| SOC 1110: () Offerings |
| Basic principles for understanding social relationships. This course is a comprehensive introduction to the field of sociology, including analyses of the mutual interaction of society and the individual; major theoretical perspectives; methods for obtaining sociological knowledge; and major problems and issues that confront societies. Note: Emphasis from a United States, Third World, or social problems perspective will be offered in different sections. The Sociology Department will be able to identify which course has which emphasis. |
| Attributes:Social Science A
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| SOC 2000: () Offerings |
| Explores the nature and effects of gender in society. Looking closely at culture and history, the course also explores the assumptions about the expected roles of men and women in society and how these gender roles are assigned, managed, displayed, and reinforced by individuals and social institutions. |
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| SOC 2252: () Offerings |
| Surveys the family as an institution and a mode for personal living: marital adjustment, parent-child relationships, changing family patterns, and family disorganization and reorganization. |
| Equivalent Courses:FCS 2252
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| SOC 2310: () Offerings |
| This course is intended to be an introduction to social services, social welfare policy, and the profession of social work in the United States. Social welfare programs designed to ameliorate or reduce the impact of social problems including poverty, child maltreatment, delinquent behavior, mental illness, or problems associated with growing old will be explored. The role of human service providers, especially social workers, is a cornerstone of the course. Liberal, conservative, and radical political ideologies and the differing approaches to solving social problems will be discussed. The intersection of faith/religion and social services is integrated into all course content. |
| Equivalent Courses:SOC 4310
Attributes:Social Science A
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| SOC 2360: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: SOC 1110 and pass SPU Math Proficiency exam or complete remedial course sequence. Presents the conceptual basis and application of statistical analysis in social and behavioral research. Includes descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, hypothesis testing and inferential statistics. An introduction to analysis of variance and non-parametric statistics will also be provided. |
| Equivalent Courses:PSY 2360
Attributes:Mathematics (MAT)
Restrictions:Psychology, Sociology Majors only. |
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| SOC 2440: () Offerings |
| Examines the small group as the primary source of social order. This course explores the internal processes of small groups, the impact of small groups on their individual members, and the relationship of small groups to larger social structures. |
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| SOC 2620: () Offerings |
| An introduction to the study of cities, communities, and urban life, this course will study historical developments of cities, urban growth and change, and the ongoing processes of life in an urban context. A range of sociological methods, including ethnography, qualitative interviews and quantitative studies will provide perspectives on key urban questions. |
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| SOC 2650: () Offerings |
| Globalization is a complex intersection of processes that are rapidly transforming the ways in which the world is organized, leaving virtually no one unaffected. This course provides a sociological analysis in which students will be introduced to the changing dynamics of global economies, cultures, and politics, including the origins of these processes, as well as the variety of consequences for people around the world. This course pays particular attention to the emergence of global problems (e.g. inequality, terrorism, human trafficking, global warming) that require global cooperation to be solved (e.g. NGOs, the IMF, the WTO). |
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| SOC 3215: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Analyzes societal organization based on residence, occupation, community, class and race, power structure in the community, and social-mobility patterns. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3270: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Socialization is the process by which individuals develop into social beings. Various theories of socialization and human development will be utilized to explore the role played by social structure and institutions in the integration of the individual into society. We will examine infant and early childhood socialization, the role of the media and social institutions in socializing children and adults, adult stages of development, and the role of history in socializing cohorts of people. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3370: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Examines a variety of deviant behavior such as alcohol abuse, drug use, mental illness, violent crime, homosexuality, and prostitution. The course focuses on issues of social definition and causal explanation. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3371: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Studies crime and delinquency in modern society, focusing on both individual and social causes. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3410: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. The study of the relationships between social institutions and the development of medicine as a profession. Also studied is the social demography of health, doctor-patient interactions, and ethical dilemmas developing from rapid technological advances. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3420: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. This course is an introduction to "political sociology," the analysis of the interaction between politics, society, and economy. To focus the analysis, the course is oriented by two questions: What is the social basis of political power? What is the social basis for democratic regime stability or instability? |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3430: () Offerings |
| This course will examine the nature of education in society from a sociological perspective and contribute to critical thinking skills regarding the education system. What is the nature of schools? What inequality exists within the educational institution? What factors influence student success in school? Students will use a variety of methods to understand the nature of schools and schooling in the United States and throughout the world. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 3750: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Traces the history of Latin America with particular attention to the development of political, economic, social, and religious institutions. |
| Equivalent Courses:HIS 3750
Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| SOC 3751: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: SOC 2360 or MAT 1360, SOC 1110 is also a recommended. Explores the development of social research, the nature of scientific inquiry, basic methodological techniques, and examines representative sociological and political studies from the standpoint of methodology. Note: PSY 3588 may be substituted for SOC 3751 in sociology and related majors although SOC 3751 is the preferred course. Students may not receive credit for both SOC 3751 and PSY 3588. |
| Equivalent Courses:PSY 3588
Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Sociology Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| SOC 3862: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Comparative study of the nature of minority relations, methods and problems of group adjustment, and positions of various minority groups in the United States and other multiracial societies. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4210: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. An exploration into the variety of conditions that constrain the material, social and spiritual well-being of women around the world. The course will examine how contemporary global processes of social and economic change impact women and how "development" could better address their needs. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Junior, Senior students only. |
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| SOC 4250: () Offerings |
| This advanced course examines the relationship between law and society, situating law within the broader socio-political context. Specifically, the course explores how law shapes and is shaped by individuals, groups, organizations, and various levels of government. The course covers theoretical approaches to the sociology of law, the role of law in modern society, and law and social change. This goal is to encourage and facilitate critical thinking about law and society. It is not a technical course on practicing law, but a sociological perspective of law. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4252: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. This is an advanced course examining the Family from a macro-sociological perspective as a social institution deeply embedded in and integrated through larger economic, historical, and cultural processes. The class focuses on the dynamics of the contemporary institution of the American family, examining how changing social processes causes stresses and generates problems within the family. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4308: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. This course examines the knowledge base and practice skills necessary to the development of effective client/helper relationships in the human-service professions. Students will simultaneously focus on two areas of learning. The first level pertains to understanding the steps and key skills necessary to successfully utilize a task-centered model of problem solving. This includes an introduction to and practicing of basic interviewing skills, especially active listening and the effective use of questions. The second level of learning is directed at assisting students to deepen their degree of self awareness pertaining to their values, family histories, religious beliefs, and biases that might facilitate or create barriers in building effective helping relationships with clients. The class material will touch on the importance of diversity issues prevalent in our society such as gender, ethnicity, race, religious, and sexual distinctions. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4380: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. This course is intended to be an overview of the methods, structures and goals for delivering social services to people in need. The first portion of the quarter will focus on social service methods such as the delivery of services to individuals and families, groups, communities and social services delivered through the church. The second portion of the quarter will be devoted to examining human-service agencies. Topics that will be covered are funding sources, bureaucratic structure, organization goals for clients, client-organization relationships, worker-client relationships, and worker burnout. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4440: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Studies the relationship between the individual and the group. Includes the major theories, methodological approaches, and substantive areas of investigation that figure prominently in social psychology (e.g., aggression, conformity, social perception, attribution processes, interpersonal attraction, altruism). PSY 3438 may be substituted for SOC 4440 in the sociology major, although SOC 4440 is the recommended course. Students may not receive credit for both SOC 4440 and PSY 3438. |
| Equivalent Courses:PSY 3438
Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4702: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Explores the major theoretical issues raised by classical theorists such as Weber, Simmel, Marx, Durkheim, and Mead, and their influence on contemporary social theory. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| SOC 4703: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. This is an introduction to the major contemporary theoretical programs in sociology (e.g., exchange approaches, symbolic interactionism, structural theories, and feminist theories). Emphasis will be placed on the basic assumptions and elemental ideas of the various theories, and the relevance of these ideas for understanding contemporary society. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4820: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. An analysis of religion as a social form including the rise of Christianity; religious social perspectives; conversion and commitment processes; sect and cult; charisma and its routinization; religion and inequality; secularization; and social change. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4899: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Provides an opportunity for students to reflect upon the discipline of sociology, what they have learned in their sociological studies, and the significance of sociology in providing an ongoing perspective for understanding the world. Further, students will be asked to think about how their faith perspective intersects with a sociological approach to understanding human life. Appropriate readings will be assigned to facilitate thought and discussion. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Sociology Majors only. Senior students only. |
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| SOC 4900: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Student works independently with a faculty member on a mutually agreed upon topic. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4910: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Provides a seminar experience in emerging and in specialized topics within sociology such as family violence, death and dying, etc. This course is designed primarily for Sociology majors; however, if you are interested in taking the course and are not a sociology major, please contact the instructor to request an override. May be repeated for credit up to 12 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Sociology Majors only. |
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| SOC 4920: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: 15 upper-division credits of B work in the discipline; SOC 1110 is also recommended. May be repeated for credit up to 10 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4930: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: SOC 2310, or SOC 4310 and SOC 4308 and SOC 4380. SOC 4308 or SOC 4380 may be taken concurrently; SOC 1110 is also recommended. Provides field experience for those students seeking opportunities in direct services, particularly in the area of case management. These students will relate sociological methods and social-work skills to an applied setting. A learning contract describing learning objectives must be developed by the student and approved by the faculty sponsor. Additional information and all placement approvals are obtained from the internship coordinator for the Sociology Department. A maximum of 10 credits may apply to the major and no credits may apply to the minor. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| SOC 4940: () Offerings |
| Provides opportunities for students to integrate course learning in Sociology with applied field experience. The internship program is designed for Junior or Senior Sociology majors in good standing. In addition to field hours, students can choose among three writing assignment options. Internships will be under the direction of the internship coordinator in the Sociology department and must be of clear sociological relevance. A minimum of 5 hours per week of field work is required for all internships. Each credit is roughly equivalent to 4 hours per week. A maximum of 10 credits may be applied to the major and no credits may apply to a Sociology minor. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| SOC 4941: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Provides a seminar experience for students who are currently enrolled in either an internship or practicum course in sociology. The class is student directed and topics discussed are related to the student's field experience. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| SOC 4970: () Offerings |
| SOC 1110 is a recommended prerequisite for this course. Prerequisite: B work in the discipline. A maximum of 10 credits may apply to the major and no credits may apply to the minor. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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