Introduction to basic sociological concepts. Examines aspects of human behavior in cultural framework, including individual and group interaction, social mobility and stratification, status and class, race and gender relations, urbanism, crime and criminology, and social change and reform. Read More »

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Examines and analyzes important global issues and processes. Considers historical development of globalization and implications for different societies and cultures. Investigates perceptions of global processes by different cultures and nations, and efforts of international institutions to address social, political, economic, and cultural changes in global society. Read More »

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Focuses on causes and meaning of crime, with emphasis on adults. Patterns of criminal behavior, including property crimes, violent crimes, organized crime, white-collar crime, and victimless crime. Critical assessment of criminal justice system as a response to crime. Read More »

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Section 002 — Andrea Burch — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — Robinson B111

Introduces empirical design in sociological research: historical development, research design, sampling, methods of gathering data, sociometric scales, analysis and interpretation of results, and research reporting. Read More »

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002 Sociological Research Method — Mark D Jacobs — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — Innovation Hall 326
202 Lab for Lecture 002 — Mark D Jacobs — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM W — Innovation Hall 326

Explores how race and ethnicity have been shaped by policies and practices in Western and non-Western societies. Explores the evolution of racial and ethnic attitudes from a global and historical perspective. Examines how changing demographic racial patterns may affect definitions of race and ethnicity and the ways in which people individually and collectively act to create new futures. Read More »

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001 Racial and Ethnic Relations — Dae Young Kim — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — Krug Hall 7

Uses a sociological framework to analyze and understand the diverse forms of contemporary families--traditional marriages, cohabitation, domestic partnerships, single-parents families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families. Explored are topics such as changes in sexual mores, reflected in new dating practices; shifting parenting roles; effects of social class, race and ethnicity; and the outcomes of divorce for couples and children. Read More »

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001 Marriage, Fam/Intimate Life — Patricia A Masters — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Robinson B111

Explores sociological tradition through readings and discussions of ideas drawn from writings of selected sociological thinkers such as Comte, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and others. Read More »

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001 Classical Soci Theory — Patricia A Masters — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR — Robinson A248

Fundamentals of applied statistics as used in behavioral science to include descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, correlation regression, analysis of variance, factor analysis, nonparametric statistics, and practical experience with calculators in applying statistical analysis to actual problems of the behavioral sciences. Read More »

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002 Stat for Behavioral Sci — Gregory A Guagnano — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Innovation Hall 222
203 Lab for Lecture 002 — Gregory A Guagnano — 04:30 PM to 05:45 PM T — Innovation Hall 222

Examines how culture, encompassing high art or participatory culture, expressive agency or traditional constraint, is produced and reproduced in everyday social practices and across a wide range of social institutions. Explores the role of culture in public life and political discourse. Read More »

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001 Sociology of Culture — Nancy W Hanrahan — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — Robinson B202

Analyzes the roles of men and women in contemporary American society. Focuses on the perpetuation of and change in gender stratification using sociological concepts, theories, and research. Elucidates how gender expectations are developed and transmitted. Uses historical and comparative data and research on diversity in American society for analysis of causes and consequences of gender inequality. Read More »

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002 Sex, Cult/Gender in Contp Soc — Ingrid Sandole-Staroste — 07:30 AM to 08:45 AM TR — Robinson B111

While focusing on nature and process of change in human society, considers social impact of political, economic, and environmental change and how lives are shaped by complexities of global social forces. Examines specific global issues such as conflict and security; economic disparity; ecological deterioration; populations and migration; legitimization of commerce; diffusion of innovations; and impact of class, status, and power in modern societies. Designated a Green Leaf Course. Read More »

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001 Social Structure and Globaliza — Johanna K Bockman — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Innovation Hall 122

Examines cities and the people who live in them in the United States and around the world. Includes topics such as: social and economic development, inequality, political protests, urban democracy, and the environment. Read More »

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001 Sociology of Urban Communities — Tony Roshan Samara — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — Innovation Hall 206

Using a sociological perspective, analyzes the problems of contemporary societies, including inequality, poverty, health, environment, oligarchy, media, militarism, and corruption. Read More »

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Section 001 — Karen E Rosenblum — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — Krug Hall 7

Studies class structures and implications for individuals and groups in modern society. Explores issues of race and ethnicity, language and immigration status, sex and gender, social class, age, and sexual orientation. Examines critically the theory and research that explore the construction, experience, and meaning of such differences. Read More »

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001 Social Inequalities — 05:55 PM to 07:10 PM MW — Lecture Hall 3

Introduces the research interests of the faculty, offering new courses that reflect current issues not yet incorporated into the curriculum. Offers, in addition, advanced study into topics covered in the standing curriculum. Topics change by semester. Read More »

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002 Gods and Bombs — Lester Ray Kurtz — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — Krug Hall 5
003 Blues, Rock and Race — Lester Ray Kurtz — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W
004 Global Networked Youth Culture — Amy L Best — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R
006 Family and Violence — Shannon N Davis — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Lecture Hall 1203
007 Christianity/Seculrism/Demcrac — Hugh Heclo — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — East Building 134
008 Wmn's Activ: Jim Crow/Blck Pwr — Yevette Richards Jordan — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Innovation Hall 131
009 Queer Theory — Jennifer Lynn Miller — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson A101

Presents for analysis and discussion the significant theorists and themes in contemporary sociological theory. Designed to enhance student’s skills in reading and analyzing primary texts and to encourage reflection on contemporary social reality. Fulfills writing intensive requirement. Read More »

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001 Contemporary Soci Theory — Joseph A Scimecca — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR — Robinson B202

Pursue independent research and write honors thesis under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Present work in a colloquium at the end of the semester. Read More »

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001 Honors Seminar in Soc II — Patricia A Masters — 05:55 PM to 07:10 PM MW — Innovation Hall 211

Exposes students to sociological theory and research on evolution of higher learning in United States. Explores social forces that have shaped the distinctively American approach toward higher education and have led to transformation of higher education in contemporary society. Particular attention to relation between universities and elites within surrounding society, linkage between education and industry, norms and values that are presupposed by educational institutions, and bearing of sports on values and traditions of higher education. Read More »

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001 The Sociology of Higher Educ — Joseph A Scimecca — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Robinson A109

Introduces the research interests of the faculty, offering new courses that reflect current issues not yet incorporated into the curriculum. Offers, in addition, advanced study into topics covered in the standing curriculum. Topics change by semester. Read More »

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002 Gods and Bombs — Lester Ray Kurtz — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — Krug Hall 5
003 Blues, Rock and Race — Lester Ray Kurtz — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W
004 Global Networked Youth Culture — Amy L Best — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R
006 Family and Violence — Shannon N Davis — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Lecture Hall 1203
007 Christianity/Seculrism/Demcrac — Hugh Heclo — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — East Building 134
008 Wmn's Activ: Jim Crow/Blck Pwr — Yevette Richards Jordan — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Innovation Hall 131
009 Queer Theory — Jennifer Lynn Miller — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson A101

Learning experience in the application of sociological knowledge and skills in different work settings. Students work in approved setting as applied sociologists. Read More »

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Section 001 — Patricia A Masters — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T — Blue Ridge 127

Specialized inquiry of topics of contemporary sociological research and scholarship. Content varies. Read More »

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001 Critical Ethnography — Mark D Jacobs — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — Enterprise Hall 173
002 Technology and Media — James Witte — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — Innovation Hall 319
004 Women and Global Issues — Yevette Richards Jordan — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson A246

Intermediate treatment of quantitative analytic techniques used in sociology. Topics include sampling, inference, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and bivariate and multiple correlation and regression. Introduces logic of multivariate analysis. Focus on how results are obtained and disseminated via research reports. Read More »

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Section 001 — Gregory A Guagnano — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — Innovation Hall 203

Examines schools in contemporary sociological theory such as structural-functionalism, conflict, exchange, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, humanist sociology, and critical theory. Analyzes contemporary theorists in relation to schools. Read More »

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001 Contemporary Sociological Thry — Nancy W Hanrahan — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — East Building 134

Analyzes the interrelations between social inequalities and institutional structures, including markets, the press, prisons, mental institutions, cultural organizations, and corporations. Read More »

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Section 001 — Karen E Rosenblum — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Krug Hall 242

Specialized inquiry of topics of contemporary sociological research and scholarship. Content varies. Read More »

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001 Economic Sociology — Virgil Storr — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — David King Hall 2054
002 Participatory Meth:Engage Comm — Andrea Robles — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson A107

Examines the scholarly literature on cities and globalization with a focus on the impact of globalization on urban environments and the effects of urbanization on the processes of globalization. Emphasis on the ways in which globalization restructures urban life in the core and periphery of the world economy with attention paid to the effects of spatial dispersion on the character of economic institutions within the advanced societies, the shifting nature of crime and security, immigration, and the cities of the Global South. Read More »

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Section 001 — Tony Roshan Samara — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — David King Hall 2054

Examines the connections among inequality, conflict, social justice, and human rights in an age of globalization. Drawing from case studies from around the world, course examines institutional and structural violence and inequality as they relate to state, corporate, and military power; international law and order; welfare and social policy; global justice; regionalism, multilateralism, and transnationalism; environmental protection; gender inequality; ethnic conflict; resource wars; and national security policy before and after September 11, 2001. Read More »

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Section 001 — John G. Dale — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M — Research Hall 201

Specialized inquiry of topics of contemporary sociological research and scholarship. Content varies. Read More »

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001 Critical Ethnography — Mark D Jacobs — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — Enterprise Hall 173
002 Technology and Media — James Witte — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — Innovation Hall 319
004 Women and Global Issues — Yevette Richards Jordan — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson A246

Specialized inquiry of topics of contemporary sociological research and scholarship. Content varies. Read More »

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001 Economic Sociology — Virgil Storr — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — David King Hall 2054
002 Participatory Meth:Engage Comm — Andrea Robles — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson A107