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  • SOC 105: Introduction to Sociology

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    DEC: F SBC: SBS

    A general introduction to the science of sociology, emphasizing sociological theory and methods. Students are taught what is unique about the way in which sociologists analyze human behavior and society. Differences between the sociological perspective and perspectives of other social sciences are emphasized. There is also a heavy emphasis on the types of methods and data that sociologists use to test the validity of their ideas.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter113730Ida NikouOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Open
  • SOC 200: Medicine and Society

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    SBC: SBS

    An examination of some traditional concerns of the humanities and social sciences as they occur in basic health care and its delivery. Practicing physicians or other health care professionals present clinical cases to emphasize such topics as allocation of scarce resources, issues of dying and refusing treatment, confidentiality, and cultural factors and disease. Discussion focuses on the social, historical, ethical, and humanistic import of the cases.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter139830Alec CaliOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Open
  • SOC 201: Research Methods in Sociology

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    SBC: ESI

    Methods of collecting and analyzing empirical data to test sociological hypotheses. Emphasis is on multivariate analysis of tabular and statistical data.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter113830Hao LinOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Closed
    Winter117631Danielle LuckstedOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Open
  • SOC 310: Racism and Ethnic Relations

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    DEC: K SBC: DIV; SBS+

    The comparative experience of ethnic and other minority groups within the United States, including formation, migration, and conflict; prejudice, discrimination, and minority self-hatred. Consideration of the developments of U.S. society from the colonial period to the present provide the context for consideration of the changing experiences of ethnic groups.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter113930Michael LenmarkOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Open
  • SOC 339: Sociology of Alcoholism & Drug

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    DEC: F SBC: SBS+

    An examination of the sociological literature on alcoholism and drug abuse. Topics include addictive careers, the epidemiology (spread) of abuse, history of attempts to control alcohol and drugs, treatment approaches, and policy alternatives.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter141330Natalia NavasOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Closed
  • SOC 340: Sociology of Human Reproductn

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    DEC: H SBC: STAS

    A study of the links between biological reproduction and the socioeconomic and cultural processes that affect and are affected by it. The history of the transition from high levels of fertility and mortality to low levels of both; different kinship, gender, and family systems around the world and their links to human reproduction; the value of children in different social contexts; and the social implications of new reproductive technologies. This course is offered as both SOC 340 and WST 340.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter117330Duygu AlpanOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Open
  • SOC 344: Environmental Sociology

    Undergraduate 3 credits

    DEC: F SBC: GLO; SBS+

    Analysis of how populations gain sustenance from their environments through organization, information, and technology. Evolution of technology and its ecological consequences for population growth, urbanization, social stratification, environmental destruction, and the quality of life. Problems in managing the human environment and communities.

    Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status
    Winter118930John ShandraOnline AsynchronousFlexible (Online)TBAWest (Main Campus)Closed
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