SOC 111 Social Problems & Social Change -
This course examines how social change in the United States produces social problems such as prejudice and poverty, and how these problems affect families and the quality of life in a multicultural society. Students learn to recognize and understand the relationship between on-going social change and the problems that accompany change. Students examine major problems facing society today, separate myth from fact, and analyze these problems and their solutions objectively. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Placement into college level English Semester Offered: F/S/SU

SOC 201 Global Society and Global Culture -
This course introduces students to social-science approaches to globalization. Students examine the challenges and opportunities of global society and culture from particular perspectives of the Global South (Latin America and the Caribbean, most of Asia, or Africa). General topics include social problems and social change, difference and inequality, continuity and conflict. Students explore how sociologists examine global society and global culture through analysis and research. Students evaluate and use resources to analyze social phenomena, using what they have learned to contribute to sociological conversations. Students also explore what it means to be a global citizen with respect to various social institutions such as family, education, and work. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F

SOC 211 The Dynamics of Racial & Ethnic Relations -
This course considers racial and ethnic relations and the major sociological theories used to analyze them, and provides an overview of assimilation and integration. Students explore how sociologists examine race and ethnicity through analysis and research. Students evaluate and use resources to analyze social phenomena, using what they have learned to contribute to sociological conversations. The course emphasizes multiculturalism and focuses on sociological explanations of dominant group/minority group encounters within the contexts of power, poverty, and segregation. Students study contemporary and historical examples of institutional discrimination, and discuss policies and issues related to improving race relations in the United States. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

SOC 212 Juvenile Delinquency & the Juvenile Justice System -
This course explores the underlying causes of youth crime as they relate to contemporary methods of social control of delinquency. Students examine biological, psychological, and sociological factors affecting deviant behavior as a broad framework for understanding the response of the juvenile justice system to that behavior. Students learn how sociologists study juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system through analysis and research. Students evaluate and use resources to analyze social phenomena, using what they have learned to contribute to sociological conversations. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

SOC 215 Gender and Sexuality -
This course explores people's gender experiences from a sociological perspective. Students discover how gendered experiences are constructed within social institutions and, therefore, can be transformed through institutional change. Students explore how sociologists examine how gender and sexuality intersect with other dimensions of social stratification through analysis and research. Students evaluate and use resources to analyze social phenomena, using what they have learned to contribute to sociological conversations. Credits: 3 Corequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/SU

SOC 221 The Family -
This course examines ideas about the nature and structure of the family and how they have changed over time. Students explore how economic and social forces affect families; and examine personal and social values about dating, mating, and family life. Students learn how sociologists study families through analysis and research. Students evaluate and use resources to analyze social phenomena, using what they have learned to contribute to sociological conversations. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: S

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