SOC 1010-100 – Introductory Sociology (3)

Required core course for SOC major/minor.

Mullins, enrl 180, TR 9:30am - 10:20am

The fundamental concepts and principles of sociology, with special attention to sociological theory and research methods. Survey of the diverse substantive fields in the discipline, with a primary emphasis on the institutions in contemporary American society.

SOC 1010-002 – Introductory Sociology (3)

Required core course for SOC major/minor.

Unlu, enrl 35, TR 3:30pm - 4:45pm

The fundamental concepts and principles of sociology, with special attention to sociological theory and research methods. Survey of the diverse substantive fields in the discipline, with a primary emphasis on the institutions in contemporary American society.

SOC 2230 - Criminology (3)

Buckelew, enrl 120, TR 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Socio-cultural conditions affecting the definition, recording, and treatment of delinquency and crime. Examination of Theories of deviant behavior, the role of the police, judicial and corrective systems and the victim in criminal behavior.

SOC 2320 – Gender & Society (3)

Zeno, enrl 60, TR 4:00pm - 4:50pm

This course emphasizes gender in the United States in today’s world. We begin with how gender role socialization, education, language and the media teach us our places as female and male. Then we go on to examine how the genders fare in the major social institutions of our society: the family, the economic sector, the polity, the military, the criminal justice sector, the religious sphere and the health/sports sector. We examine how we got to where we are and how we compare with other women and men in other ages and other places. We conclude by assessing where the genders are heading in the 21st Century.

SOC 2442 – Systems of Inequality (3)

Siliunas, enrl 60, MW 12:00pm - 12:50pm

This course will examine various types of inequality (race, class, gender) in the US and abroad. We will discuss sociological theories covering various dimensions of inequality, considering key research findings and their implications. We will examine to what extent ascriptive characteristics impact a person's life chances, how social structures are produced and reproduced, and how individuals are able or unable to negotiate these structures.

SOC 2470 – American Society & Popular Culture (3)

Platts, enrl 60, MW 5:00pm - 5:50pm

This course is an early level course, which aims to introduce students to a sociological perspective on popular culture, and to examine the working of selected sociological concepts in several examples of popular culture. A familiarity with introductory level sociology is suggested, but not required. The course has two parts. In the first we will become acquainted with sociological perspectives and theories on culture; in the second we will look at several popular novels and movies and discuss how they might be interpreted sociologically.

2680 – Introduction to Demography

Sullivan, enrl 35, MW 2:00pm - 2:50pm

2820 – Sociology of Ignorance

Mullins, enrl 35, TR 11:00am - 12:15pm

SOC 2870 – Immigration and Society

Vickerman, enrl 60, MW 6:00pm - 7:15pm

SOC 3020 – Introduction to Social Theory (3)

Kumar, enrl 60, TR 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Required core course for SOC major.

An introduction to the major theoretical issues and traditions in sociology, especially as developed in the writings of Marx, and Durkheim. Sociology majors generally take this course in their third year.

SOC 3100 – Feminist Theory (3)

Zeno, enrl 35, TR 12:30m - 1:45pm

Feminist Theory offers a focused exploration of ways that late 20th Century and early 21st Century feminist theorists challenge, alter and deploy central concerns and paradigms of Western cultural assumption. Although Feminist Theory as a category incorporates interdisciplinary and global perspectives, the slant of this course is a focus on Western culture and Feminist Social Theory.

SOC 3130 - Introduction to Social Statistics (4)

Wilcox, enrl 72, MW 9:00am - 9:50am

Prerequisite: SOC 3120, required core course for SOC major.

Elementary statistical methods for social science applications. Topics include summarizing data with graphs and descriptive measures, generalizing from a sample to a population as in opinion polls, and determining the relationship between two variables. No special mathematical background is required, and students will be taught basic computer techniques. Three hours of lecture, two hours of laboratory work. Majors are expected to take this course in their third year.

SOC 3310 – Sociology of Self (3)

Skubby, enrl 35, TR 3:30pm - 4:45pm

What is the difference between individual and self? Do we carry a fixed, unchangeable self inside, or do we have as many selves as the situations in which we commonly find ourselves? Can we go as far as saying that the self comes from the outside, and if so, when do we internalize it? At birth, once and for all? Or repeatedly and in everyday life? We will explore these questions and more as we venture into an exciting field-sociology of the self.

SOC 3410 – Race & Ethnic Relations (3)

Buckelew, enrl 35, TR 9:30am - 10:45am

Introduces the study of race and ethnic relations, including the social and economic conditions promoting prejudice, racism, discrimination, and segregation. Examines contemporary American conditions, and historical and international materials.

SOC 3490 – Cities & Cultures (3)

Makarova, enrl 35, TR11:00am - 12:15pm

Explores the ways in which physical environments shape and are shaped by social life. Examines the relationship between urban space and culture in different historical and social settings, though there is a particular focus on the rise and development of modernity as expressed through the experience of particular cities.

SOC 3700 – Health & Society (3)

Skubby, enrl 35, MW 2:00pm - 3:15pm

This course explores the social dimensions of health and illness, focusing especially on the social experience of illness, the social determinants of disease, and the role and meaning of medicine and public health in modern U.S. society. The class examines how we define health problems and their solutions, and it considers the ways in which race, gender, class, age, and sexuality matter for understanding health- related experiences and discourses.

SOC 4054 – Political Sociology (3)

Wang, enrl 20, TR 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Prerequisites: Six credits of sociology or permission of instructor

This course studies the relationship between social structure and political institutions. Competing theories about such topics as power structures, political participation, ideology, party affiliation, voting 23 behavior, and social movements are discussed in the context of recent research on national and local

politics in the U.S.

SOC 4055 – Law, Inequality and Social Change (3)

Gorman, enrl 20, MW 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Prerequisites: Six credits of sociology or permission of instructor

After a brief history of legal sociology during the past century, the course introduces and elaborates a sociological theory of legal behavior. The primary focus is the case, a specific legal conflict. The theory explains the handling of each case with its social structure, such as the social closeness and social elevation of the parties. Although the course is primarily scientific in emphasis, the practical relevance of the theory is addressed.

SOC 4100 – Black Community Life (3)

Foster, enrl 20, MW 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Prerequisites: Six credits of sociology or permission of instructor

Study of a comprehensive contemporary understanding of the history, struggle and diversity of the African-American community.

SOC 4140 – Sociology of Consumption (3)

Makarova, enrl 20, TR 3:30pm - 4:45pm

Prerequisites: Six credits of sociology or permission of instructor

This course considers the nature and effects of consumer society; it explores the theories, practices, and politics of modern consumption. Topics include the historical development of consumer society; the role of consumption in creating personal and political identities; the cultural and social meanings of seemingly impersonal objects like money; the commodification of social life; the effects of globalization on the practices of consumption.

4510 – Topics in Sociology of Work

Sarioglu, enrl 25, TR 2:00pm - 3:15pm

4530 – Topics in Sociology of Health

Skubby, enrl 20, TR 11:00am - 12:15pm

SOC 4550 – Topics in Ethics & Society (3)

Zeno, enrl 20, TR 9:30am - 10:45am

SOC 4559 – New Course in Sociology – Topic: Memory and Justice (3)

Olick, enrl 20, MW 3:30pm - 4:45pm

Study historical, legal, political, and ethical consequences of difficult and traumatic pasts and responses to them in case studies of transitional justice, truth and reconciliation, memory wars, commemoration/decommemoration and museum controversies, from Ancient Athens, to Reconstruction, the aftermath of WWII and the Vietnam war, focusing on debates about monuments and decommemoration in the U.S. and elsewhere as to the legacies of colonialism

SOC 4780 – The Politics of Data

Sullivan, enrl 20, MW 4:00pm - 5:15pm

SOC 4850 – Media Culture & Society (3)

Mullins, enrl 20, TR 8:00am - 9:15am

Prerequisites: Six credits of sociology or permission of instructor

This seminar aims to foster a critical media literacy, whereby students learn to read and criticize the texts of their cultural environment. It will analyze some alternative approaches to the study of culture, and it will display the merits of a multi-perspective method. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the issues of success, power, gender, class, race, and ethnicity. The seminar will use both print and film texts.

SOC 1010 – Introductory Sociology

Required core course for SOC major/minor.

Platt, enrl 25, June 17 – July 12, MTWRF 10:30am - 12:45pm

SOC 2559 – Drugs and Society

Buckelew, July 15 – August 8, MTWRF 10:30am – 12:45am

SOC 3020 – Introduction to Social Theory

Thomson, enrl 30, May 20 – June 14, MTWRF1:00pm – 3:15pm

SOC 3120 – Sociology Research Workshop

Skubby, enrl 25, May 20 – June 14, MTWRF 10:30am - 12:45pm

An introduction to data analysis and data processing, as well as the conceptualization of
sociological problems. Emphasis on individual student projects

SOC 3130 - Introduction to Social Statistics (3) Session III

Newitt, enrl 25, July 15 – August 8, MTWRF 10:30 am – 12:45 pm