2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

SO 3350 Sociology of PopularCulture3 creditsExamines the effects of popular culture on societyand of society on popular culture; how doesthe popular culture industry work; and whatmakes a given artifact ‘popular’? Fall of evenyears. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.SO 3370 Sociology of Race andEthnicity3 creditsExamines the dynamics that produce andmaintain structured social inequality basedon minority status and the social consequencesof such inequality. Topics include the natureand definition of race, the origins of prejudice,theories of discrimination, immigration, present-dayproblems and trends. Fall of odd years.Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.SO 3380 Drugs and Society 3 creditsExamines the role psychoactive substanceshave played in religions and cultures in worldhistory and the history and politics of drugcontrol today and in the past. Fall of odd years.Prerequisite(s): junior status. (INCO)SO 3390 Environment andSociety3 creditsA study of the relationships between socialorganization, culture and the environment.Current environmental problems and policyissues are debated, and their connections withsociety and culture are a focus. The meaningsof nature and wilderness are also discussed.Other topics include: environmental justice,the history and workings of the environmentalmovement, greenwashing, public attitudestowards the environment and the idea of sustainability.Springs. Prerequisite(s): (AN 2210or SO 2220); junior status. (INTG)(INCO)SO 3450 Social Stratification 3 creditsA sociological analysis of the nature, causesand consequences of class and status differenceswithin society. Focuses on conceptsand theories of social stratification. Studiesspecific issues related to social mobility, class,status, differential power and poverty. Springs.Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO 2220.SO 3500 Illness, Wellness, andHealing3 creditsConcepts of illness, wellness and healingreflect the societies and cultures in which theyare found. Compares ways in which a variety ofWestern (e.g., France, Germany, United States)and non-Western (South American, African)societies and cultures think about and institutionalizehealth and illness. Selected topicsinclude: changing health and nutritionalstatus from human prehistory to the present,social and cultural definitions of health andillness, ritual healing practices, ethnomedicine,the relationships of social organizationand stratification to health and illness; and thesocial and personal construction of medicalknowledge. Not open to students who haveearned credit for Medical Anthropology. Fallof odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN 2210 or SO2220. (WECO)SO 4010 Advanced Theory inCriminology 3 creditsAn examination of the history of criminologicaltheory with special emphasis on how changesin society have influenced the development oftheory and at how theory has influenced policyin criminal justice. May be taken as CJ 4010.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s): CJ 1010or SO 2220.SO 4100 Anthropological andSociological Theory 3 creditsSocial theory helps us to understand societyand how it works. It also provides frameworksfor developing methodology for anthropologistsand sociologists when conducting research.Looks at the connections between theories andmethods (or practice) and analyzes major classicaland modern theorists from Durkheimand Weber to Malinowski, Goffman andGeertz. Fall of odd years. Prerequisite(s): AN2210 or SO 2220. (WRCO)SO 4400 Methods of SocialResearch3 creditsSee AN 4400 for course description. Falls.Prerequisite(s): MA 2300 or SS 3700 or SW3700. (WRCO)SO 4530 Anthropology-SociologySeminar3 creditsCapstone course for majors; provides anoverview of sociological methodology andtheory. Heavily emphasizes research and thepractical applications of sociology. Springs.Prerequisite(s): (AN 4400 or SO 4400)and junior or senior standing as a major.(WRIT)(WRCO)SO 4610 Internship 1–12 creditsStudents engage in work programs andthereby apply knowledge gained from majorand minor courses, areas, or concentrations.Qualifications to be an intern are determinedby the Department Chair and a faculty memberwho acts as a supervising professor. Onceplaced, student interns have both an immediatesupervisor and a supervising professor.With permission.SO 4910 Independent Study 1–3 creditsProvides a more intense background in someaspect of sociology through reading andresearch, supplementing previous coursesor broadening the student’s knowledge insome subject area not presently covered by SOcourses. Consent required of the instructorwho will supervise the independent study andthe Department Chair.SP – SpanishThe Global Perspective (1986-2005 GeneralEducation requirement) is satisfied either bycompleting one of the following sequences:SP 1010 and SP 1020SP 1020 and SP 2010SP 2010 and SP 2020SP 2050 and SP 2060or by completing a departmental proficiencytest and one semester at the Intermediate IIlevel (SP 2020).SP 1010 Fundamentals ofSpanish I4 creditsOpen to students with no more than one-yearof high school Spanish, or with no previousstudy of Spanish. An introductory course withthree regular class meetings per week with theinstructor and a lab session with a supplementaryinstructor on intervening days. Emphasison oral communication skills. Language ina cultural setting is emphasized throughoutthe year. Conducted in Spanish. Falls.Corequisite(s): SP 1900. (DICO)(GACO)SP 1020 Fundamentals ofSpanish II4 creditsContinuation of SP 1010 with increasedattention to reading and writing. Conductedin Spanish. Springs. Prerequisite(s): SP1010 or equivalent. Corequisite(s): SP 1900.(DICO)(GACO)SP 1060 ConversationalSpanish I3 creditsAn introductory Spanish course for beginningstudents. Two regular class meetings per week.Emphasis on vocabulary building, basic grammarstructures and oral fluency. Contemporaryreadings and discussions with parallel oraland written grammar review. Conducted inSpanish. Falls. (DICO)(GACO)SP 1070 ConversationalSpanish II3 creditsA continuation of SP 1060. Two regular classmeeting per week. Emphasis on vocabularybuilding, grammar structures and oral fluency.Conducted in Spanish. Springs. Prerequisite(s):SP 1060 or equivalent.SP 1110 Continuing Spanish I 4 creditsAn initial Spanish course for continuing students(no more than two years of high schoolstudy). A course with three regular class meetingsper week with the instructor and a labsession with a supplementary instructor onintervening days. Emphasis on consolidatingfundamental skills for oral fluency, readingCoursesPlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 305