Sociology (Soc)
1. Principles of Sociology (3)
Basic principles and concepts of sociology, including personality, social
structures and groupings, social processes, and social change.
2. Social Problems in America (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. Analysis of conditions in American society regarded
as disruptive of the social order and subject to remedial action.
25. Sociological Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. Application of elementary research procedures to basic
sociological concepts; interpretation of charts, graphs, and other statistical
measures used in sociological literature. (Recommended for credential candidates
in sociology.)
111. Sociology of Minority Relations (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or Anthro 2, or permission of instructor. Social processes
involved in minority relations in the United States in terms of race, class,
caste, ethnicity, politics, and religion; sources of minority attitudes;
patterns of minority adjustment; trends in minority relations.
112. Collective Behavior and Mass Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Unstable social collectives;
crowds, audiences, mobs and popular movements; processes of dissemination
of rumors, rise and decline of popular tastes, manipulation of sentiment,
tension release in modem society.
130. Selected Contemporary Social Issues (3)
Units cannot be applied to the sociology major or minor. Study in depth
of technological militarism, cybernation, and human rights (The Triple Revolution).
145. Social Organization (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Significant types of organizations
in American society; their place in the social system, organizational structure,
internal processes.
147. Medical Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Analysis of the social
and cultural dimensions of health, sickness, and organized medical care.
151. Social Stratification and Mobility (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Classic and recent studies
of social class and mobility, critical analysis of research methods; social
class and mobility aspirations of the individual in society.
152. History of Social Thought (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Leading social thinkers
of the Western World from Plato to Comte; comparative study of social philosophers
of the East.
153 Contemporary Sociological Theories (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I and either Soc 2 or 25 and Soc 152, or permission of
instructor. Contemporary sociological theories; analytical, social action,
and functional theories, conccptualization and theory construction.
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 I or permission of instructor. Social dynamics; factors
and forces underlying social change; process of social change; direction
of social change.
159. Sociology of Religion (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Examination of the relationship
between the sacred and the secular; functioning of religious values, practices,
and organization in society.
161. Population (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. Population distribution,
density, growth; age, sex, ethnic composition; population theories; impact
of population changes on modern society.
162. Social Psychology (3)
Not open to students with credit in Psych 145. Prerequisite: Soc I or permission
of instructor. Relation of the individual to his sociocultural environment,
with special reference to personality development, interpersonal role behavior,
and social control.
163. Urban Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor. The urban concept; form
and development of urban areas; scientific study of urban places and populations;
effect of urbanization on social institutions and social relations.
165. The Family (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 or permission of instructor. Nature, historical development,
and contemporary trends of the modern family.
175. Sociological Research 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. Advanced Sociological Research Methods (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.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.