Courses For Fall 2006:

 

SOC 101: SELF AND SOCIETY

8:30 am - 9:20 am M W F   Admin 435

 

Course Description,

Human beings live out their lives in a multitude of social relationships ranging from personal relationships to citizenship in the global community. In a very real sense, persons are fully human only within the context of their connectedness to others. This course explores the meaning of this connectedness by considering four basic questions: (1) How is social life organized? (2) What consequences does this social organization produce? (3) How does this social organization change over time? (4) What does this organization, its consequences and changing nature, have to do with the lives of individuals?

 

 

 

SOC 320: SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR

10:30 am - 11:20 am M W F   Admin 337

 

Course Description,

This course is a sociological examination of the conditions under which societal definitions of deviance emerge, develop, and change over time. We have all experienced deviant behavior throughout our lives; sometimes we are the one identifying the deviance, sometimes we are the one committing the deviance.  Who is deviant?  What does "deviance" mean?  And who gets to decide the difference between deviance and normal?  These questions will be answered throughout the semester, with special attention to the process of societal reaction to deviant behavior.

 

 

 

SOC 309: THE URBAN SOCIAL SYSTEM

12:30 pm - 1:20 pm M W F  Admin 337

 

Course Description,

Most of the world's population currently lives in an urban environment, but it has not always been this way.  Urbanization is a uniquely human evolution.  This course will explore the process of how we have become urban peoples and the consequences of urbanization on the lives and institutions of local populations.  Special emphasis will be given to how urban development and how urban structures affect our everyday lives and our dealings in our own social environment.