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SOC 127 Marriage and the Family
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to the social functions of marriage and the family. Includes structures of marriages and families,
relationships, marriage, and transformation of marriage.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
SOC 130 Social World of Drugs
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to the social aspects of the use and abuse of drugs in the United States. Includes evolution of drug use,
pharmacology, social and medical aspects of drugs, the business of drugs, sociological explanations of drug use and abuse,
and social issues, policy, and politics.
Recommendation: Completion of SOC 101 before enrolling in this course.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
SOC 140 Sociology of Religion
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Sociological analysis of religion as a social institutional arena. Includes functional versus substantive definitions of religion,
methodological stance sociologists take toward religion as an object of study, classical and contemporary theoretical
perspectives on religion, major faith traditions, secularization versus fundamentalism, globalization and religion, new
religious movements, religion and key social statuses, and religious diversity and change in the U.S.
Offered: May not be offered this year, check class schedule.
SOC 166 Social Gerontology
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introduction to the social aspects of aging and the aged. Includes the concept of the life course, the demographics of a
graying United States, myths and facts about aging, sociological theories on aging, historical and cross-cultural analyses of
aging, age norms, family patterns in later life, retirement patterns, living environments in later life, the social meaning of
death and dying, the economics of aging, the politics of aging, social services for older Americans and religion and aging.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
SOC 201 Race, Ethnicity, Minority Groups and Social Justice SUN# SOC 2215
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Social processes involved in the construction of difference. Includes race, ethnicity, minority groups, nationality, and social
justice. Also includes the analysis of social, political, cultural, religious, economic and historical formations with special
reference to current global trends, social conflict, and change.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
SOC 203 Sociology of Utopia
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Exploration of the idea of utopia and its influence on human societies throughout global history. Includes utopia and social
structure, utopias before Christianity, Christian and humanist utopianism, utopian revivals and dystopias, and utopian
thinking and social institutions.
Offered: Spring.
SOC 204 Gender Identities, Interactions and Relations
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Examination of the social structures and processes related to gender in society. Includes sex versus gender, theoretical
perspectives, politics past and present, gender and the family, love and marriage, and masculinity. Also includes gender in
the workplace, in the media, religion, and medicine, and global perspectives.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
SOC 215 Human Sexuality
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Examination of human sexual experience throughout the life cycle, viewed from sociological and psychological
perspectives. Includes psychological, sociological, and cultural legacy of sexuality, biological foundations of sexuality,
varieties of sexual behaviors, sexuality and the life cycle, sexual problems, and social issues.
Recommendation: Completion of PSY 100A or 100B or 101 or SOC 101 before enrolling in this course.
Information: Same as PSY 215.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 280 Sociology of Education
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Analysis of the role and purpose of education in society. Includes overview of the education system, social theories of
education, cultural theories of educational, policy and school reform, and education for individual and societal change.
Offered: May not be offered this year, check class schedule.
SOCIOLOGY
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