Sociology and Anthropology Courses [200-286]

[200-286] [287-588] [589-960] [SOCI 961-ANTH 293]

SOCI 200. Sociological Theory and Society. 3 crs. Presents social theories before the nineteenth century and the subsequent development of sociology.

SOCI 201. History of Social Thought. 3 crs. Examines the thoughts of pre-Socratic thinkers to Renaissance thinkers.

SOCI 210. Elementary Statistics. 3 crs. Focuses on statistical methods applied to social data, employing measures of central tendency, dispersion, bivariate tests for significant differences and association, and simple regression.

SOCI 211. Sociological Methods. 3 crs. Basic methods and techniques employed in sociological research.

SOCI 219. Advanced Statistics I. 3 crs. Focuses on the application of multivariate statistical methods to social data, employing two measures: linear regression and analysis of variance. Prereq.: 025-110.

SOCI 221. Collective Behavior. 3 crs. Explores mobs, panics, mass behavior, public opinion, propaganda, social movements, revolutions and reform as incipient changes in the social order.

SOCI 230. Principles of Demography. 3 crs. Overview of demographic variables, with emphasis on fertility, morbidity, migration, and urbanization and the relationships between population growth and other social and economic factors.

SOCI 231. Introduction to Human Ecology. 3 crs. Focuses on the interrelationships between population, resources, and environment; the implications for population growth; natural and human resources utilization; and environmental concern. Approach adapted from demography and human ecology.

SOCI 232. Population. 3 crs. Deals with the volume, composition, quality, growth, trends, and distribution of population, along with the relationship of populations to social organization.

SOCI 233. Women in Development. 3 crs. Discusses critical theoretical research issues, associated with international development, focusing on the position of women in various cultural contexts.

SOCI 240. Urban Sociology. 3 crs. Examines the urban community, its patterns, and its institutions, and includes supervised projects in urban research materials and techniques.

SOCI 250. Social Stratification. 3 crs. Examination of the causes and social, economic, and psychological effects of differentials in rank and status in society.

SOCI 251. Sociology of Poverty. 3 crs. Examines the underlying causes and the social, psychological, and political consequences of poverty; the socioeconomic characteristics and family life of the poor; and the community services and programs designed to alleviate poverty.

SOCI 255. Sociology of Power. 3 crs. Analyzes power in the contemporary context, then in general perspective, with special emphasis on its role in social change.

SOCI 260. Sociology of African-Americans (formerly Negro in America). 3 crs. Examines blacks as a minority group in American society.

SOCI 261. Problems of the Black Community. 3 crs. Study of the social structure of the black community and social movements directed towards social change.

SOCI 265. Intergroup Relations. 3 crs. Comparative survey of majority-minority relations, determining factors, consequences for groups and individuals, and strategies for altering. Prereq.: 025-020.

SOCI 270. Principles of Criminal Justice. 3 crs. Analyzes the various segments of the criminal justice system, including the means by which these segments depend upon each other for their perpetuation, and compares the theoretical purposes of the criminal justice system and its present-day practices.

SOCI 271. Social Disorganization. 3 crs. Same as 025-171.

SOCI 272. Social Change and the Criminal Justice System. 3 crs. An analysis of the impact of social, economic, and political change on the structure and function of key criminal justice agencies. Prereq.: 025-070 or 025-170.

SOCI 273. Deviance and the Community. 3 crs. Study of the types of individual and institutional forms of deviance, with an assessment of theoretical approaches to it.

SOCI 274. Police, Law, and Society. 3 crs. Examination of the role of the police and their use and misuse of law, with attention to society’s role in controlling and approving police practices, along with the part society plays in encouraging and approving police malpractice. SOCI 275. Sociology of Law. 3 crs. Examination of law as a form of social control; analysis of relationships between law and society.

SOCI 276. Victimology. 3 crs. Examination of the offender-victim relationship as a causative factor in crime.

SOCI 280. The Family. 3 crs. Explores the family as a social institution, the relation of the family to the community, family organization and disorganization, and the family and personality development.

SOCI 283. Introduction to Medical Sociology. 3 crs. Overview of the development of social medicine and the sociology of medicine, examining major areas of activity in medical sociology. Distinction is made between sociology of medicine and sociology in medicine, with concentration on the former.

SOCI 284. Seminar: Sociology of Mental Health. 3 crs. Deals with sociological theories and the etiology of mental disorder; research on social epidemiology and ecology; the impact of social structure; popular conceptions of mental health and deviance; and emerging ideologies of mental disciplines.

SOCI 286. Death and Dying. 3 crs. Reviews research and theory relating to attitudes and behavior relating to death and dying.