - Juvenile Delinquency

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1998

SOC 0310 - Sociology of Business

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000, Spring 1998

SOC 0360 - Seminar on the Family

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1998, Fall 1997

SOC 0390 - Sociology of Substance Abuse

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000

SOC 0405 - Clinical Sociology

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1999

SOC 1000 - Intro to Sociology

Description: Introduction to the analysis of social behavior, emphasis on socialization, collective and group behavior.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

SOC 1903 - Internship Elective

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 1906 - Internship Elective

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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 1909 - Internship Elective

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Credit Hours: 9.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 2000 - Social Problems

Description: Significant problems of American society; the sociocultural basis of social problems, the conditions facilitating their incidence, and approaches to therapeutic intervention.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 2100 - Cultural Anthropology

Description: Principles of cultural anthropology; ethnological variations in language, techniques, customs and values; problems of cultural development and change.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 2200 - Sociology of Deviance

Description: A sociological examination of rule-breaking behavior; causal theories of deviance; types of deviance and their distribution in contemporary society.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 2300 - Sociology of the Family

Description: Institutional organization of mate selection, courtship, and marriage relationships in American society; family relationships and functions; family disorganization and change.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

SOC 2400 - Sociology of Social Work

Description: History and development of social welfare; basic issues in social welfare planning and administration. The major methods of social work, practice; social casework, group work and community organization, in such areas as child welfare, family service and counseling, probation and corrections.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 2500 - Sociology of Community

Description: Concentration on the changes in the structure of the community from container to network types. Emphasis on the necessity of community as rooted in social nature. .
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003

SOC 2600 - Sociology of Religion

Description: The interaction between society and religion; religion and scientific claims; investigation of human nature as social and the concept of oneness in religion.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 2700 - Business and Society

Description: The structure of complex organizations and their relationship to other social institutions. Emphasis on the modern corporation, how corporations interact with labor and government, and how corporations and organizations affect our everyday lives.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006

SOC 2800 - Sociology of Occupations

Description: Influence of the social milieu upon internal organizations of occupations and professional modes of selection, entrance, and training; occupational mobility and career patterns; occupational influences upon individual behavior.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006

SOC 2900 - Politics, Economy and Society

Description: Relationships between state and society from a comparative perspective. Focuses primarily on the United States, with frequent references to the experiences of other developed nations as well as those of third world countries.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004

SOC 2950 - Perspectives on US Poverty

Description: Poverty in the United States, emphasizing the experience of the past thirty years (measurement, causes, and policies to combat poverty). Emphasis on the special problems of urban poverty and poverty among children.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

SOC 2993 - Internship

Description: Internship
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

SOC 2996 - Internship

Description: Internship
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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

SOC 3000 - Criminology

Description: The nature and extent of crime; the factors related to criminal behavior; theories of the treatment and control of offenders; crime prevention programs.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007

SOC 3100 - Juvenile Delinquency

Description: Meaning and scope of delinquency; delinquency theories; role of social institutions and social agencies; prevention, control, and treatment programs.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004

SOC 3300 - Sociology of Law

Description: The meaning, origin, and impact of law viewed from several sociological perspectives; the law in action and the social context of legal professions.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Fall 2004, Spring 2003, Fall 2001

SOC 3400 - Medical Sociology

Description: Sociocultural patterns in illness and accidents; social structure of training in medical professions; relations of practitioner with patients, community and society; sociocultural variation in treatment and in use of medical facilities.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004

SOC 3450 - Social Psychiatry

Description: Cultural and social patterns in the causation, incidence and treatment of mental health problems; emphasis upon current approaches to mental illness and the relation of mental illness to criminal, antisocial and deviant behavior.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 3500 - Sociology of Gender

Description: Sex roles examined from a social learning and developmental perspective; recent changes in related attitudes and behaviors, consequences for interpersonal relationships and societal organization.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Fall 2005

SOC 3600 - Race & Ethnic Relations

Description: Development of race and ethnic relationships in America; the impact of power-conflict relations on race and ethnic patterns; particular attention given to development from early 1950's to present.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 3700 - Urban Sociology

Description: The nature of the city; history of urban settlement; urban form; institutions, organizational structures and processes; major problems of living in urban America.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003

SOC 3750 - Human Populations

Description: The composition of and change in human populations; analysis of fertility; mortality and migration; emphasis on current population, principles, problems and policies as well as practical applications.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2004, Spring 2000, Spring 1999, Spring 1998

SOC 3900 - Social Inequality

Description: Development and influence of class structures; emphasis upon modern stratification systems and their relation to community and societal power structures.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

SOC 3950 - Soc Change & Mod Society

Description: The process of social change by which modern society and its dominant characteristics have developed.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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SOC 4000 - Special Topics

Description: Topics addressing special or emerging interests, chosen for their current importance and the specific expertise of an instructor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008

SOC 5000 - Nature & His of Soc Thry

Description: The nature of sociological theory and the major theoretical developments which have shaped the field of sociology.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006

SOC 5050 - Soc Theory & Public Policy

Description: Influence of sociological ideas on social policies. Students will be expected to design a theoretically driven empirical study which impacts on some public policy.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Spring 2004, Fall 2001, Spring 1999

SOC 5100 - Contemp Thry & Research

Description: Significant contemporary contributions to sociology theory and research.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Fall 2005

SOC 5300 - Data Analysis-Social Scientist

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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2005

SOC 5400 - Applied Research in Soc

Description: The development of real-world research skills through the application of sociological methods and statistics. Special emphasis is given to sampling, measurement, applied statistics, data management and evaluative research.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2006, Spring 2006

SOC 6000 - Independent Study

Description: Supervised project or research culminating in research report or major paper.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008

SOC 6500 - Seminar

Description: Advanced course for seniors focusing on particular substantive area; topics rotate.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007