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Biola University
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. Fee: $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 Credits 3 This course explores the causes and consequences of current levels of economic inequality in society both in the US and around the globe. Most of the time will be spent addressing economic inequality in the US -- how wealth is produced, what leads to poverty, and how cycles of wealth are reproduced across generations. Students will also explore the consequences of poverty and wealth and how they are experienced in daily life. Both scripture and social science will be examined to explain poverty and to imagine the possibilities for creating a more just and equal world. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. 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 settings. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. Fee: $150. SOCI 389 - Sociology of Wealth and Poverty 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.
SOCI 453 - Sociology of Sexuality
Credits 3
Using the sociological lens, this course will focus on how human sexuality reflects the society in which we live. Although it is often assumed that sexual attitudes and behaviors are exclusively biologically based, they are strongly shapes by society. Through lecture, media, readings and discussion this course will: distinguish sex from gender, focus on sociological theories of sexuality, examine a history of sexuality in Western society, link sexuality to 'micro' and 'macro' levels of social relations, visit societal debates on sexuality, note the historical acquisition of sexuality by normative groups, gain information about alternative forms of sexuality, understand sexuality as an intersecting concept, and generally underscore sexuality as a social concept. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 454 - Film, Television, and the Arts: Racial and Gender Issues Credits 3 Students will learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view and understand their own values and ethics. Specifically, students will analyze the relationship between cultural representations of race and gender to constructions of the self through an examination of the experiences of artists and celebrities in contemporary popular media such as film/television, music, and performance. Through weekly reading assignments, media presentations, and original research projects, students will develop theoretical, analytical, and research skills to better understand the complex and dynamic relationship between popular culture and the social self. Students are also welcome to share current media content relevant to the course subject. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 455 - Topics in Criminology Credits 3 This course provides an opportunity to study special topics in crime, criminology and criminal justice. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 333. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 460 - Topics in Sociology Credits 3 Variable offering depending on professor, to include a critical analysis of selected topics of current interest. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Undergraduate Level. SOCI 465 - Integration Seminar Credits 3 Issues in the contemporary world addressed from an interdisciplinary social science and biblical perspective. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Junior Class, or Senior Class; and Undergraduate Level. SOCI 470 - Independent Study Credits 1-3 The student must have the ability to assume responsibility for independent work and to prepare written and oral reports. Project selected in conference with faculty sponsor before registration; progress meetings held regularly. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: SOCI 220. Restrictions: Must be Senior Class; and Sociology (SOCI); Undergraduate Level. Spanish Faculty Chair: Victor Velazquez, Ph.D. Associate Professor : Bryant, Hernandez, Velazquez
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