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mental illness, crime, healthcare issues and discrimination. Throughout this
course we examine the roles of social workers in addressing these social
“problems.” In addition, this course offers an introduction to case management,
group work, community organization and social work administration. A field
placement requirement is built into the course. Prerequisite: another sociology
course. (SBA) 322 Population and Ecology (3 credits) A study of the social,
cultural and environmental forces that affect population trends: the size, growth,
composition, distribution, fertility, mortality and migration of human
populations. Current historical and cross-cultural problems in population, food,
health and environment will be explored. Prerequisite: another sociology course.
(SBA)
330 Language and Society (3 credits) This course involves the
interdisciplinary study and analysis of discourse. It begins by looking at
various theoretical and methodological approaches to the sociological
study of talk. Specific topics include: language acquisition, language and
social control, language in the classroom, race, class, gender, culture and
language. Prerequisite: another sociology course. (SBA)
331 Sociology of the Media (3 credits) The role of the media and its
effect on democratic politics, culture, and public discourse in the U.S. and
internationally. Prerequisite: another sociology course. (SBA)
335 Global Studies (4 credits) Studies of selected areas such as Latin
American, Ireland, and Mexico. An examination of the pre-colonial
kinship, economic, political, and religious systems and related ecological
and population patterns; the impact of European expansion upon them; the
rise of independence movements; and contemporary political, economic,
social, ecological, and population patterns all viewed in the perspective of
the world as a system of interdependent societies and states. Prerequisite:
another sociology course. (NTW) or (SBA) (depending on course)
340 Social Movements (4 credits) Throughout human history,
subordinated groups of people have organized social movements to try to
improve their lives and the societies in which they lived. Powerful groups
and institutions generally have resisted these efforts in order to maintain
their own privilege. Although inequalities of power and privilege and
protest activity have always existed, some periods of history are more
likely than others to spawn protest movements. The goal of this course is
to orient students to the sociological analysis of social movements, with a
special emphasis on transnational movements. Central questions for
understanding social movements include: How do social and economic
conditions shape the possibility of social protest? Why do people become
involved in social movements? How are social movements organized?
Why are some movements successful while others fail? How do
movements decide which strategies and tactics to use? How has
accelerated globalization of the international political economy forced
nationally based movements to become transnational? Prerequisite:
another sociology course. (NTW) (SBA)
350 Topics in Sociology (3 or 4 credits) For description see Soci 150. Recent
examples include, domestic violence seminar and social construction of the drug
war.
380 Labor and Society (3 credits) This course explores work in the
context of sociological, cultural, historical and international forces.
Specific topics include: gender-race-class systems and labor, paid/unpaid
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