SOCI 108 Deviant Behavior (3)
Examines forms of human behavior that have been defined as "deviant" by the larger society. An emphasis is placed on understanding the social construction of such definitions, especially their cross-cultural variations, as well as motivations and social i mplications for those whose behavior is judged as deviant.

SOCI 109 Social Problems (3)
Examination of critical contemporary social problems and social policy options. Emphasis is placed on understanding the multidimensional sources of crisis, unrest, and instability as well as policy options and tradeoffs associated with ameliorative effort s. Topics vary by semester and instructor.

SOCI 115 Introduction to Social Work (3)
Introduces students to the profession and practice of social work. Examines principles, functions, knowledge base, and history of social work. Topics include the change process, levels of practice, and social problems affecting clients and practitioners.<

SOCI119 First Year Writing Seminar (4)

SOCI 121 Sociology of Religion (3)
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)
Emphasizes the public's perception of "the crime problem" and various sociological measures of amounts and trends of criminal behavior in society. Causal and non-causal theories of criminality, and the sociological implications of various selected offense s are explored.

SOCI 140 Sociology of Sport (3)
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)
This course will provide a sociological introduction to America's rapidly growing Asian American populations and to the major issues facing these populations.

SOCIOLOGY 147 Global Social Change (3)
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 plac ed 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)
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 medi cine; 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)
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.

SOCI 201 Foundations of Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: three credits of sociology at the 100-level or approval of instructor. To provide substantive exposure to basic sociological concepts, theories, methods, and tools.

SOCI 205 Population and Society (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. An examination of the dynamic relationship between population and society. The course focuses on the contemporary demography of developed and developing countries, with an emphasis on societal problems lin ked to population.

SOCI 210 Special Topics in Sociology (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. Special topic announced each semester.

SOCI 218 Wealth, Power and Inequality (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. Survey of theoretical and empirical literature on the distribution of wealth, power, and prestige within and across societies and historical periods. Emphasis is placed on the impact of social change on st ratification systems.

SOCI 245 Society through Cinema (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. Examination of social organization, interaction, issues, and problems via the depiction of these issues and themes in selected commercial and documentary cinematic statements as illustrative material. Week ly class meetings are divided into lecture, screening, and discussion. Specific topical foci differ by semester.

SOCI 249 Latin American Social Structure (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. An historical examination of the human condition in Latin America emphasizing three primary spheres of social relations: political, economic, and ideological. Within each sphere the following themes are ad dressed: national-international relations, urbanization, rural social structure, demographic trends, cultural change, and stability.

SOCI 250 Organizational Behavior (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. An introduction to the sociological study of organizations in the private and public sectors. Topics include models for studying organizations, organization processes (communication, decision-making, negot iation, leadership), the impact of structural culture, and environmental factors on organizational behavior.

SOCI 270 The Social Psychology of Everyday Life (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. An examination of issues involved in everyday social interactions, this course focuses on dimensions of interpersonal behavior against the background of sociological roles and role-playing. Emphasis is pl aced on the nature and process of interpersonal relationships, encounters, and public behavior against a backdrop of societal assumptions, norms, practices and beliefs. Related issues of affect/emotion, attitudes, cognition and perception will be discussed.

SOCI 288 Writing Practicum (1)
Prerequisite: successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement. Co-requisite: three credit departmental course. Fulfills the college intensive writing requirement.

SOCI 303 Introduction to Research Design (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. Logic and techniques of social research, the relationships between theory and method, and alternative strategies in data collection.

SOCI 304 Introduction to Research Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 303 or approval of instructor. Basic training in descriptive and inferential statistics with social science applications. Topics include measurement, tabular and graphic displays of data, central tendency, dispersion, probability, estim ation, hypothesis testing, and linear regression.

SOCI 322 Social Theory (3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or approval of instructor. An introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory.

SOCI 388 Writing Practicum (1)
Prerequisite: successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement. Co-requisite: three-credit departmental course. Fulfills the college intensive writing requirement.

SOCI 389 Service Learning (1)
Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course.

SOCI 456, 457 Internship Studies (1-3, 1-3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 304, approval of instructor and department. Open to especially qualified upper level students.

SOCI 491, 492 Independent Studies (1-3, 1-3)
Prerequisite: SOCI 304, approval of instructor and department. Open to especially qualified upper level students with approval of instructor.

SOCI H499-H500 Honors Thesis (3, 4)
Prerequisite: SOCI304, approval of instructor and department. For senior honors candidates and other qualified senior majors. Intensive reading and research in a selected field of sociology.

SOCI 601 Advanced Topics in Sociology (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Special topic announced each semester.

SOCI 602 Political Sociology (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Analysis of both the distribution and institutional bases of power in society and the values that legitimate them. Class, bureaucracy, occupations, and political participation as these correl ate with power.

SOCI 605 Issues in Social Demography (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the social causes and consequences of population change. Analysis of current issues of demographic concern focusing on the social variables that differentially affect and are affected by the demographic processes of fertility, migrations, and mortality.

SOCI 606 Issues in the Sociology of Gender (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines research in several areas of the sociology of gender. Topics include the acquisition of gender identity, face-to-face interactions, the changing roles of women and men, t he intersection of work and family, and social movements. Students will conduct original research in one of these areas.

SOCI 607 The Sociology of Sexuality (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An advanced sociology course on sexuality. The core theme of the course is to explore how the way we think about and experience the erotic, sex, and sexuality are constructed through and shaped by social processes. Considerable time will be spent on sexuality as a system of stratification that is separate from but intersects with inequalities on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, and class.

SOCI 608 Symbolic Interactionism (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Explores the perspective within social psychology known as symbolic interactionism. Includes discussion of the work of pioneering scholars in the field, as well as recent theoretical and empi rical studies. Topics to be covered include the self, socialization, identity, social interaction, the dramaturgical metaphor, human nature, social structure, and the definition of the situation.

SOCI 609 Sociology of Medicine (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of social and psychological factors affecting the prevalence and incidence of disease in human populations. Topics also considered include the organization of the health profes sions, comparative medical systems, social change and health care, and social factors affecting the utilization of health services.

SOCI 611 Sociology of Work and Leisure (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An historical analysis of both the forms and the functions of work from ancient times to the present, with emphasis on Western cultures. Projections of the nature and purposes of work in the post-industrial era.

SOCI 612 Race and Ethnic Relations in America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Sociological examination of the dynamics of race and ethnic relations in the United States. This course provides an opportunity for students to read about, think, and discuss issues of racial and ethnic relations in society. Topics include the social construction of racial classification systems, the historical record of the interaction between the races in America, public policy, and possible mechanisms for dealing with some of the issues th at many consider most problematic in our society.

SOCI 613 Sociology of Science (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Examination of science as a social institution and the processes of research as sociological phenomena. Special attention to factors accounting for scientific productivity and a case analysis of sociology as an emerging scientific specialty.

SOCI 614 Problems in the Sociology of Deviance (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Consideration in depth of one or more current problems of theory and research in the sociology of deviance: societal reaction theory, organizations for management of deviance, and the design of prevention. Independent student research projects encouraged.

SOCI 615 Gangs, Gangsters and Organized Crime (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Using case studies from Japan (Samurai-to-Tonin-to-Yakuza), the gangster-era United States (1920s and 1930s), modern Colombia (narcotraffice) and Brazil (Favela gangs), and contemporary urban U.S. ethnic gangs, this course explores through text and film, the social construction and social control of groups deemed 'public enemies.' Course analysis uses several theoretical contexts: Social constructionist sociology, theories of political and social power, conceptualizations ethnic stranger/'Others,' and the role of classification in ordering social worlds. These processes are explained in terms of longer-term historical developments involving constructing and reshaping urban identities, distinguishing urban from rural ones, and the internationalizing of these processes and struggles.

SOCI 617 Problems in the Sociology of Inequality (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Consideration in depth of one or more current problems of theory and research in sociology in inequality: Poverty, Homelessness and the Cities; The American Underclass; Labor Markets.

SOCI 618 Wealth, Power and Inequality (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Theories of stratification, status systems in various societies, measurement and research of social classes in the United States.

SOCI 619 Urban Organization (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. A study of the causes and social effects of urban growth and decay in rich and poor countries. An examination of contemporary urban social classes and political coalitions, and how these are changing with shifting regional economies.

SOCI 620 Issues in Sociology of the Family (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course will consider the sociological, political, and cultural criticisms of the traditional definitions of family. The course focuses on family demography, gay/lesbian family issues, Af rican-American families, and the "family values" wars as organizing topics.

SOCI 625 Sociology of Childhood (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines theories, methods, and empirical research in several areas of the sociology of childhood. Major themes are (1) how social structure constrains children's lives, (2) how c hildren negotiate, share, and create culture, and (3) how children's experiences vary within and across societies. Topics include historical trends in thinking about children, cultural reproduction in early childhood, children's social worlds, contemporar y attitudes toward children, and social policies for children. Students will design and carry out original research projects.

SOCI 628 Comparative Latin American Demography (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of historical trends and current conditions in population structure and population processes in Central and South America.

SOCI 629 Urban Organization Laboratory (1)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Co-requisite: SOCI 619. A community service and/or research internship with a community agency or program in the New Orleans, metropolitan area. Placement in the internship is coordinated tho ugh the course instructor and a representative of the community service agency or program.

SOCI 630 Urban Policy and Planning (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Investigates how urban planning efforts and government polices and programs have affected U.S. cities and metropolitan areas over the last hundred years. Students are introduced to traditiona l, mainstream, and radical planning theories and policy critique. Examines urban policy formulation and implementation, conflicts and struggles, and the relationship between theory, research, and planning/policy.

SOCI 631 The Urban Experience (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Uses a broad array of social scientific and humanistic analytical and representational elements to explore how individual persons and cultures experience, process, interpret, and express the modern urban milieu.

SOCI 633 Sociology of Education (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course will examine the social functions of educational institutions, the role of education in the American social and economic structure, and major controversies and debates concerning educational policy as social policy.

SOCI 635 Marginality and 'Other' (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines the role of ideologies justifying persecution and of persecution itself in the construction and change of national states. Four interrelated and interactive processes are analyzed: Cultural constructions of pollution, danger, and taboo; marginalization of stigmatized 'Others'; the roles of these processes in construction and change in national states; the responses of 'Others' to the previously described processes.

SOCI 640 Sociology of Criminal Justice (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Various aspects of the criminal justice system are examined with special attention devoted to organizational and decision-making features. The discretionary powers of criminal justice agencie s are explored in light of their effect on the composition and size of this society's criminal population. Discussed are the legislature, police, courts, and corrections agencies.

SOCI 641 Political Policing (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Is policing politically neutral in its goals and consequences? Is it inherently political in its processes, goals, and outcomes? What is political policing? How does it operate? Is politicized policing solely a problem of developing country settings? Does it decrease with societal development? What is the relationship of police to national states and their political agendas? What is the difference between 'low' and 'high' political policing? Under what conditions do the politics of policing become more or less visible? What is the relative political value of police over military action? What have been the consequences of political policing?

SOCI 644 Language Behavior and Communication (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the intersection of psychosocial processes and the machinery of grammar and lexicon. Examination of the areas of aphasia, mental disorders, language acquisition, and cogniti on with an emphasis on cross-cultural methods and experimental design.

SOCI 656 Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An advanced theoretical and empirical analysis of the determinants of organized non-institutionalized forms of collective action. Topics include the interplay of structural conditions and vol untaristic actions, the logic of collective action, culture, and ideology as they shape social movement outcomes. The specific types or dimensions of collective action examined may vary from semester to semester.

SOCI 660 Social Policy and Evaluation Research (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Course focuses on the applied methods required to determine whether an intervention (or policy) achieve intended ends. Relevant topics include: problem identification, needs assessment, value s clarification, policy description, evaluative tools, ethical considerations, problems and pitfalls of applied evaluative research, and efficiency and cost-benefit analysis.

SOCI 664 Sociology of Organizations (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Exploration and development of organizational structures, processes and consequences. Interdisciplinary focus drawing conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools from sociology, managem ent, economics, and applied fields such as law and public administration. The seminar will examine classic and current issues in the sociology of organizations and the influence of complex organizations on different contexts and institutions (e.g., econom y, family, healthcare, politics).

SOCI 667 Organization Ethnography (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Ethnographic and qualitative study of organizations, methods thereof, and research literatures thereon. Topics include qualitative data collection methods, application of these methods to org anizations, and the contributions of recent ethnographic work to the study and practice of organizations. Course will take the form of comparative assessment of ethnographic and qualitative research on organizations.

SOCI 670 Sociology of Law (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the implications of law in the persistence and change of social systems, the relation of sociological theory and research to legal institutions, and law as an organization a nd profession.

SOCI 680 Society and Economy (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. The overall relationships of the economy to other components of society and specific institutions: economy and government, economy and family, economy and gender. The social organization of t he firm, the market, organizations and economic culture and how each affects the other.

SOCI 688 Writing Practicum (1)
Prerequisite: successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement. Co-requisite: three-credit departmental course. Fulfills the college intensive writing requirement.

SOCI 689 Qualitative Research Methods (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course provides and introduction to key themes and practices in qualitative research methods, including major theoretical and methodological debates, project design, gaining access, gathering and analyzing data. Methods discussed may include ethnographic analyses, in-dept interviews, comparative historical analyses, content analyses, and oral histories.

SOCI 690 Sociology of Development in Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the transitions from pre-modern to modern and from modern to post-modern economies and societies in Latin America. An inquiry into the causes and socia l effects of rapid "modernizing" social changes such as increases in urban residence, schooling, factory work, and mass media exposure.

SOCI 691 Gender in Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249, or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. A sociological examination of how changing political, economic and developmental issues in Latin America shape and are shaped by gender relations. Topics may include gender in the family, the work place, the community, the media, political institutions, and social movements. Comparisons will be made between individuals in Latin America and Latinos/Latinas living outside the region.

SOCI 692 Social Stratification and Mobility in Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the extent and social bases of wealth and power inequalities in Central and South America along lines of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and regional o rigin.

SOCI 693 Social Movements in Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. An examination of the factors shaping the emergence, development, and decline of social movements in Latin America. Issues addressed include why people join movements, w hat constraints there are on building of social movement organizations, and in what ways are leaders and ideologies crucial to movement development.

SOCI 694 Political Sociology of Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines theories of the bases and distribution of power in Latin America. Topics include the role of elites and domestic class coalitions in state formation and regime transitions, the role of civil society -labor, popular associations, political parties-in democratization, and the role of culture, including religion, in political life.

SOCI 695 Migration In The Americas (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. From the colonization of the continent up to the present, countries in North and South America have been receiving communities for migrants from all over the world. Course focus on 20th century international migration flows to and within the Americas wit h three main themes: (1) theories of international migration, (2) immigrant adaptation, assimilation and incorporation, and (3) international migration policies.

SOCI 696 Urban Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course is a study of the causes and social effects of urban growth and decay in rich and poor countries in the Americas. Examines contemporary urban social classes and political coalitions, and how these are changing with shifting regional economies. The course discusses theories of urban societies and regional growth, and examines case studies and theories from Latin America.

SOCI 698 Brazilian Society (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. This course examines Brazilian society through texts, films and speakers. The topics include Brazil's history, politics, work and workers' movements, squatters, the Amaz on conflict, religion, gender, and the mass media.

SOCI 699 Special Topics in the Sociology of Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: SOCI 249 or LAST 101, SOCI 304 and SOCI 322 or approval of instructor. Course topics vary. Courses will include: Latin American Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, Caribbean Societies, and Drugs and Alcohol in the Americas.