ences of those affected by domestic violence. Intervention Strategies andprograms used to address issues of domestic violence will also be included(Same course as SOC 2402, CJ 2402).Prerequisite: 1000-level PSY or SOC course.WGS 2410 Working with Individuals 3 creditsFall SemestersIntroduces students to the systems model, which enables them to view individualsin relation to family, social network, privilege, race, gender, and community.Knowledge of both historical and current social trends is examinedas it relates to providing mental health services to men, women, children,and culturally diverse populations. The student will develop basic interviewing,assessment, relationship building, and goal-setting skills. The theoreticalvalue-based and skill-oriented learning is integrated using case studies.Students will learn to plan and implement intervention strategies (Samecourse as SOC 2410).Prerequisite: Any 1000-level Sociology course.WGS 2450 Human Sexuality 3 creditsAlternate Fall SemestersDiscusses human sexuality in an integrated way, exploring biological, psychological,social, and political aspects. (Same course as BIOL 2450, PSY2450).Prerequisite: One course in science or biology and one course in psychology, orpermission of instructor.WGS 2452 Sex and Gender: Biological 3 creditsand Sociological PerspectivesAlternate Spring SemestersExamines biological and sociological research on sex and gender. Two mainquestions will be studied: 1) Biology is destiny: scientific fact or socioculturalbias? 2) How are men and women similar and/or different, and what arethe origins of these simi larities and differences? (Same course as BIOL 2452,SOC 2452).Prerequisite: SOC 1000 or SOC 1600 and SCI 1010, or SCI 1020, or onecourse in biology, or permission of instructor.WGS 2480 Sport and Society 3 creditsOffered PeriodicallyThis course will bring a critical sociological perspective to the realm of sports.Students will examine sports and the impact it has in social, cultural, andeconomic areas of social life, both in the United States and internationally.Using sociological theories such as functionalism, conflict theory and symbolicinteraction, students will analyze the role of athletics in society in generaland look at particular athletic performances in selected sports. Othervariables will be considered, including professional and amateur status, gender,social class, ethnicity, and disability status of athletes and how these variablesaffect social and personal identity and status, establish strong socializingrole models for society, and become important issues in public discourse.The role of sports in rehabilitation, recreation, and in shaping standards ofcompetitiveness and social values will be examined (Same course as SOC2480).Prerequisite: Any 1000-level Sociology course.WGS 2620 Family, Kinship and 3 creditsSocial OrganizationFall SemesterThis course analyzes the family, the nature of kinship and marriage, and theirfunction in the social organization of a number of societies. Throughout thecourse emphasis is placed on cross-cultural variation in family, roles, marriageand social structure as well as families in contemporary American society.Topics of study include gender and power, courtship and marriage, parenting,family conflict, and the changing roles and lived experiences of menand women in families. This course meets the international/multiculturalrequirement (Same course as SOC 2620).Prerequisite: Any 1000-level Sociology course.WGS 2650 Sociology of Health Care 3 creditsOffered PeriodicallyExamines contemporary issues in health care from the perspectives of practitionersand patients. Topics include historical change in health and service;relationships between doctors, nurses, and patients; gender, race/ethnicity,and class differences in illness and in health care (Same course as SOC 2650).Prerequisites: Any 1000-level Sociology course.WGS 2680 Sociology of Work: 3 creditsFrom Corporate Suitesto Cleaning StreetsOffered PeriodicallyExamines how work is organized, how people experience it, and what itmeans to them. Explores different workplace structures and how people'splaces within them relate to their earnings and general well being, includingtheir identity and pride, autonomy, health, and safety. Studies occupationalsocialization, subcultures, and relationships. Considers how work - or thelack or loss of it - affects people off the job. Reviews how opportunities to getwork and move up at the workplace are distributed and their relation to socialinequality. Efforts to democratize and humanize workplaces through laborunions and other forms of collective action will be discussed. For allthese areas, the role of race-ethnicity, gender, citizenship status, and class willbe assessed (Same course as SOC 2680).Prerequisite: SOC 1000 or SOC 1600.WGS 3404 Sociology of Violence 3 creditsOffered PeriodicallyStudy and evaluation of the major sociological theories and research regardingviolence, including interpersonal, family, criminal, and institutionalizedviolence. Contexts regarding how persons are affected as perpetrators of violenceand victims of violence are analyzed. Specific topics include cross-culturaland contemporary forms of violence, and social responses to violence.Analysis to social responses includes prevention, treatment interventionstrategies, criminalization, and public policies.(Same course as SOC 3404, CJ 3404).Prerequisite: Any 2000-level Sociology or Criminal Justice course.WGS 3620 Victorian Literature 3 creditsOffered PeriodicallyThis course will study selected British poetry and prose of the long nineteenthcentury, and will consider the major literary movements of the period,the impact of industrialization on labor and social class, and urban andrural life, the changing notions of gender roles, sexuality, and domesticity, aswell as foreign influences on Victorian culture. This course meets the CLACI Literature requirement. (Same course as ENG 3620).Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.WGS 3640 Deviance and Social 3 creditsControlFall and Spring SemestersExamines people’s behaviors and attributes that others come to believe aredeviant. Reviews sociological theories that account for deviance. Exploresdifferent forms of social control that define and aim to prevent and inhibitdeviance. Analyzes deviance as both a violation of social norms and a possibleprelude to social change. The importance of deviance and social controltheory to crime and criminal justice will be reviewed. Race, gender, and socialclass will be considered as factors that influence people’s perceptions ofpeople as deviant and how those people are treated. (Same course as SOC3640, CJ 3640.).Prerequisites: Any 2000-level Sociology or Criminal Justice course.WGS 3760 Wealth, Poverty and Social 3 creditsClass in AmericaOffered PeriodicallyAn analysis of social classes in America. The course examines the distributionof income and wealth, life chances, status and prestige, lifestyle, powerand powerlessness, social mobility, and class conflict in terms of various sociologicaltheories. The ways in which gender, race/ethnicity, national origin,and family background shape these outcomes will be considered (Samecourse as SOC 3760).Prerequisite: Any 2000-level Sociology course.66 CURRY COLLEGE CE Course Catalog 2011 – 2012 Rev. 3/2012
WGS 3900 Women’s and Gender Studies 3 creditsSenior Seminar:Selected TopicsSpring SemesterThis seminar will encourage students to reflect upon and synthesize conceptsand experiences from their work as Women’s and Gender Studies minors.The specific content selections depend on the professor’s area of expertise.However, all seminars will include the following: reflections on thetotality of the student’s study of the women’s and gender studies literature;reflections on how the women’s and gender studies literature has been integratedinto the student’s academic program; and reflections on how thewomen’s studies literature relates to and has application to the student’s life.Prerequisites: WGS 2000 and at least two other courses toward the Women andGender Studies minor.CURRY COLLEGE CE Course Catalog 2011 – 2012 Rev. 3/2012 67
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