SYG - Sociology General
(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This course provides an introduction to the concepts, theories, and methods of sociology. Major topics include: society and culture, personality and socialization, individuals, groups and institutions, deviance, crime, and social control; social class, family, age and aging, health and medicine, race and ethnicity, population and environment, tourism, social movements, technology, and social change.
(Offered fall, spring, and summer). This course provides an introduction to the concepts, theories, and methods of sociology. Major topics include: society and culture, personality and socialization, individuals, groups and institutions, deviance, crime, and social control; social class, family, age and aging, health and medicine, race and ethnicity, population and environment, tourism, social movements, technology, and social change.
(Offered fall, spring, and summer). The course provides an introduction to the concepts, theories, and methods of the sociological study of social problems. Major topics include: the origins and trends of social problems and their associated solutions with a focus on poverty and inequality, racism, sexism, substance abuse, crime and violence, urban and environmental problems, technology, and social change.
(Offered fall, spring, and summer). The course provides an introduction to the concepts, theories, and methods of the sociological study of social problems. Major topics include: the origins and trends of social problems and their associated solutions with a focus on poverty and inequality, racism, sexism, substance abuse, crime and violence, urban and environmental problems, technology, and social change.
(Offered fall and spring). This course is an analysis of courtship, mate selection, engagement, marriage, and child rearing, with emphasis on the contemporary American family.