SOCI 496 – Sociology Capstone Experience
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: This course will be used as the final step towards preparing seniors for the job market or graduate school. An examination of potential careers, professional goals, application materials, and employment/graduate school searches will occur. Students will also participate in an assessment of learning outcomes via an exit exam.
SOCI 497 – Special Studies
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 3 Description: Open only to juniors or seniors with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in their major courses. A maximum of three semester hours may be earned. All individual research projects are reviewed by three faculty members from two different disciplines. May be taken for credit […]
SOCI 497H – Special Studies: Honors
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
SOCI 498 – Sociology Internship
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201 SOCI-302 SOCI-303. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Provides students with a structured experience working in a community service agency. Each student is expected to work 6 to 10 hours each week on site, as arranged with the cooperating agency. Readings and discussions will cover such topics as the organizational […]
SPAN 101 – Elementary Spanish I
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An introduction to basic Spanish grammar and vocabulary with an emphasis on oral and written comprehension and communication. Includes use of technology to enhance linguistic proficiency and cultural awareness.
SOCI 375 – Sociology of Health & Medicine
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Trends and group differences in health and illness; theoretical perspectives on health; the sick role; seeking and using health services; patient-practitioner relationships; caregiving issues; social organization of healthcare systems; international and cultural differences; medicalization of chronic conditions; current issues and problems.
SOCI 381 – Sociology of Sport
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Scientific study of sports to better understand how they are practiced and what those practices mean. Using various theoretical approaches, the focus will be on topics as they relate to sports such as: identity, ideology, children, gender, race and ethnicity, the media, economics, politics, […]
SOCI 382 – Sociology of Families
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Examines sociological theories used to study the family. Explores current and historic American family trends, how society and various social institutions shape the family, and the internal dynamics of the family as a social group in society.
SOCI 403 – Survey Methodology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-302 SOCI-303 SOCI-339. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: The focus of this course is an individual research project that involves using survey research methodology. In this course, students select a research problem and develop testable hypotheses drawing from published studies. Students also learn sampling, measurement, data collection, creating a data […]
SOCI 407 – Urban Sociology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Historical and current urban growth patterns, theoretical perspectives regarding urban structure and change, distribution of power and other resources in urban settings, urban cultural and social forms, problems of urban areas, and strategies of urban planning. The United States and other nations are examined. […]
SOCI 419 – Population and Society
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Scientific study of population size, composition and distribution; analysis of trends and differentials in birth rates, death rates, and migration by race/ethnicity, gender, class, age, and nationality; consideration of actual and potential pressures of population on natural resources; the interrelationship of population and the […]
SOCI 331 – Environment, Power, & Opportunity
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An introduction to the study of the relationship between human society and the physical environment, with an emphasis on the relationships among population growth, economic development, systems of inequality, and control and use of the natural environment. Local, regional, and global approaches will be […]