Sociology (Soc)
1. Principles of Sociology (3)
Basic principles and concepts of sociology; scientific study of society,
important group types and promary social processes; norns, roles, interaction,
social systems, socialization, stratification, and social control.
2. Social Problems (3)
Analysis of the prevalent conditions in American society considered undesirable
and remediable.
25. Elementary Statistics (3)
Required of students majoring in sociology. Prerequisite: Soc l or permission
of instructor. Techniques for describing and analyzing quantitative data
specifically related to sociology. Tabular and graphic presentation; commonly
used measure of association; samples and sampling error; commonly used statistical
tests.
111. Sociology of Minority Relations (3)
Dominant and minority group relations historically, cross-culturally, and
in contemporary American society. Primarily, the bases examined are in terms
of ethnicity-race, religion, nationality, country-of-origin, nativity, and
language -- and secondarily the bases are non-ethnic such as age and gender.
112. Collective Behavior (3)
An examination of types of collective behavior: crowds, mobs, panics, publics,
fashion, fad, social movements, and transient and anonymous relationships;
their increasing importance in modern society where violence, conflict,
and social unrest are common.
125. Seminar in Experimental Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: Soc l or permission of instructor; Soc 25 recommended. Selected
sociological experiments related to social principles and processes.
130. Contemporary Social Issues (3)
A sociological perspective is used to examine currently debated public issues.
Often, public issues involve present or proposed public policies; the impact
of these policies on different segments of society is assessed.
143. Deviance and Control (3)
Rule-breaking behavior (such as crime, delinquency, mental illness) and
responses to it. Examines deviance as a social phenomenon, its causes and
consequences, and formal and informal social control activities.
145. Social Organization (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. Study of the nature of social organizations, their
types and varieties, and the factors producing their different forms. Causes
of the growth and decline of social organizations. Problems of centralization,
authority, communication, and conflict in organizations.
146. Sociology of Work (3)
Work in modern industrial society, employment and unemployment, formal and
informal characteristics of work, the relationship between work and leisure,
and the investigation of work satisfaction and alienation.
147. Medical Sociology (3)
Political and economic organization of American medical health care system
and cross-cultural comparisons. Analysis of social relations and interactions
among members of the health professions affecting designations of persons
as ill and their subsequent treatment.
148. Sociology of Education (3)
A sociological examination of education as an institution, including its
social determinants, functions, and consequences.
149. Sociology of Law and Society (3)
Prerequisite: Soc l or permission of instructor. Functions of law in
society; social sources of legal change; social conditions affecting the
administration of justice; role of sociology in jurisprudence.
150T. Special Topics Seminar (1-3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Topics include those areas of advanced
theoretical and empirical studies that will orient the student to contemporary
sociological endeavors.
151. Social Stratification (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. Analysis of evaluational differentiation leading to
social stratification. Criteria for differentiation, bases for evaluation,
types of stratification, composition of strata and status systems, mobility,
consequences of stratifications, and methods of studying stratification.
152. History of Social Thought (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. Evolution of classical sociological theories. Consideration
of their origins in society and culture. Examination of such theorists as
Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Comte, St. Simon, and Simmel.
153. Contemporary Sociological Theory (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. Processes of theory construction. Major current sociological
theories such as functionalist and conflict, interaction and interpretive,
and behaviorist and exchange theories.
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)
Analysis of directions, patterns, and processes of social and cultural change.
158. Seminar: Sociology of Knowledge (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1. The nature, types and uses of knowledge. The social
determination of configurations of thought; the production, distribution,
and accumulation of knowledge.
159. Sociology of Religion (3)
Prerequisite: Soc l or permission of instructor. Major sects, denominations
and churches; integrative and disintegrative processes in the United States;
'contemporary religious phenomena. (l lecture, 4 lab hours)
161. Population Analysis (3)
Population theories and history; demographic processes and variables in
contemporary society. Analysis of census data.
162. Social Psychology (3)
Social factors affecting the development of social personality, attitudes
and behavior. Basic social processes involved in interpersonal interaction.
Demonstrations and student observations to increase an understanding of
social processes in everyday life.
163. Urban Sociology (3)
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.
164. Political Sociology (3)
The social causes and effects of political phenomena. The roles of social
classes, movements, and institutions in shaping the political process; examination
of political behavior and attitudes.
165. The Family (3)
The family in historic and contemporary society, theoretical frameworks
for analyzing the family, family dynamics; changes in family functions,
structures, and roles.
167. Seminar in Self and Society (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1, 162, or Psych 134. Analysis of the relation of
the self-system to society; symbolic interaction theory; role identity and
social interaction; types of self development under varying social conditions.
169. Seminar in Power and Conflict (3)
Prerequisite: Soc I or permission of instructor; Soc 151 recommended. Sociological
theories of power; relation of power, authority, and legitimacy; allocation
of power. Conflict theory relative to society, consensus, ideology, and
revolution.
175. Seminar in Sociological Research Methods (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1 and 25 or permission of instructor. Analysis of selected
published research; individual field research and reports.
181. Seminar in Small Groups (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1, 162, or permission of instructor. Microsociology; group
types and basic processes. Effects of selected variables: group size, composition,
task difficulty, role allocation, communication networks. Experimental research
and reports.
183. Mass Society and Communications (3)
Prerequisite: Soc 1; 145 or Soc 163, or permission of instructor. Analysis
of social conditions producing mass society; its characteristics; comniunication
systems; mass media and opinion formation.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.