OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18 [Archived Catalog]
Course Descriptions
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The course information (including course titles, descriptions, credit hours, requisites, repeat/retake information, and active status) contained in this catalog is effective as of Fall Semester 2017-18. This information is subject to change at the discretion of Ohio University.
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Science in Applied Management |
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SAM 3100 - Foundations of Financial Management
A corporate finance course which will implement a profit-maximizing approach to investing, financing, and managerial decisions of a firm. The principles used apply equally to not-for-profit organizations and personal finances. Major topics include financial goals of a firm, financial mathematics, financial statement analysis, financial asset valuation, capital budgeting, risk and return, and cost of capital.
Requisites: (ACCT 1010 or ATCH 1030 or SAM 1000) and Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SAM 3250J - Strategic Managerial Communication
Strategic managerial communication is a writing enriched course that provides opportunities to practice and improve written communication skills, which are appropriate for career success. This course begins with the assumption the student has competency in basic business form and format for professional communication such as letters, memoranda, reports, and presentations.
Requisites: ENG 1510 and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 1J
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SAM 3910 - Internship
The purpose of the course is to provide students with a format for reflection while they perform a professional internship. The internship will enhance the student’s ability to achieve their personal career objectives. Also, the internship experience will provide opportunities for participation in day-to-day activities of a business concern for 15 consecutive weeks. (Intended for experience)
Requisites: Permission required
Credit Hours: 1 - 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 40.0 internship
Eligible Grades: F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SAM 4700 - Managing Strategically in the Future
The course is intended to be a capstone course. The course centers around the theme that a company achieves sustained success if its managers (1) formulate an astute game plan (2) implement and execute the game plan with proficiency. The course will prove how and why doing an effective job of strategy formulation and strategy implementation produces good business performance. In studying the tasks of strategic management, the course will integrate the knowledge students have gained from previous courses. Strategic management requires dealing with many variables and situational factors at one time. The students will be able to weigh the pros and cons of what strategy entails: a total enterprise perspective and a talent of judging how all of the relevant factors add up to shape the actions needed to take place in a business.
Requisites: SAM 3010 and 3100 and Sr
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SAM 4900 - Special Topics Science in Applied Management
Specific business course content will vary with offering of the course.
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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Setswana |
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SETS 1110 - Elementary Setswana I
This is an introductory Setswana course that aims to develop the four language skills: speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Students will also be exposed to the Southern African culture and particularly Botswana culture. A blend of interactive and structural approaches will be used to equip the learners with the relevant skills to communicate and survive in diverse contexts in the Southern African region using Setswana.
Credit Hours: 4
General Education Code: 2CP
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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Social Work |
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SW 1000 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
Provides an overview of a range of social problems and society’s response to them through the social service delivery system. The problems and services described include: child abuse and neglect, drug and alcohol abuse, poverty, aging, mental health and illness, and corrections. Within this context, various career options and professional roles will be described, including that of social work.
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 2SS
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 2601 - Social Welfare Overview and Trends
The first of a two-course sequence that covers the social welfare policy and services content of the foundation curriculum for undergraduate social work education. Introduces the basic concepts, social work values, ethics, and principles to understand social welfare programs and services. Explores the historical content and evolution of social welfare policy and how the dominant values, contextual factors, and ideologies shape policy in a broad range of social welfare arenas.
Requisites: SW 1000 and ENG 1510 or ENG 1610
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 2900 - Special Topics in Social Work
Specific course content will vary with offering.
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 2970T - Social Work Honors Tutorial
Honors Tutorial incorporating the Social Work content In conjunction with SW 1000.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 2971T - Social Work Honors Tutorial
Individualized core tutorial for HTC students only.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 2980T - Social Work Honors Tutorial SW 3602
Honors Tutorial on social policy.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 2981T - Social Work Honors Tutorial
Individualized core tutorial for HTC students only.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3203 - International Social Work and Social Welfare
Explores international social work and social welfare in the context of global social issues. Although the course uses the African continent as its primary focus, readings and other course materials also provide information about other international contexts. Presents an overview of the social work profession, the impact of global interdependence on social work practice, and historical and current social welfare challenges facing the developed and developing countries.
Requisites: POLS 1010 and SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3213 - Child Abuse and Neglect
Designed for social work students and other students interested in human services. Explores child abuse and neglect within an ecological and family systems perspective. Emphasizes an interdisciplinary viewpoint and incorporates experiences in the community. Examine theories of causation of child abuse and neglect, issues in recognition, assessment, intervention, treatment, follow-up, and related issues of family violence and substance abuse. Incorporates discussion of social work values, ethics, and historical traditions in child welfare practice, including understanding issues of diversity for individuals and families. Consider child welfare policy issues, including advocacy issues, in relation to child protection, intervention with diverse populations, and treatment. The questions we are asking in this course are: Using an ecological perspective, what are the meanings of child abuse and neglect to individuals, to families, and to society? Understanding some of these meanings, what are some recommendations for social policy response?
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3233 - Counseling Older Adults
Focuses on basic counseling, communication, and intervention skills needed by persons working with aged. Problems specific to later years discussed. Field work component provides opportunity for interaction with older adults.
Requisites: PSY 1010 and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3243 - Social Welfare Law
Examines the social work ethics, legal problems often faced by social work clients, rights of people with special needs, and social work in the criminal justice system.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3253 - Understanding Management and Supervision in Social Work Agencies
Focuses on management and supervision from the perspective of the beginning direct service social worker. In addition to an overview of principles of administration and supervision that are relevant to human service agencies, the course focuses on how social work interns and beginning employees can best make use of supervision and management to improve their practice and client services.
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3263 - Chemical Dependency
Explores policy issues relevant to chemical abuse, theories concerning the causes of addiction, evidenced-based treatment and prevention, the effects of various drugs, and the ethics/social justice issues relevant to chemical abuse. Examines substance abuse across systems (micro, mezzo, and macro).
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3273 - Mental Health and Social Work
Explores the history of mental health policies, cross-cultural issues, stereotypes associated with mental illness, the ethics of mental health practice, and social work practice based on a strengths model.
Requisites: SW 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3283 - Social Work in Health Care
Provides an overview of health care policy and service delivery and the roles filled by social workers. Examines the ways services are perceived by and delivered to diverse populations, emphasizing social work values.
Requisites: SW 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3293 - Aging in American Society
Review of available knowledge on critical issues and problems of aged in America. Attention devoted to social welfare programs and services designed to meet needs of elderly in various cultural groups.
Requisites: 12 Hours in Tier II Social Science and (Jr or Sr) and WARNING: not SW 395
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3602 - Social Welfare Policy
The second of a two-course sequence that covers the social welfare policy and practice content of the foundation curriculum for undergraduate social work education. Examines social policy stressing relationships between policy and social welfare organizations and agency funding; the practice of policy development and analysis; and the role of policy in social worker decision-making, advocacy, and practice. Expands on basic concepts, social work values, ethics, and principles.
Requisites: SW 1000 and 2601
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3701 - Dynamics of Human Behavior
Presents a holistic approach to human development and assessing social functioning with emphasis on human diversity and integration of knowledge of behavior fundamental to the practice of social work. Examine human development utilizing the biopsychosocial and life course perspectives, with emphasis on human development of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class.
Requisites: BIOS 1030 and PSY 2410 and SW major
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3801 - Introduction to Social Work Practice Methods
Focuses on development of effective social work communication skills as they relate to social work relationship and professional practice. Learn to apply social work ethics to practice especially in regard to diverse populations. Cultural sensitivity and professional self awareness will also be components of the course.
Requisites: SW major and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3870 - Research Methods in Social Work
Provides undergraduate social work students with an understanding of research methods that social workers use to study effectiveness of their practice as well as build and expand knowledge for development and improvement of social work practice at all levels. Examines measurement instruments, sampling procedures, research designs, data collection methods, program evaluation, evaluation of practice with clients and groups, quantitative and qualitative research, ethical issues, and the writing of research reports.
Requisites: PSY 2110 and SW major and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3970T - Social Work Honors Tutorial SW 3801
Honors Tutorial parallels SW 3801.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 3980T - Social Work Honors Tutorial SW 3940
Honors Tutorial in conjunction with SW 3940 Social Work Research Methods
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4223 - Child Welfare I
The first of a two-course series that provides knowledge, concepts, and fundamental skills needed for beginning level practice in public and private child welfare. Focuses on interventions to protect children from abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse by strengthening, supporting, and empowering their families. Organized around four themes. First, content is provided on the mission and scope of child welfare practice, articulating the underlying philosophy and values that drive child welfare practice, and addressing cultural and relationship issues when working with families. Second, the course provides conceptual and practical information on identifying child maltreatment, assessing family needs and strengths, and determining both immediate and long-term risk to children of future maltreatment. Third, information is presented on case planning and applying a casework model to working with families. Fourth, content is presented on interviewing skills in child welfare setting, especially as these skills relate to family assessment and case planning activities.
Requisites: 12 Hours in Tier II Social Sciences and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4224 - Child Welfare II
The second in a series of two child welfare courses. Continues with a family-centered and strength-based approach to child welfare services that addresses the developmental and permanence needs of children in the child welfare system. The Caseworker Core Training content is divided into five core modules covering: assessment in family-centered child protective services; investigative processes in family-centered child protective services; case planning and family-centered casework; child development and implications for family-centered child protective services; and separation, placement, and reunification in family-centered child protective services. Explores the phenomenon of traumatic stress as a topic of increasing importance in child welfare/social work practice and how secondary traumatic stress is derived from the social worker-client relationship. Allow social workers to prevent and intervene in secondary traumatic stress in themselves, colleagues, clients, and organizations.
Requisites: SW 4223 and 12 hour Tier II Social Sciences and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4801 - Social Work Practice I
The first of the two semester senior social work practice courses, SW 4960 is designed to teach students the basic concepts and skills of generalist social work, focusing on both micropractice, particularly assessment of individuals and families, and macropractice, beginning assessment of organizations and communities. Classwork will focus on learning the skills of social work intervention with individuals and families, groups, and social systems at all levels. Introduces and guides students through the initial stages of practice evaluation used for purposes such as analyzing the level of goal attainment and the effectiveness of interventions with individuals, groups, families or communities. Concepts introduced in this course can be further processed in the accompanying field seminar and in field work practice. In the subsequent courses in the senior practice sequence, students will build on the skills and concepts introduced in this course.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4802 - Social Work Practice II
This is the second and final course in the undergraduate social work practice sequence. Develops the generalist intervention model and applies the model to working with families, groups, and communities, illustrating social work practitioners’ roles of counselor, educator, broker, case manager, advocate, and introduces roles of mobilizer and evaluator. Content related to the promotion of social and economic justice with oppressed and disadvantaged populations is introduced,with special attention to social injustice among racial and ethnic minorities, the economically disenfranchised, Appalachians and GLBT people. Focuses on the analytical and interactional skills associated with the problem solving model, by continuing the research project begun in SW 4960, now consisting of data collection, data analysis, and reporting writing assignments. Attention is also given to selected skills associated with the roles of broker, teacher, and advocate in effecting macro-level change. Builds on the community analysis experience from the first semester by writing an individual grant proposal that addresses specific identified community problems. Grant proposals, as an aspect of advocacy and brokerage, are identified as a means of partially rectifying economic and social injustice. Ethical dilemmas in practice and issues of diversity will be highlighted.
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4900 - Special Topics in Social Work
Specific course content will vary with offering.
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4900C - Special Topics in Social Work
Specific course content will vary with offering.
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4921 - Field Seminar I
First of a two semester series, taken concurrently with SW 4960 and 4920. Provides an opportunity to integrate field experience with coursework and personal reflection. Through discussion and journaling, students process activities, questions, and concerns related to the field practicum. Students develop analytical, written, and presentation skills through assignments focused on use of self within the context of a social service organization. A variety of practice issues are addressed in a regional context including diversity, social justice, social work values and ethics, self-understanding, and professional development. NOTE; this course may be retaken only once (excluding withdrawals) with permission.
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 seminar
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4922 - Field Seminar II
Second of two semester sequence, taken concurrently with SW 4970 and SW 4921. Students will integrate practice experiences with academic content utilizing a variety of in-class and out-of-class activities and assignments; students will demonstrate a variety of social work skills. NOTE: This course may be retaken only once (excluding withdrawal) with permission.
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 seminar
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4923 - Field Practicum I
First of a two semester sequence, taken concurrently with SW 4960 & SW 4910. A first semester placement experience, during which students begin with observation and gradually progress toward independently assuming the social work roles of teacher, broker, counselor/clinician, and advocate in generalist practice.
Credit Hours: 6
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 20.0 practicum
Eligible Grades: F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4924 - Field Practicum II
Second of a two semester sequence, taken concurrently with SW 4970 & 4911. A second semester placement experience, during which students gradually progress toward independently assuming the social work roles of teacher, broker, counselor/clinician, and advocate in generalist practice.
Credit Hours: 6
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 20.0 practicum
Eligible Grades: F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4930 - Independent Studies and Special Projects in Social Work
Student responsible for design and implementation of course of study or special project in area related to social work. Student interested in course must submit proposal for approval by department chair at least 30 days prior to enrollment in course.
Requisites: 12 Hours in SW
Credit Hours: 1 - 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 9.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 independent study
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4970T - Social Work Honors Tutorial
HTC thesis.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SW 4980T - Social Work Honors Tutorial
Final Social Work HTC
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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Sociology |
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SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology
Nature of human society and factors affecting its development. Fundamental concepts of sociology: culture, personality, socialization, social organization, groups, institutions.
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 2SS
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2000 - Contemporary Social Problems
Sociological perspectives on social problems considered. Emphasis on the social mechanisms that produce and reproduce images, explanations, causes, and consequences of social problems.
Requisites: SOC 1000 or (Soph or Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 2SS
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2040 - Animals and Human Society
Students will learn about relationships between humans and animals historically and cross-culturally, how the meanings attached to animals structure human-animal and animal-human interactions within several institutions, and how these meanings work to perpetuate hierachical human relationships such as racism and sexism. Several of the major philosophical positions regarding animal-human relations will be examined critically.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2100 - Introduction to Social Psychology
Patterning of individual behavior from social interactions. Analysis of individual-group relationships in various social settings. Current theory and research in social psychology.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2110 - Collective Behavior
Examines the emergence and significance of collective behavior in its many forms. Topics may include but are not limited to behavior in crowds; behavior in panics, disasters, fads and fashions, protests, and riots; rumor and communication processes; and the impact of collective behavior on society.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2200 - Introduction to the Family
Emphasis on American family and how it has been changing. Topics include interaction within family, family in relation to other institutions, mate selection, marriage and its alternatives, family disorganization, and future of American family.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2300 - Social Inequalities and Social Change
This course is a comprehensive survey of the sources, meaning, and consequences of social inequality in its multiple forms including age, class, gender, poverty/wealth, race/ethnicity, sexuality, and spatial dimensions. The course connects these forms to social change processes that can be both a source of or solution to inequality. Whether it is collective action, culture, development, the environment, globalization, population, social institutions, or social structure, social change has many sources, providing an arena for social inequality to play out and intersect in its various forms. Having taken this course, students will have received breadth in the coverage of social inequality and social change, enabling critical analysis of its dynamics and presence in their everyday lives and the larger society. Using a social injustice framework and an informed sociological imagination, the course is intended to prepare students for additional study in more focused and advanced topics in inequality.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2310 - Sociology of Health and Health Care
Examination of social definitions of health and disease, distributions of health and disease, and health care delivery. Particular attention devoted to medical education, various health care delivery systems, and contemporary social issues in medicine.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2330 - Sociology of Sport
A sociological examination of sport in the United States and its social organization as a major American institution. The course will examine the nature of sport, its social functions, and attempt to situate it in the wider contemporary and historical context of our society. Focus on topics such as: sport and socialization, violence/deviance in sport, sport and academic institutions, gender and race in sport,and the business of sport.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2600 - Criminal Justice
Examination of structures and decision processes of agencies that deal with crime and criminal offenders. An emphasis is placed on how practice is based on politically derived public policies, and how sociology can be used to analyze the practice of these agencies. Topics include criminal law, policing, court systems, sentencing, and corrections.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2610 - Deviant Behavior
Theory and research concerning the social processes through which behaviors and statuses come to be defined as deviant, individuals become identified as deviants, and social control practices are directed toward perceived deviants. Case studies of specific categories of deviant behavior, including criminality, suicide, drug addiction, and mental disorders.
Requisites: SOC 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2900 - Special Topics in Sociology
Specific course content will vary with offering.
Credit Hours: 1 - 15
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2970T - Honors Tutorial in Sociology
Honors tutorial on topics in Sociology for first year students. Topics vary.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2971T - Sociology Honors Tutorial
Honors tutorial on topics in Sociology for second year students. Topics vary.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2980T - Honors Tutorial in Sociology
Honors tutorial on topics in Sociology for first year students. Topics vary.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 2981T - Honors Tutorial in Sociology
Honors tutorial on topics in Sociology for second year students. Topics vary.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3000 - Development of Sociological Theory
This course offers an introduction to sociological theory. Students will examine the historical roots of sociological theory and understand major theoretical paradigms with an emphasis on social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3090 - Sociology of Appalachia
Intensive study of Appalachia from sociological perspective. Emphasis on population of Appalachia (number and distribution of inhabitants, characteristics of population, vital processes and migration), culture of rural poverty, acceptance of innovation and social change in Appalachia, major social institutions in area, and community power structure in Appalachia.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3150 - Social Identities
Identity is a very complex concept that has personal, social, political, and cultural dimensions. This course explores the social construction of identity at each of these levels of interaction.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3270 - Sociology of Education
School as social institution in relation to community and development of child; comparative systems of education; issues of access and inequality in delivery of educational services.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3290 - Race and Ethnic Relations
Racial and ethnic problems in society; causes and consequences of prejudice and discrimination. Focus on differences and patterns of inequality in the United States as well as other societies.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3300 - Sociology of Poverty
Critically examines how poverty is defined and measured, the competing theoretical perspectives and debates on poverty, the implications of research on the poor, the numerous forms of poverty and its consequences, and strategies and policy solutions for fighting poverty.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3310 - Class and Inequality
Causes and consequences of class and social inequality in selected societies. Critical examination of ideologies that claim to justify inequality.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3350 - Economic Sociology
This course examines the social structural, cultural, and political foundations of market exchange, the production of goods and services in the formal and informal economies, and consumption. A variety of theoretical approaches drawn from the political economy, social behavioral, sociology of culture, and social network traditions in sociology will be used to explore non-economic dimensions of economic structure and action.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3400 - Population and Society
Social and cultural determinations and consequences of changes in fertility, mortality, and migration. Current and historical national and international population policies and programs.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3500 - Elementary Research Techniques
An introduction to the techniques employed by social scientists to identify research problems, gather data, analyze data, and reach conclusions about their research ideas. Topics include how to identify a research problem, ways to develop data gathering procedures, techniques of gathering data, ways to summarize data, and ways to analyze data. The overall goal is to provide the tools to be able to design and carry out a research project.
Requisites: SOC 1000 and (404 or 3000) and (COMS 3520 or ECON 3810 or MATH 2500 or PSY 2110 or QBA 2010)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3520 - Field Studies in Sociology
Planning, execution, and writeup of empirical study, utilizing skills developed in 3500. Limited class meetings, conferences with instructor, research report.
Requisites: SOC 3500
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3560J - Writing in Sociology & Anthropology
Junior level composition course for Sociology and Anthropology majors and students in related fields. Combines writing instruction with consideration of substantive social science topics. Students try various styles of social science writing (book reviews; grant proposals; field notes; interviews; etc.). Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 13 HRS SOC/ANT
Requisites: 9 Hours in (ANTH or SOC)
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code: 1J
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3600 - Criminology
Theories and research in criminal behavior and societal reaction to criminality. Causes and consequences of crime.
Requisites: SOC 2600
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3630 - Juvenile Delinquency
Theories and research in delinquency. Causes and consequences of delinquent behavior among juveniles.
Requisites: SOC 2600
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3640 - Police and Society
Examines the nature and development of policing in the United States from a sociological perspective. Students are introduced to a broad range of topics including police decision making, procedural law, police culture, types of policing, police-minority relations, and police misconduct. Examines the changing role of police in society and the potential consequences these changes have for the development of social policy.
Requisites: SOC 2600
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3650 - Sociology of Mental Illness
Study of social and cultural foundations of mental illness, including review of historic and contemporary definitions of madness and treatment of mental illness. Distribution of mental illness in population and social factors related thereto. Nature of commitment process and legal, moral, and social implications of commitment. Examination of legal processes pertaining to criminal insanity.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3660 - Punishment and Society
Examination of history, operation, and problems of punishment. Patterns of prison organization, inmate group structure, personnel organization, and racism examined. Purpose and effectiveness of penal institutions described. Prisons, juvenile institutions, parole, halfway houses, and alternatives to punishment studied.
Requisites: SOC 2600
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3670 - Corporate and Governmental Crime
Examination of the nature, extent, and distribution of corporate, governmental, and other forms of white-collar crime. Practical issues of conducting research in these areas and the application of theory to specific cases. Particular instances of corporate and governmental crime.
Requisites: SOC 2600
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3680X - Immigration and Crime
This course will provide students with the basic knowledge about how immigration and crime intersect. The students will first learn the fundamentals of immigration, to include the basic history of immigration in the United States, the push and pull factors that bring immigrants to the United States, and contemporary issues relating to modern-day immigrants. The course will then cover the ways in which immigrants come in contact with the criminal justice system in this country.
Requisites: SOC 1000 and 6 hours in Sociology
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3720 - Sociology of Masculinity
This course examines developments in the study of men and masculinity. The course focuses on the construction of masculinity in sports, family, work, and other social relationships. The effects of masculine identity on people and social institutions will be a primary focus of the course. The course also explores how masculinity is affected by and affects racial, occupational, physical ability, and sexual identities.
Requisites: 6 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3930 - Readings in Sociology
Independent directed readings designed to expand student’s understanding in selected area of interest.
Requisites: Permission required
Credit Hours: 1 - 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 independent study
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3970T - Sociology Honors Tutorial
Honors tutorial on topics in Sociology for third year students. Topics vary.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 3980T - Sociology Honors Tutorial
Honors tutorial on topics in Sociology for third year students. Topics vary.
Requisites: HTC
Credit Hours: 1 - 12
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial
Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4000 - Emergent Topics in Sociological Theory
This advanced theory course offers an in-depth examination of current issues in sociological theory.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including (1000 and (404 or 3000))
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4130 - Media and Society
The proliferation of new media/technology and its impact upon social life; the dramatic impact of an intensely global visual culture upon social life; tensions in race, gender, and sexuality in representation; the resurgence and cultural functions of the real in box office documentary and reality television; ideological debates about media effects and violence; the limits of representation (images of death, torture, war, and genocide) and the end(s) of the social.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4140 - Contemporary Social Movements
Examines the meaning of social movements and contentious politics and their significance for producing social change in contemporary world societies. Using case studies of typical movements, the course emphasizes both radical and reform movements and their various dynamics and components including emergence and participation, organization, culture, identity, tactical repertoires, and outcomes among others.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4160 - Society and the Individual
An advanced examination of selected topics in sociological social psychology with emphasis on current theory and research.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4190 - Group Processes
This course introduces a range of theories of group processes, discusses research applications to social groups, and encourages students to apply these theories to contemporary groups. Communication patterns, social networks, social roles, status processes, and solidarity are among topics covered. Current research literature is stressed.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4210 - Comparative Studies of Family
The institution of marriage and family will be examined and analyzed with regard to families from different cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. Special emphasis on the significance of social and cultural determinants of family life in the United States.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4220 - The American Family System
Development of the family system throughout history with an emphasis on how changing patterns and conditions led to the formation of the American family. Problems and challenges, both at the micro and macro levels, faced by the American family today are also examined.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4240 - Urban Sociology
Examines the social and cultural character of cities and how urban spaces shape, and are shaped by, social life. Draws on competing social theories of urban life to explore factors that have influenced the historical development of cities. Examines processes of industrialization, urbanization, and suburbanization. Other topics include ethnic segregation and the spatial patterning of inequality, uses of urban space, the social and moral order of the neighborhood, urban subcultures, urban imagery and symbolism, gentrification, and the impact of globalization on urban life.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4280 - Sociology of Religion
Interrelationship between religious institution and social structure from comparative perspective and with particular reference to American society.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4300 - Sociology of Organization
This course concentrates on the structure and process of formal organizations. We study various organizational forms, including bureaucracies and nonprofits, in detail. We will also explore the major theoretical perspectives for understanding how organizations function. The course will also explore the impact of organizations on individual identity, autonomy, and power.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4320 - Political Sociology
This course examines authority and power relationships in both the state and civil society that influence structure and agency within key societal institutions at all levels, from the local to the global. A variety of class, historical-institutional, organizational, cultural, and social network perspectives are used to explore how power relationships develop, are institutionalized, and are challenged.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4330 - Sociology of Work
This course scrutinizes the ways women and men work in the United States and how the work we do affects our lives. Using a sociological perspective, we will critically examine the structure of work, major economic changes, and concerns of workers such as earnings, promotions, unemployment and the balance between work and family. In an effort to understand many of the inequalities related to work, we will challenge both the structure of our society as well as many of our commonly held unquestioned beliefs.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4500 - Data Analysis
This course develops the ability to analyze research data in the social sciences. The linkages among measurement, statistics, and interpretation of results in social research will be explored. Unscheduled computer laboratory commitment is required.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including (1000 and 3500)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Courts
This course is designed to introduce students to a sociological perspective on the importance and impact of the court system in American society. We will examine the court’s structural and cultural features as well as how court officials create and move cases through to various institutional outcomes.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4640 - Law in Societies
Explores the fundamental roles that law plays in organizing contemporary social life. Considers various ways of understanding law’s complex presence: how law shapes and enables routine social interaction, how law constructs differences among people and their actions, how law mediates and enforces power relationships, and how law matters for the kind of societies we have. Our inquiries will examine official legal institutions and actors, but the class will emphasize how law works as a complex array of norms, symbols, discourses, and practices that infuse and shape all aspects of social life, from everyday social interaction to social movements and official legal institutions and actors. The course draws from the U.S. experience as well as historical, international, and transnational perspectives.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4650 - Social Change
Dynamics and processes by which social change takes place; major theories of change; industrialization and modernization; social evolution and revolution; planned change; social impact of change.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4670 - Violence Against Women
Examines related forms of violence where women are the predominant victims, with a major emphasis on forcible rape and woman physical abuse. Other forms of violence against women may be included, such as stalking, rape in marriage, incest and other related subjects. The place of masculinities, the development of a rape culture, and the role of the media, including pornography, will be examined. The course will include both theoretical and empirical findings and developments.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4680 - Crimes Against Humanity: Confronting and Responding to Mass Atrocity and Genocide
How social scientists, criminologists, and other intellectuals have sought to make sense of genocide and mass atrocity; the challenge of mass violence for criminology and law; and responses to mass atrocity by local, national and transnational actors.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4690 - Crime, Risk, and Governance
Upper-level undergraduate seminar designed to survey an emergent area of inquiry, the sociology of risk, in its multiple and varied forms, including the rise of world “risk society,” actuarialism, governmentatilty, and edgework. Course focuses upon how individuals render comprehensible a world of risk; how these perceptions and experiences are shaping and shaped by social life; and how we construct justice and state governance in such contexts.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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SOC 4700 - Sociology of Gender
This course explores the social and cultural construction of gender as a fundamental basis of social relations and institutions and the micro and macro narratives we tell about those interpersonal relations and institutions. Focus includes sociological theories of gender, and an examination of gender in areas such as sexuality, identity, the body, education, marriage, family, violence, health, paid and unpaid work, popular culture, politics, and the history of the discipline itself.
Requisites: 9 Hours in SOC including 1000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
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