SOCI 350 – Research Design and Analysis
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
SOCI 348 – Family Violence
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An exploration of family violence from a sociological and criminological lens. Specific types of violence that occur in the family setting (spousal abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, and dating violence) are examined, including patterns based on gender, social class, race, age, culture, and religion. […]
SOCI 344 – Violence in Society
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Exploration of the various forms of violence, with attention given to how the reporting of and reactions to violence are shaped by the way it is defined and measured; causes of violence are framed in terms of culture and social structure.
SOCI 343 – Juvenile Delinquency
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Critical examination of alternative theoretical explanations of juvenile delinquency and the various programs developed to prevent and control, with consideration of their assumptions, arguments, and research support.
SOCI 345 – Social Deviance
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
SOCI 347 – Alcohol,Drugs and Society
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Drug use/abuse as a social phenomenon, with attention given to illegal drugs, legal drugs and alcohol. While there will be an emphasis on theoretical application, patterns of drug use/abuse among various populations (race, class, sex, education, etc.) will be examined, as well as society’s […]
SOCI 331HH – Environment, Power, & Opportunity
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
SOCI 340 – Society & the Individual
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
SOCI 342 – Social Deviance
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introduces several theoretical perspectives from which deviant behavior is analyzed, following a basic distinction between “kinds of people” theories versus explanations focused upon society and culture. Current research on several forms of deviance – violence against persons, sexuality, substance use, organizational crime, economic crime.
SOCI 331H – Environment, Power,& Opportunity
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
SOCI 327 – Sociology of Aging and Later Life
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take SOCI-201. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An introduction to gerontology as a social phenomenon with an emphasis on theories of aging, the composition of the elderly population, family relationships, living arrangements, work and retirement, the welfare state, end-of-life care and dying, and aging and inequality.
SOCI 325HH – Sociology of Health & Illness-Hnrs
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: