School of Liberal Arts: Sociology
2008-2009 Academic Year
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the change process, levels of practice, and social problems affecting clients and
practitioners.
SOCI 121 Sociology of Religion (3)
Staff. Introduces students to sociological study of religious phenomena, including
religious beliefs, practices, and behaviors as conditioned by sociological factors.
A key emphasis is the relationship between religious systems and other social
institutions, e.g., politics, family, economy, and social stratification.
SOCI 130 Criminology (3)
Staff. Emphasizes the public's perception of "the crime problem" and various
sociological measures of amounts and trends of criminal behavior in society.
Causal and noncausal theories of criminality, and the sociological implications of
various selected offenses are explored.
SOCI 140 Sociology of Sport (3)
Staff. An analysis of the structure and functions of sports in contemporary
American society. Topics include the relationship between sports, socialization,
ideology, sports and totemism, the organization of sports, and the economics of
sports.
SOCI 146 Asian American Communities (3)
Staff. This course will provide a sociological introduction to America's rapidly
growing Asian American populations and to the major issues facing these
populations. Same as ASTA 146.
SOCI 147 Global Social Change (3)
Staff. Examines global change and its implications for individuals and groups via
exploration of issues of globalization of the economy, international development,
urbanization, immigration, social movements, changing gender relations, etc.
Emphasis will be placed on how such changes have come about and course focus
will be international in scope with emphasis on Latin America, Asia, and/or
Africa.
SOCI 151 Work in American Society (3)
Staff. Examines the concepts of occupations, professions, and work organizations.
It considers issues about employee selection, job involvement, alienation,
satisfaction, performance, and compensation; industrial mental health, occupation
safety, health and medicine; social conditions of work in bureaucratic
organizations, work groups and union membership; supervision and human
resource management; and the changing conditions of work resulting from
technological change, social change, shifts in the occupational structure and the
interface of work with other institutions such as the family.
SOCI 160 Environmental Sociology (3)
Staff. This course examines political and economic aspects of global and local
environmental problems. Topics include how societies and the environment
interact, why some environmental risks have gained most attention, how support
for environmental concerns can be measured, responses by environmental social
movements, and visions of sustainable societies in the First and Third Worlds.