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 1097 30 Danial Vahabli Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed Winter 1556 31 Chi Keung Fung 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 1299 30 Dana McIntyre Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed Winter 1552 31 John Shandra 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 1098 30 Danielle Lucksted Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Open Winter 1116 31 Kajol Patel Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Open -
SOC 302: American Society
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: K SBC: DIV; SBS+
Intended for students who wish to look at American society through the eyes of the sociologist. Included in the course is the sociological view of American social structure in terms of power and patterns of inequality, the legal system, ethnic and cultural pluralism, social mobility, and urban problems. Sociological issues are considered within the context of the developments of society throughout U.S. history.
Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status Winter 1490 30 Hannah Judson Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed -
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 1489 30 Gaëlle Aminata Colin Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed Winter 1557 31 Cristine Khan Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Open -
SOC 336: Social Change
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: F SBC: SBS+
Development and modernization are studied in a historical and comparative perspective that emphasizes the universality of social change in human societies. The approach is macrosociological, focusing on broad patterns of change in economic, social, and political organization in the modern era. Revolutions as dramatic instances of socio-political change receive particular attention.
Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status Winter 1355 30 Jose Guevara Fino 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 1126 30 Nayla Huq Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Closed -
SOC 361: Historical Devel of Soc Theory
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: F SBC: SBS+; WRTD
Main currents in the development of modern sociology, with an emphasis on Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, among other leading theorists.
Session Class # Section Instructor Mode Days Time Campus Status Winter 1491 30 Andrew Collins Online Asynchronous Flexible (Online) TBA West (Main Campus) Open - Modify search