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| SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey course designed to introduce the student to the scene of human society. Fundamental concepts, description, and analysis of society, culture, the socialization process, social institutions, and social change. Students of junior or senior standing should take SOC 31200, unless they are sociology or law and society majors. CTL:ISH 1060 Introduction To Sociology
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Core Transfer Library, Dept Credit, Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, Lower Division, S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette New Albany Richmond South Bend Vincennes Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain what it means to have a sociological imagination. 2. Use and evaluate theoretical and methodological tools sociologists use to study society. 3. Apply your sociological imagination to examine a variety of social behaviors and inequalities. Required Materials: |
| SOC 16101 - Principles Of Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Nature of interpersonal relationships, societies, groups, communities, and institutional areas such as the family, politics, education, the economy, and religion. Includes social process operating within these areas; significance for problems of social organization, social change, and social stratification. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 16300 - Social Problems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Major social problems in areas such as the family, religion, economic order, crime, mental disorders, civil rights; racial, ethnic, and international tensions. Relation to structure and values of larger society. Although no prerequisite is required, it is strongly recommended that students have some previous social science course work and/or familiarity with basic sociological concepts and methodology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 20100 - Sociology of Serial Killing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The principal focus is describing the sociological and behavioral nature of serial killing in the United States. This course investigates the identities, motives, descriptions, theories, and typologies of serial killers. The sociological perspective allows us to examine causes and behavioral patterns of serial killing to ascertain generalization of this behavior. The course utilizes numerous resources to develop a foundational understanding of serial killers and serial killings.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the major methods and concepts used in the systematic study of social issues such as serial killing. 2. Describe various typologies of serial killers in society. 3. Develop criminological definition(s) of socialization, sociological perspectives and sociological imagination with respect to serial killing. 4. Explain major theories, concepts, and methods to explain the concept of sexual/sadistic deviance. 5. Describe how the tools of analysis and methods of sociology are applicable in the systematic study of social deviance behaviors such as serial killing. |
| SOC 20900 - Community And The Built Environment |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the built environment as both an expression, and shaper, of human culture. The course explores sustainability both historically and in contemporary society. The course identifies criteria for an organized community and examines how the built environment contributes to, or inhibits, community development. The course explores social and environmental sustainability as it relates to community development. Typically offered Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss and explain the implications of sociological concepts such as unintended consequences, social forces, social structure, and the sociological imagination for developing a sociological understanding of sustainable communities. 2. Apply the principles of critical thinking to explain how private troubles are rooted in social structure, history & biography in relation to sustainable communities. 3. Examine differences and similarities of cultural phenomena for major groups as pertains to development of the built environment in industrial and postindustrial cities. 4. Recognize the extent and impact of diversity among individuals, cultures, or societies in contemporary or historical contexts. 5. Understand & explain macro & micro levels of social systems: the processes, structural arrangements, consciousness, institutions, interactions & relationships that are products of these systems, and the forces for social change. 6. Explain the concept of sustainability and describe how implementation of this criterion transforms both community and the built environment. 7. Evaluate the effects of variation between one’s own perspective and the perspectives of others, particularly in relation to social dynamics and the theoretical perspectives of functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. 8. Complete a writing project using critical thinking, appropriate formats, genre conventions, and documentation styles while controlling tone, syntax, grammar, and spelling. 9. Read critically, summarize, apply, analyze, and synthesize information and concepts in written and visual texts as the basis for developing original ideas and claims. 10. Demonstrate proficiency in reading, evaluating, analyzing, and using material collected from electronic sources (such as visual, electronic, library databases, Internet sources, other official databases, federal government databases, reputable blogs, wikis, etc). 11. Summarize or paraphrase an oral message to demonstrate comprehension. 12. Identify examples of how social, behavioral, or historical knowledge informs and can shape personal, ethical, civic, or global decisions and responsibilities. 13. Recognize and describe humanistic, historical, or artistic works or problems and patterns of the human experience. 14. Analyze diverse narratives and evidence in order to explore the complexity of human experience across space and time. |
| SOC 21001 - Modern Japanese Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students to contemporary Japanese society and helps them understand social institutions, political-economic structures, and cultural values in Japan. It examines Japan from diverse aspects such as culture; urban and rural community; social problems; social class; economy; politics; gender and sexuality; minority groups; marriage and family; education, religion, politics, and mass media and popular culture; and social change. While the course focuses on contemporary Japan, it also discusses historical backgrounds in order to understand Japan today.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify three major theoretical paradigms (i.e., Functional, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist) and explain how each perspective differently analyzes Japanese society and people. 2. Explain both macro and micro levels of social systems (i.e., the processes, structural arrangements, consciousness, institutions, interactions, and relationships are products of these systems, and the forces for social change) and discuss how both levels of the systems affect one another. 3. Examine how class, gender, and race/ethnicity affect individuals in their everyday lives (e.g., family, workplace, school, and religion). 4. Understand how social structures reproduce themselves across generations but also how social change occurs in cultural, social, political, and economic terms. |
| SOC 21201 - Race, Religion, And Social Cohesion |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of racial and religious diversity at the community, society, and international levels focusing on patterns of migration. Concepts and perspectives are recovered that are significant for understanding problems of social change and social cohesion.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of diversity that focuses on topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion. 2. Apply the principles of critical thinking to identify policy assumptions and to work out how those assumptions inform results. 3. Think creatively and critically in relation to how interdisciplinary research is relevant to debates and diverse social contexts. 4. Learn from the lived experiences, creative expressions and intellectual perspectives of historically-marginalized groups. 5. Recognize and name historical and cultural relationships between power, knowledge, and the difference. 6. Demonstrate an intellectual understanding of how diverse social, economic, cultural, historical and political contexts influence the building of democratic societies. |
| SOC 22000 - Social Problems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Contemporary problems at the community, society, and international levels, focusing on patterns of social organization and social change in American society, with concentration on such topics as technological militarism and war, poverty, racism, political protest, and cybernation. CTL:ISH 1061 Social Problems
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Core Transfer Library, Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, Lower Division, S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette New Albany Richmond South Bend Vincennes Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the cultural, social, and historical dynamics that influence how we construct social problems. 2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of contending explanations or interpretations of major social problems. 3. Critique proposed solutions to major social problems. |
| SOC 22500 - Violence |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Considers violence in society: its origins, forms, and consequences. Emphasis on describing the social forces that create patterns of violence in societies throughout the world. Forms examined include interpersonal, institutional and structural violence. Purpose of the course is to help the student better understand the role played by violence in modern society. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 23000 - Society And The Individual |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Personality and its development; relationship to culture and communication and to social settings; deviant types. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 26000 - Intermediate Sociological Writing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the analysis of social issues. Emphasis on the development of writing skills appropriate to the discipline. Approved by Arts and Sciences for use in fulfilling the sophomore level English writing requirement. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 26100 - Basic Helping Skills For Human Services |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the various human services. This course introduces students to the history of the helping professions, professional values and ethics, and the myriad of settings in which such services are offered. Current frameworks, methods, settings, of these services are included. Not open to students with credit in SWRK 26100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 26700 - Religion In The Modern World |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A sociological overview of religious change in the modern world covering topics such as secularization, religious freedom, religious and ethnic conflicts, the mutual impacts between religion and various social institutions, such as the family, economy, politics, education, and international relations. The thematic and regional foci may vary when the course is offered in different semesters, but the course will emphasize the sociological approach to understanding religion from a global-comparative perspective.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize the key teachings and practices of the major religions in various regions of the world. 2. Describe the general social characteristics of religious believers in various regions of the world. 3. Explain the major social and political events and their impacts on religious change, or religious impacts on social and political events. 4. Learn to appreciate religious diversity in the increasingly globalizing world. |
| SOC 27500 - Sociology Of Aging And The Life Course |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of research on the social context of human aging, including demographic and developmental changes. A life course perspective is emphasized for studying health, life events, and quality of life. Considers exceptional longevity in comparative perspective.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Lower Division, S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Comprehension of the basic concepts, theories, and methods of the sociology of aging. 2. Think sociologically and write more clearly. 3. Application of course content in personal and vocational experiences. |
| SOC 28500 - Criminal Law And Procedure |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce students to the fundamental role of law in the American criminal justice arena with an overview on general legal principles, the contemporary form and function of criminal laws in today's American society. The course provides a survey on Substantive Criminal Laws emphasizing definitions of a criminal act, elements of criminal culpability, constitutional limitations on declaring certain conduct criminal, and the purposes of punishment. An overview on criminal procedure defined through federal and state case law will guide understanding on guidelines governing lawful law enforcement procedures and practices, courtroom decorum and admissibility. Emphasis is given on the role of technology in law enforcement to include Fourth Amendment search and seizure, Fifth Amendment right of privacy and electronic surveillance, self-incrimination, and other topics concerning balance of powers pertaining to rights of citizens and rights of state.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize the elements necessary to establish a crime and criminal liability. 2. Demonstrate knowledge about crime and criminality from perspectives of legal definition and criminal intent. 3. Apply important concepts from precedent case laws to draw conclusions about procedural outcomes. |
| SOC 29500 - Selected Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Specific topics to be announced, e.g., Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Sociological Practice in the Community. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 30000 - Race And Ethnic Relations |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Detailed examination of relations between and among racial and ethnic groups; sociological theories of prejudice and discrimination; comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 30100 - Sociology Of International Change |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of recent international developments from the sociological perspective. Topics include such issues as ethnic conflicts, trade wars, population growth, technological changes, environmental issues, famine, the collapse of the USSR, and the formation of new political/ economic rivalries. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 30300 - Sociology Of Violence |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This class explores sociological explanations of violence in the United States. Topics under study include: personal violence, sexual and intimate violence; prejudice, violence and hate crimes; violent crime; state violence; corporate violence and victimology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the sociological perspective on the nature, causes, and consequences of violence. 2. Understand how sociological explanations of violence are distinct from biological and individualistic explanations. 3. Be aware of the patterns and trends of violence in the United States. 4. Examine how institutional responses (e.g., social service organizations, medical and legal systems) can both perpetuate and alleviate violence. |
| SOC 30500 - Population |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Population composition, fertility, morality, natural increase, migrations; historical growth and change of populations; population theories ad policies; techniques in manipulation and use of population data; and the spatial organization of populations.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 30600 - Methods In Human Services |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The class will focus on case mangement techniques that will be used in format systems such as welfare programs, health care and mental health agencies, child care programs, agencies serving the elderly and the corrections industry. Emphasis will be placed on multidimensional assessment techniques, information and referral services and the skills necessary to act as a change agent, educator and facilitator. Other essential elements of the course include crisis intervention, the dynamics involved in family systems, health promotion, and the needs of special populations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 30700 - Field Experience In Human Services |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The field experience component of the Human Services curriculum provides a supervised learning experience in a professional practice setting. The participants in the field practicum include the student, faculty and agency supervisor. This will give students the opportunity to integrate carefully selected and approved individualized experiences as they actively engage in professional tasks which complement and reinforce classroom learning. The seminar that accompanies the course will provide opportunities for student peer relationships and for the development of beginning competencies as students learn to use supervision and focus on specific practice areas. The course will place particular emphasis on the needs of each student. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Practicum, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times Learning Outcomes: 1. Provides a supervised learning experience in a professional practice setting. 2. Gives students the opportunity to integrate carefully selected and approved individualized experiences as they actively engage in professional tasks which complement and reinfoce classroom learning. 3. Provide opportunities for student peer relationships and for the development of beginning competencies as students learn to use supervision and focus on specific practice areas. 4. Places particular emphasis on the needs of each student. |
| SOC 31000 - Race And Ethnicity |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a sociological examination and analysis of the presence and significance of race and ethnicity in our society. The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation and critical framework for assessing the origins and manifestations of race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity have historically been one basis for differentiation and stratification in the United States and other societies, and this persists today. In this course, we will examine the emergence of race and ethnicity as concepts, and how they shape our everyday lives. We will be guided by the following questions: Why do we study race and ethnicity? How and why are they relevant in our society? How do we experience race and ethnicity, and how has this changed over time? Topics include multiculturalism and diversity; media representations; racism and discrimination; colorism; racial hierarchies; immigration; and different domains of racial inequality.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the role of race and ethnic identity in social and professional environments. 2. Identify, define and explain the Americanization process consistent with ethnic group's integration, assimilation, and/or acculturation into American status. 3. Become familiar with principle terms, concepts, and theories of the field of race and race relations. |
| SOC 31201 - Education And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The role of educational institutions in modern industrialized societies, with emphasis on the functions of such institutions for the selection, socialization, and certification of individuals for adult social roles. Also covers recent educational reform movements and the implications of current social policies on education.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 31300 - Religion And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Considers the functions and dysfunctions of religion generally, its economic and cultural patterns, religious group evolutions (cults, churches, sects, denominations), leadership deviance, and conversion/faith maintenance.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 31401 - Social Aspects Of Health And Medicine |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Group characteristics in the causation, amelioration, and prevention of mental and physical illness, and the social influences in medical education, medical practice, and hospital administration.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 31501 - Gender In Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The course focuses on the ways in which society influences individual experiences and understandings of gender and the impact this has on larger social institutions, including education, marriage and family, health, and work. This course also considers the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity, and social class. The influence of feminist theory on our understanding of gender is also discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 31601 - The Family |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Cross-cultural perspectives on family systems; structure and process of the conjugal family in modern and emerging societies. Focus on relationships of the family to other subsystems of the larger society and on interaction within the family in connection with these interrelationships. Emphasis on development of systematic theory.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 31700 - Sociology Of Sex And Sexualities |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on sociological understandings of sex and sexualities by identifying existing tensions and paradoxes in how sex and sexualities are socially understood, discusses, experienced, and portrayed. Topics under study may include: distinctions between sexual behaviors and sexual identities; the historical invention of sexual-identify categories; sex work; sexualized violence; and interactions of other social identities (e.g., race/ethnicity, class, age, gender) with sex and sexualities. This course also examines the ways in which U.S. social laws, policies, education, public opinion, media, religion, and technology work to construct, shape, recognize, and regulate the existing diversity of sex and sexualities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Critique binaries of sex using evidence from the physical and social sciences. 2. Describe and differentiate between the concepts of sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and sexuality. 3. Identify and distinguish between, political, moral, and empirical understandings of sex and sexualities. 4. Consider the ways in which sex, race/ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, age, ability and other factors intersect to shape the experiences and opportunities of individuals and groups. |
| SOC 31701 - Social Stratification |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Nature, functioning, and maintenance of systems of social stratification in local communities and societies. Correlates and consequences of social class position and vertical mobility.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 32001 - Deviant Behavior And Social Control |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of deviance in relation to formal and informal social processes. Emphasis on deviance and respectability as functions of social reactions, characteristics of rules, and power and conflict.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 32400 - Criminology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (CRJU 32400) Nature and cause of crime; methods of dealing with adult and juvenile offenders, consideration of present programs for the social treatment of crime in the light of needed changes.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a sociological perspective on crime. 2. Comprehend the foundational terms, theories, and concepts of criminology. 3. Think critically about current issues related to crime. |
| SOC 32501 - Criminology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the patterns of crime, strategies for control, and theories of crime causation.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 32600 - Social Conflict And Criminal Justice |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the dynamics of social conflict, with a special focus on legal institutions and criminological processes. Students will learn to think more analytically about the causes of social conflict, its dynamics, and strategies for resolution.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Become familiar with classic theories of social conflict and social order. 2. Understand why society needs dissent. 3. Understand strategies for conflict resolution. |
| SOC 32700 - Crime, Deviance And Mass Media |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Various forms of mass media are used to explore the sociology of crime and deviance. Topics may include white collar crime, juvenile delinquency, street crime, sexuality and sexual orientation, hate crimes, deviance and community. Assignments include quizzes and short papers.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Able to identify concepts associated with specific theoretical perspectives and be able to describe these concepts. 2. Able to use these concepts to the media forms presented in the class. 3. Use the concepts to craft explanations for characters' actions in the fictional films. 4. Able to conduct analyses of the news that conform to accepted methodological standards of quantitative and qualitative research. |
| SOC 32800 - Criminal Justice |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to institutionalized responses of society to the problem of crime. Analysis of the administration of justice in each of the major components of the criminal justice system and laws regulating their operations. Some consideration given to comparative criminal justice. CTL:ISH 1030 Introduction To Criminal Justice
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Core Transfer Library, Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the Criminal Justice System in the United States, including the relationships between federal, state and local units of government. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the pathway which an individual follows from first arrest to incarceration. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the differential criminalization and sanctions connected to domestic, street, and corporate forms of violence and crime. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of class, race/ethnicity and gender in criminal justice. 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the major policy debates regarding crime control and criminal justice. |
| SOC 33001 - Sociological Social Psychology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the reciprocal link between the individual and the larger society. Topics covered include self-concept and its development, deviant types, status, power, exchange, justice issues, human motivation, attribution, equity.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 33100 - Inequality And Crime |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the impact of social inequality upon crime and criminal justice. Race and ethnicity, gender, social class, sexual orientation, age and ability, and other systems of inequality will be examined with an emphasis on the intersectionality of these systems.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the major systems of social stratification. 2. Explain the complex relationship between social inequality and crime. 3. Recognize bias in the criminal justice system. 4. Determine effective criminal justice anti-discrimination strategies. |
| SOC 33201 - Sociology Of Development |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines different perspectives on development at the community, society, and international levels focusing on migration patterns, various socioeconomic indicators (e.g., Gross National Product, Genuine Progress Indicators, human development index, Sustainable Development Indicators), degrowth, economic development, climate change, intergenerational justice, unequal patterns of development, humanitarian crises and planetary boundaries. Concepts and perspectives are covered that are significant for understanding problems of social change and social cohesion.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize key theoretical frameworks and assumptions in relation to race and religion on which the discipline is funded and differentiated from other social sciences. 2. Articulate what sociologists mean by social structure in relation to race and religion, and how structural forces affect human action and social life at the micro, meso, and macro levels. 3. Explain the relationship between the self and society in relation to race and religion, and how the self is socially constructed and maintained at multiple levels. 4. Identify how social structures create and reproduce different forms of social inequality in human society in relation to race and religion through specific processes, and interpret empirical patterns an effects of social inequality. 5. Comprehend how social structures reproduce themselves across generations in relation to race and religion, but also how social change occurs in cultural, social, political, and economic terms. 6. Identify how sociological concepts and theories in relation to race and religion connect to everyday life. 7. Possess a critical lens for understanding human behavior and societies in relation to race and religion. 8. Demonstrate an understanding of diversity that focuses on topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion as pertains to development issues. 9. Apply the principles of critical thinking to identify policy assumptions and to work out how those assumptions inform results. 10. Think creatively and critically in relation to how interdisciplinary research is relevant to development debates and diverse social contexts. |
| SOC 33300 - Collective Behavior And Social Movements |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Considers various types of non-institutionalized collective behaviors (such as rumors, urban legends, panics, riots) in past and modern American history as well as theories and cases of the "why" and "how" of social movements, counter movements, and revolutions.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 33400 - Urban Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of the city and its functions; types of social behavior in cities; influences of city life on personality; city planning.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 33500 - Political Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the social and social psychological sources of routine political participation such as voting and interest group activity, and nonroutine political action such as protest movements and revolution; the organization of power at the community, national, and international level; and political ideology.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, GTC-Science, Tech & Society, UC-Science, Tech & Society, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Have a basic understanding of sociological theories of the state 2. Acquire an understanding of recent social and political science explanations of political processes and events 3. Apply sociological principles to make sense of current world events and to contribute to social debates 4. Comprehend different opportunities to influence political decisions by average citizens. |
| SOC 33800 - Global Social Movements |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores dynamics of social movements in the world; emphasizes movements in non-western world. Examines emergences of movements, mobilization, tactical actions and consequences, and formal and informal organizations within movements to understand how international, national and local structures affect people.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 33900 - Sociology Of Global Development |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the causes and consequences of global development. Topics include: globalization; colonialism and decolonization; food insecurity and dependency; industrialization, poverty and inequality; migration; debt and trade; women's empowerment; global health; rights and social change; and sustainable development. This course will introduce you to the study of global development and globalization. The primary questions we will address are: What is development? What is globalization and what is its relationship with development? How have the processes of global development produced inequalities among nations, regions, races, genders, and classes? Is there a "developing" world and a "developed" world? If so, what are their differences and how do they relate with each other? How have some developing countries become more developed than others? What roles do corporations, the state, and civil society organizations play in the processes of global development? How is global development interrelated with the physical environment, inequalities of consumption, and the environmental crisis? How do people resist the inequalities and perceived injustices of global development through global social movements? How are we interconnected economically, politically, culturally, socially, and ecologically with people all over the world? What are the possible futures of development? To address these issues, our focus will be on the developing world, our scope will be global and long-term, our methodology will be historical-comparative, and our perspective will be social-scientific and critical.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the causes and consequences of global development. 2. Outline the strengths and weaknesses of the basic theoretical perspectives on global development. 3. Identify the key historical events that have led to the project of global development. 4. Apply sociological analysis to different complex and power dynamics. 5. Describe how small- and large-scale projects might contribute to or hinder sustainable development. |
| SOC 34000 - General Social Psychology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Social influences on the individual and processes of social interaction. Individual attitudes and behavior as related to socialization, social norms, social roles, communication and propaganda, and other social influences. Among the interaction processes considered are interpersonal attraction, influence, leadership, cooperation, and conflict. Not open to students with credit in PSY 24000.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of how politics has been approached and analyzed by sociologists over time, and an appreciation for the important thinkers and historical events that have shaped these approaches. 2. Identify specific areas of political polarization and political consensus in contemporary American politics, including where we find evidence of partisan asymmetry. 3. Demonstrate ability to develop and communicate sociological insights as they relate to political history and contemporary political dynamics, both in class and in written assignments. |
| SOC 34001 - Social Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociological theory, with focus on content, form, and historical development. Relationships among theories, data, and sociological explanation.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 34002 - Contemporary Social Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of several contemporary social theories including, but not limited to, varieties of functionalist and conflict theories, varieties of symbolic interactionism, varieties of modernity theories and varieties of globalization theories. Students will gain experience in reading and responding to social theories and critically explore how to apply these theories to contemporary social processes.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize key theoretical frameworks and assumptions on which the discipline is founded and differentiated from other social sciences. 2. Articulate what sociologists mean by social structure and how structural forces affect human action and social life at the micro, meso, and macro levels. 3. Explain the relationships between the self and society and how the self is socially constructed and maintained at multiple levels. 4. Identify how social structures create and reproduce different forms of social inequality in human society through specific processes, and interpret empirical patterns and effects of social inequality. 5. Identify how sociological concepts and theories relate to everyday life. 6. Possess a critical lens for understanding human behavior and societies. 7. Use their sociological knowledge and skills to engage with and impact the world around them. |
| SOC 34400 - Environmental Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students to the interplay between human societies and environmental problems. The most challenging environmental problems we face are rooted in human activities. Why do some environmental problems come to be viewed as problems and others do not? How did environmental problems come to be viewed differently by different social groups? How do we motivate the necessary social support to address these problems? Answers to these kinds of questions and others are what we will consider in this class.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop students' ability to summarize (in both oral and written form) the key cultural and structural forces that shape how individuals view environmental problems and their solutions. 2. Develop their ability to engage in in-class discussions of the assigned readings in a way that contributes to everyone's understanding of the material. 3. Synthesize what they have learned from over the course to answer a novel question about the society-environment relationship. |
| SOC 34500 - Analyzing Culture On TV |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course uses television shows to explore sociological perspectives on culture. The premise of this class is that we can learn a great deal about how culture is constructed, shared, consumed, and contested from watching (and critically analyzing) television shows. We will read theoretical and empirical work about how culture is defined in the social sciences and some of the leading approaches to studying culture in sociology, and then use those concepts to analyze popular television shows. The study of culture centrally concerns the place of meaning in human life, and we will explore how television shapes and is shaped by culture. We will consider how signs, symbols, language, conceptual structures, forms of knowledge, and forms of power interact to create meaning in our life. Cultural change both produces and is produced by changes in meaning, and we will investigate how cultural change occurs, with a focus on topics like changes to American cultures of love, work, religion, and politics.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify key concepts and theories central to the sociology of culture through readings and written responses. 2. Explain how cultural change occurs and how power and inequality are central to the ways cultural norms change through papers and class discussions. 3. Describe how television both reflects and shapes American culture through papers and class discussions. 4. Apply concepts from sociology of culture to critically evaluate popular media through papers and workshops. |
| SOC 35000 - Sociology Of Family |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to provide an understanding of contemporary courtship, marriage, and family interaction as cultural, social, and social-psychological phenomena. Consideration of the major sources of marital strain and conflict within a heterogeneous, rapidly changing society.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Practice Study Observation Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the contours of health disparities in the contemporary US. 2. Hold an informed discussion about current debates surrounding the organization of the health care system. 3. Understand the experiences of people suffering from chronic illness. |
| SOC 35100 - Social Statistics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation, analysis of variance, and cross tabulation.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize data visually and numerically. 2. Build and assess data-based models. 3. Apply the tools of formal interference. 4. Apply the mathematical and probabilistic foundations of statistical inference. 5. Execute statistical analyses with professional software (e.g., SAS and SPSS). |
| SOC 35200 - Drugs, Culture, And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The course provides an overview of the social and cultural underpinnings of drug use across societies. Students engage with various topics, including addiction, global markets, drug epidemics, public policy, and cross-cultural differences in drug use.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 35201 - Drugs Culture And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (ANTH 35201) The course provides an overview of the social and cultural underpinnings of drug use across societies. Students engage with various topics including addiction, global markets, drug epidemics, public policy, and cross-cultural differences in drug use. Typically Offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the trends, patterns, and types of drug use in the U.S. and cross-culturally. 2. Analyze the various social responses to drug use, displaying an understanding of the emergence of these responses being linked to particular cultural and social structural shifts. 3. Analyze the social construction of drug use as a social problem. 4. Differentiate the contributing factors in the process of evaluating substance abuse and dependence. |
| SOC 35202 - Methods Of Social Research |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to methods of sociological research. Topics covered include qualitative and quantitative research methods, research design and implementation, experiments, survey research techniques, field research techniques, data collection, data analysis, and the ethical techniques, field research techniques, data collection, data analysis, and the ethical concerns of social research.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 35600 - Hate And Violence |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the causes of and solutions to hatred and violence. Concepts such as anti-Semitism, discrimination, hate crimes, prejudice, racism, bullying, homosexual prejudice, terrorism and other topics will be addressed. This course uses experiential activities, videos, guest speakers and classroom discussion.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply sociological approaches and concepts to the study of hate and violence. 2. Identify some of the causes of hate and violence, as well as the forces that perpetuate hate and violence. 3. Identify and critically evaluate institutional responses to hate and violence. 4. Empirically examine an organized effort to work against hate and violence. |
| SOC 36000 - Topics In Social Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Specific topics to be announced, e.g., environmental affairs, urban problems, poverty, population problems. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 36100 - The Institution Of Social Welfare |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic concepts and activities of social service organizations. Field trips to selected institutions. Not open to students with credit in SWRK 36100. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 36400 - Child And Family Welfare |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A review of the family as it is influenced by societal and personal forces. The impact of culture, society, and economics on the family is reviewed; additionally, the personal and interpersonal factors including family crises, breakdowns, unemployment, and alcoholism are considered. Not open to students with credit in SWRK 36400. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 36500 - Constructing American Families |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course considers changes and variations in the forms and portrayals of family and family life in the U.S. across time. Topics under study may include: how gender, race, and class shape family roles and family labor (care work); processes of courtship, dating, cohabitation, partnership, marriage, parenthood, and divorce; multiracial/multiethnic families; gay and lesbian families; and family violence. This course also examines the ways in which U.S. social laws, policies, economy, public opinion, media, religion, and technology work to construct, shape, recognize, and regulate the diversity of family forms that exist. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Utilize social science empirical evidence to analyze the shape, form, and structure of families and family life in the U.S. 2. Develop an awareness if the ways in which families are socially constructed in both history and the present. 3. Develop a critical response to the notion that there has been a "golden age" of family life in the U.S. 4. Develop awareness of the ways in which gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and other identities intersect to produce and limit possibilities for the formation and success of particular families. |
| SOC 36700 - Religion In America |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the social dimensions of religion in American life; religion in American culture; social profiles of America's religious groups; trends in individual religious commitment; and religion's impact on American life.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the sizes and influences of major (and some minor) religious groups in America and how these sizes and influences have changed over the past 50 years. 2. Explain and evaluate the influence of religious groups and ideas on at least one other important aspect of social life. 3. Explain ways in which trends in American society over the past 50 years (e.g., changing gender roles, political shifts, etc.) are bringing about changes in American religion. |
| SOC 36800 - The Social Significance Of Religion |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines religion's relationship with family, work, politics, gender, war and peace, race and ethnicity, health, crime and deviance, education, law, and poverty. Content differs each time course is taught.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| SOC 36900 - Religion And Chinese Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of various religions in contemporary China, examines religiosity at the micro, meso and macro levels, and discusses the mutual impacts between religion and social, cultural and political life in Chinese societies.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize the key teachings and rituals of the major religions in Chinese society. 2. Describe the general social characteristics of religious believers in contemporary Chinese society. 3. Explain the major social and political events and their impacts on religious change. 4. Appreciate religious diversity and cultural significance in the increasingly globalizing world. |
| SOC 37300 - Social Psychology Of Gender |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to the social psychology of gender. In this course, we will examine how gender shapes our everyday experiences and interactions. The social psychology of gender is inherently an interdisciplinary field and so over the course of the semester, we will be drawing on both sociology and psychology to consider the reciprocal relationship between the social environment and individual experiences and understandings of gender.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to understand and critique the influence of society on our understanding of gender. 2. Be able to understand and critique the impact gender has on both women and men in society in both theoretical and practical terms. 3. Be able to understand and apply theories of social psychology (i.e. status characteristics theory, social cognition) and gender (i.e. doing gender, two culture theory, social role theory, gender difference, gender similarities) to understand how gender influences everyday interactions. |
| SOC 37400 - Medical Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Medical sociology provides an overview of the social determinants of health and health disparities, the experience of illness and being a patient, the organization of the medical profession, and the health care system in the United States as well as other areas of the world.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the contours of health disparities in the contemporary US. 2. Hold an informed discussion about current debates surrounding the organization of the health care system. 3. Have a greater understanding of the experiences of people suffering from chronic illness. |
| SOC 37700 - Sociology Of Mental Health |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines social influences and consequences of mental health and illness. Considers definitions of psychological disorders, stress, stigma, labeling, and treatments.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand sociological approaches to mental health and illness. 2. Become familiar with issues in the history of mental illness and treatment. 3. Evaluate the origins and consequences of social policies toward mental disorder. 4. Examine the emergence and application of specific categories of mental disorder. 5. Examine the integration of social and biomedical approaches to mental illness. |
| SOC 38100 - Data And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. We are currently witnessing amazing technological innovations brought about by the production, accumulation, and analysis of unimaginable amounts of data. These technologies are disrupting industries, creating new classes of wealthy and poor, and providing novel opportunities for social control and resistance. This course will look at how the increasing centrality of data is changing our world. Among the questions we will answer: What's so big about Big Data? How intelligent is artificial intelligence? Why does everyone want my data? Will there still be jobs when I graduate?
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Outline the development of machine learning technologies from expert systems to neural nets. 2. Explain why data has become a precious resource, and the positive and negative effects this change has engendered. 3. Critically appraise potential dangers of artificial intelligence and automation as well as their potential benefits. |
| SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the basic techniques of statistical analysis applicable to sociological data. Elementary descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Introduction to multivariate analysis.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the relevance of statistics to everyday life. 2. Understand how descriptive and inferential statistics are used and described in sociological research. 3. Compute and interpret univariate and bivariate statistics. |
| SOC 38300 - Introduction To Research Methods In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the methods of data collection and analysis and to the use of the scientific method of social research. Formulation of hypotheses and research designs for their testing. Elementary principles for the conduct of experiments, observation and interviewing, documentation, content analysis, and surveys. Relationship between social research and social theory.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the conditions needed to establish social causation in social research. 2. Become familiar with major approaches to collecting data for social research. 3. Understand practices to achieve valid measurement and representative samples. |
| SOC 39000 - Individual Research In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual research or reading in an area of sociology under the guidance of a Sociology faculty member. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Dept Credit, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits |
| SOC 39100 - Selected Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Various topics in sociology that may change from semester to semester are presented by Sociology faculty members.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits |
| SOC 39103 - Applied Internship In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Internships offer experiential learning opportunities where students can apply classroom knowledge and develop practical skills while earning academic credit. Permission of department required.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Internship, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. Vary due to nature of the course. |
| SOC 39800 - Internship In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Students are placed in an organization or agency to receive experience in an applied sociology setting. Work is supervised by a sociology faculty member and the organization/agency. Research and written reports are required. Evaluations by the organization/agency and sociology faculty member.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential, Individual Study Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 2 times |
| SOC 40200 - Sociological Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced critical treatment of the theories, concepts, and methods of sociology. A basic course required of undergraduate majors in sociology.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| SOC 40300 - Sociology Of Developing Countries In Era Of Globalization |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to acquaint students with the conditions in and faced by people in developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. This will be done with an overview of development and how that has affected these countries, and how that is changing in the shift from development to globalization. This course will also examine these countries' interactions with the United States. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to think and write critically about issues concerning developing countries in the world. 2. Acquire a better understanding of the meaning and consequences of social change currently taking place, both in the US, and around the world. 3. Learn the meanings of major concepts in sociology, and will get to consider the ramifications of our understanding of social phenomena by using the different models that have been developed to describe social reality. 4. Learn of social development within a global context that has developed historically. 5. Examine their values, attitudes and relations to other people, whether in small groups, different ethnic, racial and/or gender grouping, or nations. |
| SOC 40400 - The Environment And Social Justice |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to give students a sociological look at the social interaction between human beings and their physical environment-accordingly, it will not focus on the physical environment alone. Course will provide different theoretical frameworks to understanding society, and will take a global approach to the subject. Course will discuss a number of environmental issues that are especially important in the world, as well as subjects of more immediate concern in Northwest Indiana. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to think and write critically about issues concerning environmental issues. 2. Acquire a better understanding of the meaning and consequences that environmental issues hold in Northwest Indiana, across the entire United States, and around the world. 3. Learn the meanings of major concepts in looking at the issues around the interactions between human beings and the environment. 4. Examine their values, attitudes and relations to the environment, other human beings, and other specifics of life. 5. Learn about possible factors to improve the human-environment interactions, and to minimize the impact of humans on the planet. |
| SOC 40500 - Power, Social Control And The Media |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to give students an introductory, macrosociological look at the mass media in society today. This will examine the mainstream media, as well as the newly emerging media-including the internet-as used both by mainstream and alternative outlets, and examines the impact of media on social existence. Permission of department required.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to think and write critically about issues concerning media and related issues. 2. Comprehend the role of advertising and its effects on the free flow of information in society. 3. Acquire a better understanding of the meaning and consequences that the media has on contemporary American society. 4. Understand the importance of social location of various media within established media networks. 5. Appreciate the importance of models of society used to represent society, and importance in interpreting news in the media. |
| SOC 40600 - People's Movements And Social Power |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce students to the study of social movements, which are a major source of social change in the world today. Will look at a number of social movements from a global perspective. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to think and write critically about issues concerning social movements in the US and globally. 2. Become aware of the role social movements have played in social changes processed in the US and around the world. 3. Understand major theoretical approaches to the study of social movements. 4. Acquire an understanding of the impact that social movements have had historically on US society. 5. Comprehend the global nature of social movements. 6. Be able to understand the relationship between social movements and individuals. |
| SOC 40900 - Social Networks |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Social networks are patterns of social relationships among people, organizations, and other entities (words, events, etc.) that allow communication and influence and provide a context for social life. This course considers social networks both on and off the internet that are important in people's lives for finding dates, getting jobs, maintaining friends and family, finding and maintaining identities, belonging to groups, and communication and influence more generally.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate the essentials of nodes and relationships that compose networks in words and visualizations. 2. Identify patterns in social networks that have consequences for both individual people and social systems. 3. Identify sources of social relationships and patterns of relationships that then have further consequences for people and social systems. 4. Summarize and make sense of basic social network data. 5. Recognize social networks in forms beyond Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. |
| SOC 41100 - Social Inequality |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of systems of class and caste, with special attention to the United States; status, occupation, income, and other elements in stratification.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Challenge misconceptions about the nature and origins of social inequalities. 2. Critically apply social inequality research to their own social environments. 3. Construct arguments about social inequalities' causes and consequences. |
| SOC 41300 - Gender Inequality |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Major theories of gender inequality; historical and cross-cultural variations in systems of gender inequality; social economic, political, and cultural processes perpetuating gender inequality in U.S. society; interrelationships between racial, class, and sex inequality; strategies for social change.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 41900 - Sociology Of Law |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an overview of American legal thought and legal processes. Major topics include definitions of law; anthropological studies of law; origin and development of law; jurisprudence; police behavior; lawyers and courts; deterrent and labeling effects of legal sanctions.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand how official law and law-in-action can differ. 2. Identify key theories in sociology of law. 3. Apply socio-legal theoretical concepts to real-world examples. |
| SOC 42100 - Juvenile Delinquency |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of social and psychological factors influencing individual delinquent behavior patterns. Emphasis on preventive and rehabilitative programs and the role of community agencies such as social service agencies, juvenile courts, and youth authorities. Visits to selected organizations and institutions.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the causes and consequences of juvenile crime on individuals, families, and society. 2. Understand the prevalence and types of juvenile delinquency in the United States. 3. Learn basic theories of juvenile crime. 4. Assess the theories onset of, recidivism, and desistance from crime. 5. Assess effects of social factors in delinquency, such as parents, siblings, family structure, and peers. 6. Know the history of and reasons for the juvenile justice system. 7. Critically evaluate the juvenile justice system and social response to juvenile crime. 8. Identify and evaluate multiple local organizations and institutions that intervene or act in juvenile delinquency prevention, rehabilitation, or response. |
| SOC 42200 - Criminology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Nature and cause of crime; methods of dealing with adult and juvenile offenders; consideration of present programs for the social treatment of crime in the light of needed changes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 42300 - Field Practicum In Sociology And Law And Society |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Field experience in criminal justice system or social services. Students serve as "interns" in a criminal justice or social service agency one day (or its equivalent) per week, under the supervision of agency personnel. Application of theory and empirical research findings to field problems. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn professional skills from a working professional. 2. Discover the relation between academic and practical knowledge |
| SOC 42600 - Social Deviance And Control |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociological and social psychological study of social control and social deviance. Emphasis on theoretical frameworks and empirical research. Consideration also given to specific areas such as substance abuse, suicide, violence, and deviant collective behavior.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a sociological perspective on deviance and social control. 2. Comprehend the foundational theories, concepts, and terms involved in the study of deviance and social control. 3. Think critically about current issues related to deviance and social control. |
| SOC 42900 - Sociology Of Protest |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the sociological study of protest. Topics include protest emergence, individual reasons for participation in protest, and outcomes. Course readings cover protest in the United States as well as other cultural contexts.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 43000 - Sociology Of Aging |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the theories of aging, problems confronting older persons, and programs designed to assist the elderly. Consideration of social aspects of aging in the U.S. in the areas of retirement, employment, housing, income, health care, and the family relationships with cross-cultural and a historical comparisons. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 43001 - Environmental Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students to diverse sociological understandings of how social organizations impact environments, and how environments impact social environments. Topics covered include how interest groups mobilize resources to pursue an agenda of societal protection or restoration, how demographics, belief systems and patterns of social organization break down or pollute the environment, environmental racism, North South tensions over population and consumption, development and limits to growth. Globalization and social change toward sustainability will be explored in relation to planetary boundaries.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Appreciate and utilize a broad array of diverse perspectives that explore how culture and various social institutions impact the environment and vice versa. 2. Critically appraise demographic and social information and data and acquaints students with important processes associated with the co-evolution of societies and their environments. |
| SOC 43100 - Services For The Aged |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course describes current and alternative models for providing community and institutional-based services for the aged. Intervention theories and strategies for providing human services are discussed. Students are expected to apply course concepts when developing ideas for an evaluating existing services for older people. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 43200 - Work In Contemporary America |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines meaning and organization of work in technological society, including job satisfaction, alienation, mobility, conflict, stratification, and unemployment and the impact of race-sex composition of occupations on mobility and politics. Also considers relations with colleagues, organization, clients, and public.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge of core sociological concepts and theories regarding work. 2. Develop the ability to use these tools to critically analyze historical and contemporary issues of work in society. |
| SOC 44000 - Sociology Of Health And Illness |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the social aspects of health beliefs, the definition of disease, and decisions regarding the seeking of medical care. Identification of major changes in patterns and frequencies of health, sickness, disease, and death in the 20th and 21st centuries and factors influencing these patterns. Analysis of characteristics of U.S. medical care systems with particular emphasis on the economics and ethics of health care delivery, the production and distribution of medical personnel, and comparisons with other systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 45000 - Gender Roles In Modern Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical examination of the complementary roles of men and women, with particular attention to problems of role adjustment in the contemporary United States. The neofeminist movement and countermovements. Role conflicts and adjustments in such areas as family, education, employment, and the political arena.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 45300 - Intimate Violence |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines violence between intimates across the life span starting with child abuse and ending with abuse against the elderly. The perspectives used include social learning theory, gender role socialization and sociocultural values. Current research as well as emerging themes about the transmission of violence, learned behavior, and victimization will be used in this class. Assessment techniques are a major part of the class. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond |
| SOC 46100 - Health And Social Behavior |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a sociological examination of health and illness, with a particular focus on social position (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, gender), stress and social support, and health care. Goals for this course include developing critical thinking skills, understanding the broader implications of issues related to health, and thinking creatively about potential societal solutions to these issues.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Justice-Eqty-Divrsty-Inclusion, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the ways in which social factors influence health and social behavior as well as the broader implications of these issues. 2. Develop critical thinking skills through critical writing and classroom discourse on issues related to the sociology of health and illness. 3. Apply a sociological perspective to potential solutions to health-related issues. |
| SOC 47000 - Senior Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Capstone seminar in sociology; integrates knowledge on theory and practice from previous sociology courses, with emphasis on historical, contemporary, and future issues in sociology.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the ideological and ethical implications of sociological practice. 2. Understand the process of research structure and integration (Theory-Methods-Data Analysis). 3. Write different types of papers and reports. 4. Interpret social issues by using relevant theoretical paradigms. 5. Critically evaluate research data by applying appropriate scientific criteria. 6. Provide critical analysis of published research and develop evidence-based arguments in writing research papers. 7. Demonstrate understanding of ASA Professional Ethical Standards. 8. Make oral presentations. |
| SOC 48900 - Research Internship In Sociology And Law And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 6.00. Course organized around internship experience in organizations that collect or analyze data from surveys, social media, focus groups, interviews, or experiments. Completion of 60 credits with a minimum GPA of 3.0, including 15 credits of Sociology with a minimum grade of B in SOC 10000, SOC 38200, and SOC 38300. Permission of instructor required.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Internship, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits Learning Outcomes: 1. Able to do and disseminate social science research in a real world setting. 2. Apply social science data collection and analysis techniques in a real world setting. 3. Evaluate research critically. |
| SOC 49100 - Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Dept Credit, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 49300 - Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. An undergraduate seminar devoted to an interdisciplinary examination of social, economic, political, and intellectual movements, using the faculty resources of the participating departments. Subject matter will vary. Each offering of the seminar will be approved by a committee of department heads from the sponsoring departments. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 49400 - Field Experience In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience in conjunction with directed readings and report writings. Students are trained in using their sociology understanding and skills in working at diagnosing and developing research projects and/or social change interventions for social organizations in the community.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| SOC 49500 - Individual Readings In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Individualized approach to selected topics through the use of guided reading, research and critical evaluation. Prior arrangement required; conducted under the supervision of a member of the sociology faculty. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirement of the sociology major or minor.
1.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits |
| SOC 49700 - Senior Honors Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical examination of some major works in sociology and anthropology, both classical and modern, and of some current theoretical and substantive issues in these disciplines. Open only to students in the departmental honors program.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 49800 - Senior Honors Paper |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The production of a major paper on a topic selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. The students will meet early in the semester for orientation and discussion of topics; in the middle of the semester for progress reports; and late in the semester for presentation and critique of their papers. Open only to students in the departmental honors program.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 51400 - Racial And Cultural Minorities |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. America's minority groups; immigration; interracial and intercultural conflicts; assimilation.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 52500 - Social Movements |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A history of social movements and social movement theories from the 19th through the 20th centuries, focused on Western Europe and the USA, although students are encouraged to explore new theories and new movements for their course projects.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 53100 - Community Organization |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A history of communities and community studies from pre-contact North America to the present (including virtual communities, which students may choose to study for their course projects).
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Know what communities are. 2. Know what community studies are. 3. Understand how communities are created and transformed, 4. Understand how and why communities are important. |
| SOC 56000 - Topics In Sociological Practice |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a graduate seminar in selected topic areas in sociology, exploring the nature of sociological practice within each area (e.g., policy issues and/or intervention strategies as applied to health). May be repeated for credit with different topics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 57000 - Sociology Of Education |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the American public school as a social organization. Includes: interrelations among community power structure, social stratification, and the school; the roles of superintendent, principal, and teacher in community and school; the classroom as a social system; student culture; and teaching as a profession.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 57200 - Comparative Healthcare Systems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Using cost, quality, and access to care as core concepts, this course explores healthcare in comparative context. Special topics are health and gender, the environment, epidemics, long-term care, technology, and rationing, among others.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 57300 - The Human Side Of Medicine |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on sociological theory and research related to social conflicts over the delivery of healthcare in the U.S. Considers social issues pertaining to abortion, AIDS, human experimentation, reproductive technologies, euthanasia, and others.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 57400 - The Social Organization Of Healthcare |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the determinants and consequences of the social organization of medical care. Considers morbidity and mortality, costs and utilization of medical services, healthcare occupations and institutions, and change in programs and policies.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 57600 - Health And Aging In Social Context |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the social and cultural influences on health in adulthood and later life. Considers distribution of illness among older adults, health behavior, and health services use, including long-term care.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 58000 - Methods Of Social Research I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate-level examination of research designs, measurement, and sampling with emphasis on issues of problem formulation and the logic and application of methodological procedures.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 58100 - Meth Soc Research II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis on statistical inference applied to sociological problems; topics include the binomial distribution and the logic of inference, one and two sample tests, confidence intervals, and chi-square. Introduction to bivariate correlation and regression, analysis of variance.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 58300 - Application Of Social Research Methods |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Specific methods of survey research, including questionnaire construction, and sampling techniques, as well as case studies and field experiments are covered. Emphasis is on the use of such methods and their implications for the nature of social data. Permission of instructor required.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 59000 - Individual Research Problems |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual research or reading in an area of sociology under a Sociology department staff member. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 59100 - Selected Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits |
| SOC 60000 - Development Of Sociological Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The development of sociological thought in Western Europe and subsequently in the United States from the publication of Marx's early manuscripts through the sociological writings of the 1940s.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 60200 - Contemporary Sociological Theories |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A companion course to SOC 60000. Examination of the works of recent and contemporary sociological theorists such as Durkheim, Weber, Pareto, Parsons, and Merton, and of major theorists in related disciplines such as Marx, Freud, and Malinowski. Includes an examination of major "schools" or frames of reference such as ecology, structural-functionalism, etc.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 60900 - Seminar In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics vary.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 61000 - Seminar On Teaching Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Acquaints students with the literature on teaching sociology and its issues and provides practice instruction through videotaped microteaching, syllabus and examination construction, etc. A theoretical or research paper is required. Prerequisite: Master's student standing.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 61100 - Social Inequality: Class, Race, And Gender |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of major approaches (functional, status attainment, labor market, class, culture) to the sociological study of inequality, including qualitative and quantitative, historical and comparative studies. Students will be asked to complete a project analyzing inequality, which might provide the basis for a publishable paper. Prerequisite: Master's student standing and Sociology majors only.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 63000 - Seminar In Political Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive consideration of a selected topic or set of topics in political sociology such as political socialization, political movements, comparative political analysis, political ideology in the industrialized West.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| SOC 65900 - Seminar In Marriage And The Family |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar in Marriage and the Family. Offered in alternate years.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| SOC 66700 - Seminar In The Sociology Of Religion |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines topics of traditional or emerging interest in the sociology of religion. Topics covered depend on the theoretical research interests of participating faculty and students. Prerequisite: SOC 56700 or 56800.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 2 times |
| SOC 67400 - Seminar In Medical Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Seminar in Medical Sociology. Prerequisite: SOC 57100, 57400.
2.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits |
| SOC 67700 - Research Seminar On Aging And The Life Course |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. An interdisciplinary seminar examining recent research on aging and the responsible conduct of research. Emphasis is given to professional development in gerontology and related fields.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 3 times |
| SOC 68000 - Advanced Social Research Methods |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey analysis using regression models. Emphasizes ordinary least squares model applied to sociological problems. Also considered are path analysis and logit and logistic regression. A series of projects are required using the PUCC mainframe computer applying course concepts. Prerequisite: SOC 58100 or 60000.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 68100 - Selected Problems Of Social Research |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Working with already available data, each student will conduct one or more research projects, including conceptualization, operational procedures, analysis of the data, and report writing. The data to be used may be from surveys, small group studies, organizational studies, or written documents. Prerequisite: SOC 60000 or 68000. Permission of instructor required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 2 times |
| SOC 68600 - Qualitative Methods |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Surveys qualitative research methods. Considers methods of data collection and data analysis, including computer-assisted techniques. Critical examination of perspectives, assumptions, and issues, including protection of human subjects. Students conduct research projects and write papers using techniques encountered in class. Prerequisite: SOC 58000.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| SOC 69300 - Interdisciplinary Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A seminar on a topic of interdisciplinary interest, taught in cooperation with a member of another department.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. Expand horizons and develop critical thinking skill through exposure to different disciplines. |
| SOC 69500 - Analytic Project In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 or 6.00. Designed to provide experience in defining a research problem, in assessing knowledge and research about the problem, and in analysis. Prerequisite: SOC 58000, 58100. Permission of instructor required.
3.000 OR 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC 69900 - Research PhD Thesis |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required.
1.000 TO 18.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Research Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: Sociology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC B1000 - Principles Of Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to sociology. Gives an understanding of theories and research on social structures, processes, and problems.
. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC B2420 - Social Problems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Discussion and analysis of current social problems within American society. Examines political, economic, and social dimensions of problems, their causes, and possible solutions.
. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC B3990 - Human Behavior And Social Institutions |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Develops insights into human nature, the nature of social institutions, the social processes that have shaped the world of the twenty-first century. In an interdisciplinary way, introduces the distinctive perspectives of the social sciences, emphasizing frameworks and techniques used in explaining causes and patterns of individual and institutional behavior. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI South Bend |
| SOC R1000 - Introduction To Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Consideration of basic sociological concepts, including some of the substantive concerns and findings of sociology, sources of data, and the nature of the sociological perspective. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R1210 - Social Problems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected current "problems" of American society are analyzed through the use of basic sociological data and the application of major sociological frameworks. Policy implications are discussed in light of value choices involved in various solutions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R2200 - The Family |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The family as a major social institution and how it relates to the wider society. Formation of families through courtship, marriage, and sexual behavior; maintenance of families through childrearing and family interaction; and dissolution of families by divorce or death. Social change and the emergence of new familial patterns. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R2340 - Social Psychology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociological approach to human character, with emphasis on the psychology of the individual in social situations. Topics include socialization and the self, language and communication, interpersonal relations, attitude formation, conformity and social influence, and group processes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R2400 - Deviance And Social Control |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to major sociological theories of deviance and social control, analyzes empirical work done in such areas as drug use, unconventional sexual behavior, family violence, and mental illness. Explores both "lay" and official responses to deviance, as well as cultural variability in responses to deviance. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R2850 - Aids And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic from a sociological perspective. Students will explore how social factors have shaped the course of the epidemic and the experience of HIV disease. The impact of the epidemic on health care, government, and other social institutions will also be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R2950 - Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours 3.00. Exploration of a topic in sociology not covered by the regular curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Topics to be announced. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Dept Credit, Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC R3000 - Topics In Applied Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. This course shows the application of sociological theory and methods to topics of current interest. Typically offered Spring.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3120 - Sociology Of Religion |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of religion from the sociological perspective. Religious institutions, the dimensions of religious behavior, the measurement of religious behavior, and the relationship of religion to other institutions in society are examined. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R3140 - Families And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The family is a major social institution, occupying a central place in people's lives. This course explores formation and dissolution of marriages, partnerships, families; challenges family members face, including communication and childrearing; reasons for and consequences of change in American families; how family patterns vary across and within social groups. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3150 - Sociology Of Power |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the nature and basis of political power on the macro level-the community, the national, and the international arenas. Study of formal and informal power structures and of the institutionalized and noninstitutionalized mechanisms of access to power. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3170 - Sociology Of Work |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the meaning of work, the dynamic social processes within work organizations, and environmental constraints on organizational behavior. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R3200 - Sexuality And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides a basic conceptual scheme for dealing with human sexuality in a sociological manner. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3210 - Women And Health |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A review of the relationships among cultural values, social structure, disease, and wellness, with special attention focused on the impact of gender role on symptomatology and access to health care. Selected contemporary health problem areas will be examined in depth. Alternative models of health care delivery will be identified and discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3250 - Gender And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A sociological examination of the roles of women and men in society, analysis of the determinants and consequences of these roles, and assessment of forces likely to bring about future change in these roles. Although focus will be on contemporary American society, cross-cultural variations in gender roles will also be noted. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3270 - Sociology Of Death And Dying |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines inevitable and salient features of the human condition. Historical evaluation of images and attitudes toward death, the medicalization of death, the human consequences of high-tech dying, the role of the family in caring for dying loved ones, the emergence and role of hospices, the social roles of funerals, grief and bereavement, euthanasia and suicide, the worlds of dying children and grieving parents, and genocide are major issues that are addressed. Two of the major themes of the course revolve around the idea that the way we die is a reflection of the way we live; and, that the study of dying and death is an important way of studying and affirming the value of life. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI New Albany |
| SOC R3290 - Urban Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The social dynamics of urbanization, urban social structure, and urban ecology. Theories of urban development; the city as a form of social organization; macroprocesses of urbanization both in the U.S. and other countries. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3300 - Community |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Social, psychological, and structural features of community life. Topics include microphenomena such as the neighborhood, networks of friendship and oppositions, social participation, community power structure, and institutional framework. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3330 - Sports And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will examine the importance sports and leisure activities play in society. From local examples such as Indiana motorsports and high school basketball, to international examples such as the Olympics and World Cup, we will examine sports from the perspective of athletes and fans, look at how sports as an increasingly important business, and discuss how sports have been a significant agent for social change (including Title Nine, and the integration of major league baseball).
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine, from a sociological perspective, the social, cultural, political, and psychological importance of sports and leisure activities. |
| SOC R3350 - Sociological Perspectives On The Life Course |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on the human life course as a product of social structure, culture, and history. Attention is given to life course contexts, transitions, and trajectories from youth to old age; work, family, and school influences; self-concept development, occupational attainment, and role acquisition over the life course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3380 - Comparative Social Systems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. History and general theories of comparative sociology. Major focus on comparative analyses of social structure, kinship, policy and bureaucracy, economics and stratification, and institutionalized belief systems. Some attention is given to culture and personality and to cross-cultural methodology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3440 - Juvenile Delinquency And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Legal definition of delinquency, measurement and distribution of delinquency. Causal theories considered for empirical adequacy and policy implications. Procedures for processing juvenile offenders by police, courts, and prisons are examined. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3450 - Crime And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the creation, selection, and disposition of persons labeled criminal. Emphasis on crime as an expression of group conflict and interest. Critique of academic and popular theories of crime and punishment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R3460 - Control Of Crime |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. History, objectives, and operation of the crime control system in relation to its sociopolitical context. Critical examination of philosophies of punishment and programs of rehabilitation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3490 - Practicum In Victimology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The role of the victim in the criminal justice system is examined through both course work and practical experience as a volunteer with the Marion County Prosecutor's Witness-Victim Assistance Program. Recommended for students with interest in deviance, criminology, law, criminal justice, and social service. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3510 - Social Science Research Methods |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of methods and techniques used by sociologists and other social scientists for gathering and interpreting information about human social behavior. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3550 - Social Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers several traditions of classical, contemporary, and post-modern social thought e.g., social Darwinism, conflict theory, functionalism, symbolic interactionism, critical theory, and feminist theory. The social context, construction, and application theories are included.
. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3560 - Foundations Of Social Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the fundamental issues and perspectives in classical theories. Special focus will be on analysis of the major nineteenth-century theories that influenced later sociological thought. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC R3570 - Contemporary Sociological Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis on theoretical developments of the twentieth century and the relationships of current theories to classical theories. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3590 - Introduction To Sociological Statistics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Measures of central tendency, dispersion, standardizing and normalizing procedures, and simple index numbers. Simple notions of probability as related to statistical inference (means, proportions, binomial distribution, chi-square, simple regression). Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3810 - Social Factors in Health and Illness |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the social aspects of health and illness, including variations in the social meanings of health and illness, the social epidemiology of disease, and the social dimensions of the illness experience.
. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3820 - Social Organization Of Health Care |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Surveys the nature of and recent changes in the health care delivery system in the United States. Patient and professional roles and the characteristics of different health care settings are explored. Current debates about the nature of the professions and professional work are emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R3850 - Aids And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic from a sociological perspective. Students will explore how social factors have shaped the course of the epidemic and the experiences of HIV disease. The impact of the epidemic on health care, government, and other social institutions will be discovered. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4100 - Alcohol, Drugs And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a survey of the use and abuse of alcohol, including extent of use, history of use and abuse, ''biology'' of alcohol, alcoholism as a problem, legal actions, and treatment strategies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus |
| SOC R4150 - Sociology Of Disability |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of current models of disability and of disability at the interpersonal and societal level. Topics include recent legal, social, and educational changes; the ways in which people with disabilities interact with the nondisabled; the role played by relatives and caregivers; and the image of people with disabilities in film, television, and other media. Recommended for students in nursing, education, physical and occupational therapy, and social work, as well as for the medical sociology minor. Available for graduate credit. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus |
| SOC R4200 - Sociology Of Education |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of sociological approaches to the study of education, covering such major topics as education as a social institution, the school in society, the school of as a social system, and the sociology of learning. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4250 - Gender And Work |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the changing roles that women and men play in paid and unpaid work, and how these roles are socially constructed, through socialization practices, social interaction, and actions of social institutions. The interaction of gender, race, ethnicity, and social class on individuals' involvement in work will also be explored. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4300 - Families And Social Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar explores how the state and labor market currently affect family structure and the quality of family life in the U.S. and the role the state and labor market could play in the future. Family policies in other parts of the world will be considered for possible applicability to the U.S. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4610 - Race And Ethnic Relations |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Comparative study of racial, ethnic, and religious relations. Focus on patterns of inclusion and exclusion of minority groups by majority groups. Discussion of theories of intergroup tensions-prejudice and discrimination-and of corresponding approaches to the reduction of tensions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4630 - Inequality And Society |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Presentation of conservative and radical theories of class formation, consciousness, mobility, and class consequences. Relevance of social class to social structure and personality. Emphasis on the American class system, with some attention given to class systems in other societies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4670 - Social Change |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic concepts, models, and individual theories of social change; historical and contemporary analysis of the structural and psychological ramifications of major social trends. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4760 - Social Movements |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the origins and dynamics of contemporary social movements in American society, with some attention to cross-national movements. Coverage of progressive and regressive movements aimed at changing the social, economic, and political structure of the society. Case studies of expressive and ideological movements, including fads, cults, and revolts and revolutions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4780 - Formal Organizations |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociological inquiry into the nature, origin, and functions of bureaucratic organizations. Emphasis on bureaucratic organizations as the predominant mode of contemporary task performance and on their social-psychological consequences. Theoretical and empirical considerations in organizational studies from Weber to contemporary findings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4850 - Sociology Of Mental Illness |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of current problems in psychiatric diagnosis, the social epidemiology of mental illness, institutional and informal caregiving, family burden, homelessness, and the development and impact of current mental health policy. Cross-cultural and historical materials, derived from the work of anthropologists and historians, are used throughout the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4900 - Survey Research Methods |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. In this practicum, students will design and conduct a survey, learn how to code survey results, enter data, and analyze data with the mainframe computer. A report will also be written. The advantages and disadvantages of survey methodology will be highlighted and ethical issues will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4940 - Internship Program In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 6.00. This course involves students working in organizations where they apply or gain practical insight into sociological concepts, theories, and knowledge. Students analyze their experiences through work logs, a paper, and regular meetings with the internship director. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Practicum, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC R4950 - Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of a topic in sociology not covered by the regular curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Topics to be announced. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R4970 - Individual Readings In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Investigation of a topic not covered in the regular curriculum that is of special interest to the student and that the student wishes to pursue in greater detail. Normally available only to majors through arrangement with a faculty member. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC R4980 - Sociology Capstone Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to help graduating senior sociology majors to synthesize and demonstrate what they have learned in their major while readying themselves for a career and/or graduate study. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Experiential, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R5150 - Sociology Of Health And Illness |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Surveys important areas of medical sociology, focusing on social factors influencing the distribution of disease, help-seeking, and health care. Topics covered include social epidemiology, the health care professions, socialization of providers, and issues of cost and cost containment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R5170 - Sociology Of Work |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociology of work. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R5510 - Quantitative Research Methods |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. P: graduate standing or consent of instructor. This course surveys the major techniques for investigating current sociological problems. It emphasizes the relationship between theory and practice in under-standing and conducting research. Although methods intended for rigorous hypothesis testing through quantitative analysis will be of major concern, the course will also examine issues in field research essential to a full understanding of a research problem. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R5560 - Advanced Sociological Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first part of a two-semester graduate course in contemporary sociological theory and theory construction. The first semester will involve the student in detailed study and analysis of sociologists belonging to the positivist tradition in sociology. Students will be expected to comprehend contemporary sociology in terms of its historical roots and to demonstrate their understanding of theory construction. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R5590 - Intermediate Sociological Statistics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic techniques for summarizing distributions, measuring interrelationships, controlling extraneous influences, and testing hypotheses are reviewed, as students become familiar with the computer system. Complex analytical techniques commonly applied in professional literature are examined in detail, including analysis of variance, path diagrams, factor analysis, and log-lineal models. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R5850 - Social Aspects of Mental Health and Mental Illness |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a graduate-level course on the sociology of mental illness and mental health. Provides a thorough grounding in the research issues and traditions that have characterized scholarly inquiry into mental illness in the past. Students will become familiar with public policy as it has had an impact on the treatment of mental illness and on the mentally ill themselves. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC R6970 - Individual Readings In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigation of a topic not covered in the regular curriculum that is of special interest to the student and that the student wishes to pursue in greater detail. Available only to sociology graduate students through arrangement with a faculty member. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| SOC S1000 - Introduction to Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Can children ever become "normal" after long periods of isolation? When making decisions, are two or more heads really better than one? Would people like you and me electrocute a stranger? Why do men tend to invade women's personal space? Are some people "more equal" than others in the United States? Is racial hostility a thing of the past, or does it continue today? These are some of the questions we will attempt to tackle in Sociology 100. The substance of this course is broad and draws insights from other social sciences and humanities, most notably psychology, social psychology, political science, economics, and history. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC S1610 - Principles Of Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Nature of interpersonal relationships, societies, groups, communities, and institutional areas such as the family, politics, education, the economy, and religion. Includes social process operating within these areas; significance for problems of social organization, social change, and social stratification. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC S1630 - Social Problems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Major social problems in areas such as the family, religion, economic order, crime, mental disorders, civil rights; racial, ethnic, and international tensions. Relation to structure and values of larger society. Although no prerequisite is required, it is strongly recommended that students have some previous social science course work and/or familiarity with basic sociological concepts and methodology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Social-Behavioral, UC-Behavior/Social Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| SOC S3750 - Issues In Human And Social Service Policy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will help prepare students to work in human and social service agencies by examining sociological and human/social service literature regarding the oversight, management, and day to day practices encountered. Students will examine theories in social sciences relevant to human services delivery. Students will learn about ethical and professional issues of workers in human/social service agencies with clients from diverse populations. Students will examine sociological concepts, theories, and methods as they apply to the management, practice, and evaluation of human/social service agencies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Kokomo |
| SOC S4600 - Topics In Non-Western Cultures |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This variable topics course will analyze different aspects of non-western cultures. It will be organized as a seminar and require significant writing and research. The readings will expose students to different theoretical perspectives and empirical approaches. Topics will be announced in the Schedule of Classes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: South Bend Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| SOC S5600 - Topics In Sociology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
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