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SOCI 352 - Social Inequality: Race, Class and Gender Credits 3 Examination of the basic dimensions of inequality in contemporary American society, how inequality is patterned by race, class and gender, and the effects of inequality on life chances and lifestyles. International comparisons of systems of inequality also examined. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 353 - Religion in Public Life Credits 3 Examination of the role of religious beliefs and institutions in the public life and discourse of the U.S.; focusing on questions of religion and politics, including the impact of various religious movements on culture and society. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 354 - Religion in the City Credits 3 Sociological analysis of distinctly urban forms of religious experience and practice that have developed in relation to the spaces, social conditions, and history and development of American cities. Note(s): Field-based course. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. Fees: $50. SOCI 362 - Social Problems Credits 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. Note(s): Approved for General Education Behavioral Science credit. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 365 - Criminal Justice Internship Credits 3 In this course, students will work at a 10-hour per week, 15 week internship with a criminal justice related organization. At the end, a paper relating their experiences to theories in the discipline of sociology and criminology will be required. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 336. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 367 - Social Work Internship Credits 3 Opportunity to integrate classroom learning with actual on-the-job training in a social work agency. Variety of available agency settings with placement based upon interest and academic background. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 300. Credits 3 Analysis of the social bases of, and changes in, such American cultural values as individualism, consumption, work, leisure, success, and marriage and family. These are considered in the context of how values are shaped and changed by such variables as social class, education, generation and religious belief. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 370 - American Culture and Values
SOCI 372 - Art, Architecture, and Public Space Credits 3 Explores the relationship between the built environment and its influence on human behavior and social interaction with the urban setting. Emphasis on architectural forms, public art, and shared public spaces, and how these both influence and react to social and cultural realities. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. Fees: $50. SOCI 375 - The Postmodern Metropolis Credits 3 This course explores the city through an analysis of urban theory, art, architecture, literature, film and the spatial arrangement of urban populations, as they have developed from modernity to postmodernity. In order to better understand the postmodern urban context, this class includes a significant field research component in several different urban settings. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. Fees: $150. SOCI 402 - Religion and Society Credits 3 Analysis of religious practices that affect society, and social factors that affect religious practices; Christian and non-Christian beliefs and institutions. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 441 - Social Theory Credits 3 An examination of the development of social theory beginning with theorists such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, and continuing through the subsequent development of 20th century social theory. Major issues include the relation between the individual and society, the sources of conflict and change in society, the role of ideas and beliefs in shaping human behavior, and the importance of social theory for the thinking, critically active Christian. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Credits 3 This course examines the ways in which social researchers collect and analyze information. Experimental research designs, field research, survey techniques, and statistical data analysis are used quite frequently Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 443 - Methods of Sociological Research in our "information society." Political polls, opinion polls, market research, demographic studies, as well as sociological research rely on these techniques. This course is designed to give students a better understanding of these techniques so they can critically evaluate these types of social research. It is also designed to give students practical skills in conducting research which will be helpful no matter what profession they enter. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level.
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