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Department of Sociology and Political Science (SOC)
Gretta G. Stanger, Chairperson
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY: Ada Haynes, Henry W. Mannle, Harsha N. Mookherjee, Jerome L. Neapolitan, Gwendolyn Lachelle Norris, Gretta G. Stanger.
No degree is offered in Sociology or Philosophy but courses may be used (with advisory committee approval) as electives in other fields of study.
COURSES
SOC (CJ) 4010 (5010). Organized Crime. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. organized crime in America as a product of legal, historical, cultural, and economic forces. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC (CJ) 4040 (5040). Law and Culture (Anthropology). Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. A comparative cross-cultural analysis of primitive, traditional, and modern attitudes toward law, social control, punishment, and individual responsibility. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4080 (5080). Sociology of Appalachia. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. An exploration of the people, culture, and political economy of Appalachia. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4090 (5090). Cross Cultural Communications and Cultural Diversity. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. An examination of the socio-cultural context of communication with emphasis upon enhancing communication skills across cultures. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4120 (5120). Sociology of Death and Dying. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1100 or consent of the instructor. The social and cultural dimensions of death and dying in American society with emphasis on the meaning of death, the death industry, the social context of death and dying, and bereavement. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4210 (5210). Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Ethnic and cultural variations in the U.S. and similar mass societies. Emphasis on economic, political, and social relationships between ethnic groups. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4220 (5220). Sociology of Mass Communications. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Historical and organizational analysis of various mass media and their content. Social issues and the mass media. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4320 (5320). Sociology of Religion. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Cross-cultural analysis of religion as a social factor at the societal, organizational, and personality systems levels. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4330 (5330). Population and Social Process. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Sociological analysis of the interrelationship between particular population characteristics and patterns of social organization. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4430 (5430). People in Organizations. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Analysis of the structures and processes of large bureaucratic organizations, with emphasis on individuals' relationships to them. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4500 (5500). Sociology of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Sociological analysis of alcohol abuse and alcoholism; issues in prevention and rehabilitation; implications for education. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4510 (5510). Social Deviance. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Examination of various groups who are identified as deviant due to their unacceptable behavior and relative powerlessness. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4610 (5610). Contemporary American Family. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Models of family organization; variations in the institutional pattern; kinship; basic social trends affecting the family. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC (CJ) 4660 (5660). Corrections. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Correctional services, practices and issues with particular attention to the maximum security adult institution. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4720 (5720). Sociological Theories.
Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 and junior standing or consent of
instructor. Survey of the development of major schools of thought
in modern sociology with instruction and evaluation in oral
presentations.
Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4810 (5810). Concepts of Gerontology. Lec. 3. Cr. 3
Prerequisite: PSY 3200 or 3300 or SOC 1010. Physical and psychosocial aging processes. Issues in the care of the senior adults. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4830 (5830). Medical Sociology. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Examination of the significance of the complex relationship between attitudes, beliefs relating to the underlying causes of disease, the level of health characteristics, appropriate treatment practices and the role of the healer in various groups and societies. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4860 (5860). Social Movements and Social Change. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Analysis of social movements and other kinds of planned and unplanned change in society. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4900 (5900). Internship in Sociology. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: 9 hours of sociology. See instructor prior to enrolling. Students are placed with and work in a public or private agency which is compatible with their interests. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4910 (5910). Independent Study (Anthropology). Cr. 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Allows the student to undertake study in an area of anthropology where there is no appropriate course. May be taken twice, provided that the topic is different. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4920 (5920). Data Analysis and Management. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 3910 or consent of instructor. The techniques of management and analysis of quantitative social science data from primary and secondary sources. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4930 (5930). Field Research Methods. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 2900 or consent of instructor. An in-depth examination and direct involvement with various qualitative research tools and techniques used by sociologists. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4950 (5950). Independent Study. Cr. 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Allows the student to undertake study in an area of sociology where there is no appropriate course. May be taken twice, provided that the topic is different. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4960 (5960). Special Topics (Anthropology). Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Seminar or lecture course on a selected topic, issue, or interest area in anthropology. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 4970-80-90 (5970-80-90). Special Topics. Cr. 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Seminar or lecture course on a selected topic, issue, or interest area in sociology. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
SOC 5680. Seminar in Comparative Family Institutions. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Cross-cultural analysis of family institutions, focusing mainly on a comparative study of social organizations.
Criminal Justice (CJ)
CJ (SOC) 4010 (5010). Organized Crime. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Organized crime in America as a product of legal, historical, cultural and economic forces. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ (SOC) 4040 (5040). Law and Culture (Anthropology). Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. A comparative cross-cultural analysis of primitive, traditional, and modern attitudes toward law, social control, punishment, and individual responsibility. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ 4100 (5100). Probation and Parole. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Probation and parole services with special attention to current practices and issues. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ 4120 (5120). Treatment Methods. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Individual and group methods used in counseling and treating offenders in both the institutional and community setting. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ 4250 (5250). Drugs and Behavior. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Relationships between drugs or drug groupings and human behavior, including toxicity, behavioral symptoms and historical aspects of drug abuse. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ (SOC) 4660 (5660). Corrections. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Correctional services, practices and issues with particular attention to the maximum security adult institution. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ 4700 (5700). Independent Study. Cr. 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Allows the student to undertake study in an area of criminology or criminal justice where there is no appropriate course. May be taken twice, provided that the topic is different. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ 4900 (5900). Internship in Criminal Justice. Cr. 3.
Prerequisite: 9 hours of sociology. See instructor prior to enrolling. Students are placed with and work in a public or private agency which is compatible with their interests. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
CJ 4970-80-90 (5970-80-90). Special Topics. Cr. 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Seminar or lecture course on a selected topic, issue, or interest area in criminology or criminal justice Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.
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