Department of Sociology
Associate Professors: Nishida (chairman), Kwast Assistant Professor: Fox
Objectives: The objectives of the department are (I) to acquaint the student with the principal problems and issues in sociology ; (2) to teach application of knowledge to occupations in sociology; and (3) to prepare for further professional study. Department Major: 30 units , of which 24 must be upper division, including 220, 442 and 443. In addition, Psychology 206 is required as a supporting course.
Department Minor: 15 units of upper division courses.
220 SOCIOLOGY (3) Survey of social groups; their fields and methods, their interactions and effects on the individual; consideration of culture, roles, socialization, norms, social classes, institutions , and minority groups. 320 MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY (3) The family as a social institution ; historical development of the modern family; current trends in family structure and functions ; problems of family life ; analysis of American courtship and marriage patterns. 330 JUVENI LE DELINQUENCY (3) Character, extent, and causes of juvenile delinquency; social diagnosis and case study; modern methods of tre atment; personal and environmental conditioning factors; survey of methods employed in research. 333 CRIMINOLOGY (3) Social and psychological factors in criminal behavior; criminal law and criminal justice; prevention and control: trends in theory and correctional procedures , probation , parole . 335 SOCIAL PROBLEMS (3) Major problems of social maladjustment from the viewpoint of the underlying processes of individual and social disorganization ; deviant behavior, such as mental disorders. crime and delinquency , suicide, drug and alcohol addiction; social disorganization, such as population problems , family, poverty, and war. 342 ETHNIC AND MINORITY GROUPS (3) Analysis of ethnic and cultural minorities in the United States; theory and practice of intergroup relations. 346 URBAN SOCIOLOGY (3) The urban community and urbanization; its growth, institutions , values, and problems, scientific study of population from the spatial patterning and mobility viewpoint; effect of urbanization upon institutions ; social relations and national economy. 349 POPULATION (3) Population theory , composition, distribution , growth, and migration with differential fertility and mortality rates of groups and nations; national and international migration and overpopulation problems.
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