Winter Courses
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SOC 105: Introduction to Sociology
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: F SBC: SBS
A general introduction to the science of sociology, emphasizing sociological theory and methods. Students are taught what is unique about the way in which sociologists analyze human behavior and society. Differences between the sociological perspective and perspectives of other social sciences are emphasized. There is also a heavy emphasis on the types of methods and data that sociologists use to test the validity of their ideas.
SessionWinter Class #1109 Section30 InstructorIda Nikou ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen -
SOC 200: Medicine and Society
Undergraduate 3 credits
SBC: SBS
An examination of some traditional concerns of the humanities and social sciences as they occur in basic health care and its delivery. Practicing physicians or other health care professionals present clinical cases to emphasize such topics as allocation of scarce resources, issues of dying and refusing treatment, confidentiality, and cultural factors and disease. Discussion focuses on the social, historical, ethical, and humanistic import of the cases.
SessionWinter Class #1323 Section30 InstructorMisty Curreli ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen -
SOC 201: Research Methods in Sociology
Undergraduate 3 credits
SBC: ESI
Methods of collecting and analyzing empirical data to test sociological hypotheses. Emphasis is on multivariate analysis of tabular and statistical data.
SessionWinter Class #1110 Section30 InstructorDanielle Lucksted ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusClosed SessionWinter Class #1131 Section31 InstructorHannah Judson ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen -
SOC 248: Social Probl in Global Perspec
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: F SBC: GLO; SBS+
Examination of contemporary social problems in the United States, identifying how each problem is experienced in other countries, and how each is connected to global level processes or institutions. Such problems as urbanization, drugs and crime, unemployment, and environmental degradation are considered.
SessionWinter Class #1421 Section30 InstructorJohn Shandra ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusClosed -
SOC 315: Sociology of Technology
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: H SBC: STAS
Social systems and the various "tools" they develop to shape their environment. Concentration on technologies of highly developed, modern societies and on ethical issues involved in attempts to guide the development and effects of these technologies. Consideration is given to the role of technology in all societies, from the simplest to the most developed.
SessionWinter Class #1422 Section30 InstructorHao Lin ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen -
SOC 336: Social Change
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: F SBC: SBS+
Development and modernization are studied in a historical and comparative perspective that emphasizes the universality of social change in human societies. The approach is macrosociological, focusing on broad patterns of change in economic, social, and political organization in the modern era. Revolutions as dramatic instances of socio-political change receive particular attention.
SessionWinter Class #1423 Section30 InstructorJose Guevara Fino ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen -
SOC 340: Sociology of Human Reproductn
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: H SBC: STAS
A study of the links between biological reproduction and the socioeconomic and cultural processes that affect and are affected by it. The history of the transition from high levels of fertility and mortality to low levels of both; different kinship, gender, and family systems around the world and their links to human reproduction; the value of children in different social contexts; and the social implications of new reproductive technologies. This course is offered as both SOC 340 and WST 340.
SessionWinter Class #1130 Section30 InstructorDuygu Alpan ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusOpen -
SOC 344: Environmental Sociology
Undergraduate 3 credits
DEC: F SBC: GLO; SBS+
Analysis of how populations gain sustenance from their environments through organization, information, and technology. Evolution of technology and its ecological consequences for population growth, urbanization, social stratification, environmental destruction, and the quality of life. Problems in managing the human environment and communities.
SessionWinter Class #1141 Section30 InstructorKajol Patel ModeOnline Asynchronous DaysFlexible (Online) TimeTBA CampusWest (Main Campus) StatusClosed - Modify search