Sociology (Sociol)
Note: All sociology courses in the 120 series and Sociol 181 are courses with social welfare content. These courses include integrated theoretical and applied materials with contributions from sociology, political science, cultural anthropology, economics, and psychology.
1A-B. Principles of Sociology (3-3)
(A) Principal concepts and problems, including personality, social groups,
social change and social processes. (B) Prerequisite: Soc 1A. Analysis of
conditions in society regarded as disruptive of the social order and subject
to remedial action.
111. Race and Cultural Relations (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or Anthro 2, or permission of instructor. Racial
and cultural minority groups in the United States; problems of education,
social adjustment, family life, relations in industry, race consciousness,
race and cultural prejudice, tension areas, assimilation; race problems
in international relations.
120. Introduction to Social Welfare (2)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. History and philosophy
of social welfare and social work in Europe and the United States.
121. Social Welfare Programs (2)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Major contemporary social
welfare programs in the United States..
122. Child Welfare (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Recommended: Psych 119,
Soc 120, 121. Programs for physical, psychological, and social needs of
children; institutions, foster homes, adoption, guidance clinics, protective
and preventive services, services for handicapped; legislation.
124. Fundamentals of Interviewing (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. For social welfare, criminology,
recreation, and education students. Principles and practice of interviewing
in case work, group work, community organization, social research, correctional
work, and related areas.
125. Survey of Social Work Methods (2)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Concepts and practices
of social welfare methods; case work, group work and community organization;
analysis of material from the field.
126. Social Security Principles (2)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Basic philosophy and policy
of social -security programs, including public assistance and social insurances;
the Social Security Act; roles of federal, state, and local governments.
127. Community Welfare Organization (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Community mental health,
medical, recreation, informal education, and welfare resources; organization
and coordination of community services to meet social needs.
128. Principles of Group Work (2)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. For social welfare, criminology,
recreation, education students, and others interested in group work. Fundamentals
of group process, group dynamics, and group therapy; guided group experience.
140. Rural and Urban Problems (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Comparative characteristics
of rural and urban living; social institutions, human behavior, social problems;
their impact and influence.
152. History of Social Thought (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Leading social thinkers
of the Western World from Plato to contemporary sociologists; comparative
study of social philosophers of the East.
155. Social Institutions (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Major social institutions-familial,
economic, political, educational, religious; origin and development; functions
and interrelationships in contemporary phases of development.
157. Social Change (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Social dynamics; factors
and forces underlying social change; process of social change; direction
of social change.
165. The Family (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Nature, historical development,
and contemporary trends of the modern family.
175. Sociological Methods (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 and either Soc 2 or 25 plus 9 upper division units in
sociology or anthropology or permission of instructor. Methods in sociological-anthropological
research.
176. Survey Design and Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 175 and at least one course in statistics. Systematic
exploration of survey research methods; application of general methodological
principles to the particular operating context of a survey.
180. Training in Public Service (1-2)
Prerequisite: Soc 1A or permission of instructor. Planned and supervised
experience or study in a field of occupational specialization.
181. Supervised Social Welfare Field Experience (1-2)
Prerequisite: second semester junior standing; Soc 1A or permission of instructor.
Observation, orientation and limited participation in operations of private
or public social welfare agencies. (Minimum of 3 field hours per unit.)
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.
For graduate courses, see Economics, Political Science, and Social Science.