COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

Social Science Department
sexual orientation. Students will learn about new models of organizing,
and organizing as a career. The class will go on urban field
trips and role-play organizing skills.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, and one
Social Science elective from the list on page 174
This is a Writing Intensive course.
SSN186 Sociology of the Black Community
3 credits; 3 hours
This course is about the social dynamics of Black communities in
urban America. With special reference to New York City, it examines
the socialization process, the family, education and organizational
life within urban Black communities. Current problems and
future prospects for the urban Black community are discussed.
Field trips to communities such as Harlem and Bedford Stuyvesant
are included.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095,
and one Social Science elective from the list on page 174
This is a Writing Intensive course.
SSN187 Urban Sociology
3 credits; 3 hours
This course examines changing ideas about the city and the changing
impact of the city on American lifestyles. With reference to
New York City, the course explores the origins and the social
structure of the city. It focuses on the relationship of class to
family, gender, education, ethnicity, religion, politics and economics.
Visits to housing projects, community organizations or service
delivery agencies will familiarize the students with the issues
of planning and change in the city.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095,
and one Social Science elective from the list on page 174
Prerequisite for Computer Technology, and Engineering Science
majors: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095
This is a Writing Intensive course.
SSN/ENN193 Ideal Societies
3 credits; 3 hours
This course is designed to help students understand utopian movements
in urban society from historical, psychological and sociological
perspectives. This course will focus on both the causes for
creating utopian experiments and the ways in which utopias
approach family structure, religion, education, power and economic
organization. Literary versions of utopian communities will
be studied. Field trips may be taken to such places as Roosevelt
Island and Shaker Village.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, and one
Social Science elective from the list on page 174
This is a Writing Intensive course.
SSN194 Religion and Social Change
3 credits; 3 hours
This course will trace the evolution of traditional and nontraditional
religions among various groups within the New York City
religious community. The course will focus on Latin groups and
Eastern religions as well as social action projects sponsored by
mainline major denominational groups. Field interviews by students
will be made.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095,
and one Social Science elective from the list on page 174
This is a Writing Intensive course.
SSN202 Environmental Sociology
3 credits; 3 hours
This course examines sociological perspectives on the environment.
It will explore how humans interact with and help to shape
the environment. Special emphasis will be placed on the role that
economics, politics, culture, science and technology play in urban
environmental affairs. It will also apply basic sociological concepts
such as social class, gender, race and ethnicity, inequality and conflict
to environmental issues within urban settings.
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095
SSS102 Social Movements
3 credits; 3 hours
This course examines the political and cultural conditions and
processes involved in the formation and functioning of social
movements. Social movements are understood as the organized,
collective efforts of people to influence the direction of social
change. Against the background of a broad historical and crosscultural
perspective, emphasis will be on social movements in the
USA, including the labor movement, the civil rights movement and
the women’s movement. There will be at least two field trips.
Prerequisite: ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101 and SSS100 or SSB110
SSS175 Sociology of Organizations
3 credits; 3 hours
This course will analyze the social structure and dynamics of large
scale organizations such as the corporation, the government
agency, and the labor union. It will examine the significance of
these organizations in the larger world as well as investigate the
social worlds which exist within these organizations. Through this
course, the student will come to understand the interaction
between individual personality and bureaucratic structure.
Prerequisite: ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, SSS100 or SSB110
SSS185 Sociology of Education
3 credits; 3 hours
This course examines the social, cultural, political, and economic
forces that have shaped the relationships between educational
institutions and society. The course will look at such factors as
family, economic status, community, conflicting perspectives on
the nature and purpose of education, and the role of government.
This course will also examine current debates in the field, including
the role of teachers and teacher education.
Prerequisite: ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, SSS100 or SSB110
SSS190 Sociology of the American Deaf Communities
3 credits; 3 hours
This course examines the concepts of culture and community and
their applications to the deaf and hard of hearing communities.
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