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.
120A-B. Introduction to Social Work (2-2)
120a is not prerequisite to 120b. Orientation to the field of social
work. (a) History and philosophy of social work, contemporary public welfare
and social security, family, child welfare and correctional services. (b)
Social group work, community organization, and the specialties of school,
psychiatric, and medical social work.
120BF. Field Observation in Social Work (1-2)
Maximum total credit, 2 units. Prerequisite: Sociol. 120A or permission
of instructor. Supervised observation and limited orientation in public
or private social work agencies.
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.
123. Workshop an Children and Youth (1-2)
(See Crim 123)
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.
125F. Advanced Field Observation in Social Welfare (1-2)
Maximum total credit 2 units. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Supervised
observation and orientation in public or private social work agencies; understanding
the individual agency as part of the community's total social welfare structure.
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.
132. Criminology (3)
(See Crim 132)
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.
145. Social Psychology (3)
(See Psych 145)
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.
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.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.
For graduate courses, see Economics, Political Science, and Social Science.