SOCIOLOGY (SOC)

uSOC 1010. Introduction to Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Fundamental concepts and basic principles underlying human social relations.

SOC 1020. An Orientation to Sociology. Lec. 2. Credit 1.
A course required for all sociology majors, designed to assist the student in acquiring basic knowledge and skills necessary to be a successful sociology major. Additional focus upon personal and academic adjustments to college in general. May be taken at the same time as SOC 1010. Must be taken at first opportunity after declaration of sociology as a major.

uSOC (ANTH) 1100. Introduction to Anthropology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Overview of the physical and cultural development of human beings from prehistoric times to the present.

SOC 1650. Social Problems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Contemporary social problems.

SOC (ANTH) 2100. Cultural Ecology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Interaction between human cultural systems and the physical environment in prehistoric through modern times.

SOC 2110. Social Class and Inequality in America. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Current and comprehensive description of the social class structure, socioeconomic inequality, and related politics of American society.

SOC 2200. Gender and Society. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. A sociological perspective on the development and operation of gender. The effects of culture and social structure on personal lives.

SOC 2630. Marriage and Family Relations. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. A sociological approach to marriage and family living, dating, male-female roles, mate selection, martial adjustment, parenthood, widowhood, divorce, and remarriage.

SOC (CJ) 2660. Criminology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Crime, the criminal, and society's responses to the behavior.

SOC 2840. The Aged in American Society. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Analysis of social, psychological, and economic problems in aging.

SOC 3100. Sociological Theory. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 3150. Social Psychology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. This course will examine how individuals shape and are shaped by their social situations.  There will be a particular emphasis on the symbolic interaction perspective with the goal of helping students better understand their identities and social interactions.

SOC 3300. Occupational Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. The social dimensions of occupations (both legitimate and deviant) with an emphasis on the troubles and tensions workers encounter.

SOC 3550. Applied Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Applications of sociological knowledge and its relation to the context of interaction between sociologists and policy-makers.

SOC 3600. Environmental Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Explores the relationship between society and the physical environment with emphasis on environmental usage patterns, environmental justice issues, and the causes and consequences of environmental pollution and over-population problems, with an orientation toward possible solutions of these problems.

SOC (CJ) 3650. Juvenile Delinquency. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. The study of the causes of juvenile misconduct, possible responses to the problem, and the system of juvenile justice.

SOC 3710. Urban Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. History of urbanization. Analysis of contemporary urban society and its social problems.

SOC 3720. Rural Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Development of rural society, its relationship to urban society, and contemporary rural social problems.

SOC 3730. Technology and Society. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Relationships of different types of technologies to different types of social and cultural systems.

SOC (SW) 3900. Introduction to Social Research. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 and three hours of sociology or consent of instructor. Methods of sociological research including considerations of research design, strategies, techniques, and procedures.

SOC 3910. Social Science Statistical Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 3900, three hours of mathematics. Introduction to basic statistics and their uses in the social sciences.

SOC (CJ) 4010 (5010). Organized Crime. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Organized crime in America as a product of legal, historical, cultural, and economic forces.

SOC (ANTH) (CJ) 4040 (5040). Law and Culture. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4080 (5080). Sociology of Appalachia. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of the instructor. An exploration of the people, culture, and political economy of Appalachia.

SOC 4090 (5090). Cross Cultural Communications and Cultural Diversity. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: 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.

SOC 4120 (5120).  Sociology of Death and Dying.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites:  SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of 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.

SOC 4210 (5210). Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4220 (5220). Sociology of Mass Communications. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4320 (5320). Sociology of Religion. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4330 (5330). Population and Social Process. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Sociological analysis of the interrelationship between particular population characteristics and patterns of social organization.

SOC 4430 (5430). People in Organizations. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4500 (5500). Sociology of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Sociological analysis of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, issues in prevention and rehabilitation, and implications for education.

SOC 4510 (5510). Social Deviance. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4610 (5610). Contemporary American Family. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Models of family organization, variations in the institutional pattern, kinship, and basic social trends affecting the family.

SOC (CJ) 4660 (5660). Corrections. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Correctional services, practices, and issues with particular attention to the maximum security adult institution.

SOC (NURS) (PSY) 4810. Concepts of Gerontology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: PSY 3200 or 3300 or SOC 1010. Physical and psychosocial aging processes. Issues in the care of the senior adult.

SOC 4830 (5830). Medical Sociology. Lec. 3. Credit 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.

SOC 4860 (5860). Social Movements and Social Change. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or 1100 or consent of instructor. Analysis of social movements and other kinds of planned and unplanned change in society.

SOC (CJ) (SW) 4900 (5900). Internship. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Nine 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. (May be taken once for upper division credit to fulfill major or minor requirements and a second time as a general elective.)

SOC 4920 (5920). Data Analysis and Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 3910 or consent of instructor. The techniques of management and analysis of quantitative social science data from primary and secondary sources.

SOC 4925. Intership. Credit 9.
Prerequisite: Junior standing, GPA of at least 3.00, and acceptance in a time intensive internship program. Directed study and research while students participate in an internship that requires they work at least 30 hours a week for a minimum of 10 weeks. (Note: Only six hours may be counted as "approved courses" in the major. The remaining three hours count as upper division electives.)

SOC 4930 (5930). Field Research Methods. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: SOC 3900 or consent of instructor. An in-depth examination and direct involvement with various qualitative research tools and techniques used by sociologists.

SOC 4950 (5950). Independent Study. Credit 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.

SOC 4970, 4980, 4990 (5970, 5980, 5990). Special Topics. Credit 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Seminar or lecture course on a selected topic, issue, or interest area in sociology.

SOC 4999. Senior Seminar. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: SOC 3100, 3910, 4920 or 4930, or by permission of instructor. Capstone course designed to be taken by sociology majors in the senior year. Course reviews major areas in the field of sociology in preparation for the Major Field Exam and in preparation for professional life.