Department of Sociology
Associate Professors: Cook, Nishida (chairman) Assistant Professor: Fox
Objectives: The Sociology major is designed to acquaint the student with the principal problems and issues in sociology; to teach application of knowledge to occupations and professions and to prepare for further graduate study. Upon completion of the major in Sociology, the student should be able to identify the foremost individuals, their work and major ideas of any given period of the development of social thought; use in a meaningful way the terminology of sociology and other social sciences so as to evaluate the content of learned periodicals and converse with others in the related fields; feel a deep, personal concern for human need due to a systematic exposure to the pressing social dilemmas that face us daily; appreciate the relevance of sociological insight to the Christian who would be aware, caring, progressive and productive; clarify the basic tensions between sociology and theology (both actual and imagined) ; defend the study of sociology as a desirable Christian liberal arts major and as a necessary prerequisite for a wide range of professional fields; develop a rather well-defined personal theoretical orientation in terms of past as well as existing social theory; participate with social and religious agencies on a paraprofessional level through direct involvement in social work, correctional work, rehabilitation , hot line service, or counselling; formulate sound critical judgments of current social research; conduct independent study or research and produce scholarly results; proceed to graduate schoolwith a competitive undergraduate background for preparation for professions in sociology and related fields. DepartmentMajor: 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 inteactions 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 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (3) Character, extent, and causes of juvenile delinquency; social diagnosis and case study; modern methods of treatment; 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. 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. 351 DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (3) Outstanding social thinkers to the 19th Century; ideas of men compared and contrasted within the various societies as background to the development of social thought. 352 SOCIAL CONTROL (3) The processes by which conformity of the individual to the group is obtained and by which social organization is established and maintained. 354 SOCIAL INTERACTION (3) Sociological contributions to theory and research in social psychology bearing on the relationship between culture and group life to human behavior and personality; analysis of symbolic processes, role behavior, psycho-social processes and social reference groups; socialization and the social aspect, attitudes , values, and beliefs in relationship to groups. Prerequisite: Psychology 206. 355 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION (3) Nature, theory, and functions of social stratification; criteria of social stratification differentiation, status, and role; comparative systems of stratification. 94
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