Winter Courses
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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 Winter 1137 30 Ida Nikou Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (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 Winter 1398 30 Alec Cali Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (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 Winter 1138 30 Hao Lin Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed Winter 1176 31 Danielle Lucksted Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (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 Winter 1139 30 Michael Lenmark Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (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 Winter 1413 30 Natalia Navas Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (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 Winter 1173 30 Duygu Alpan Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (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 Winter 1189 30 John Shandra Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed - Modify search