Course Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Sociology
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Rick Baldoz, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair
Daphne A. John, Associate Professor of Sociology
Greggor Mattson, Associate Professor of Sociology
Christine Parris, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Kathleen Ragon, Visiting Instructor of Sociology
Veljko Vujacic, Professor of Sociology
Clovis L. White, Associate Professor of Sociology
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Sociology is concerned with the study of social phenomena-the self, groups, community solidarity, economic and political behavior, inequality, culture and values, social organization, institutions-in societies of various types and levels of development. The question of how groups, societies, and larger social systems change or remain the same over time frames work in the discipline. The department curriculum reflects the breadth of the discipline and responds to the variety of student interests. The curriculum addresses the educational objectives of students who wish to: (1) study for advanced degrees in Sociology as preparation for careers in teaching or research; (2) apply Sociology in the professions such as law or urban planning; (3) apply Sociology in public policy or social service agency work; (4) utilize Sociology to contribute to majors in other disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, history, or political science; (5) learn the ways in which the sociological imagination can increase and enrich one’s civic engagement. These different objectives may suggest different courses or combinations of courses so students thinking about majoring in the department should consult an advisor early in their decision process. Courses in many other disciplines add strength to a major in Sociology. The particular pattern of courses chosen will vary, depending on the plans and interests of the student. The pattern should be worked out in close consultation with the major advisor.
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Majors and Minors
Courses- SOCI 050 - Cleveland Immersion Program
- SOCI 110 - Introduction to Sociology: Social Structure, Inequality, and Behavior
- SOCI 112 - Introduction to Sociology: You’re Not the Boss of You
- SOCI 122 - Introduction to Sociology: Principles of Sociological Thinking
- SOCI 124 - Introduction to Sociology: Classics of Sociology
- SOCI 125 - Introduction to Sociology: An Analysis of Society
- SOCI 130 - Introduction to Sociology: Social Problems
- SOCI 143 - Introduction to Sociology: Understanding American Society from a Global Perspective
- SOCI 144 - Introduction to Sociology: Organizations and Social Change
- SOCI 145 - Introduction to Sociology: Social Inquiry between Past and Present
- SOCI 200 - Honorary Whites or Forever Foreigners?: The Contemporary Asian-American Experience
- SOCI 203 - Sociology of Sexuality
- SOCI 215 - Race, Immigration, and the Asian American Experience
- SOCI 218 - Consumer Society and Culture: From Global to Local
- SOCI 222 - Social Psychology: A Sociological Approach
- SOCI 224 - Sociology of Sport
- SOCI 230 - Social Change and Political Transformation in Eastern Europe
- SOCI 239 - The Urban Experience in the U.S.
- SOCI 241 - American Urbanism
- SOCI 250 - Sociology of Popular Culture
- SOCI 252 - Morals and Markets: Economic Sociology
- SOCI 254 - Political Sociology
- SOCI 255 - Bureaucrats, Classes and Democracy: Political Sociology in Three Acts
- SOCI 262 - Making Race & Ethnicity in the United States
- SOCI 267 - War and Peace?
- SOCI 270 - Comparative Race & Ethnicity in Latin America and the US
- SOCI 275 - Enacting the Law
- SOCI 277 - Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOCI 281 - Can Corporations Do Good? On the Perils and Promises of Ideals in For- and Non-Profit Organizations
- SOCI 284 - Environmental Sociology
- SOCI 288 - American Inqualities: Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- SOCI 301 - Social Research Methods
- SOCI 302 - Social Research Methods Lab
- SOCI 303 - Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory
- SOCI 305 - Feminist Research Methodologies
- SOCI 314 - Unequal Educations
- SOCI 321 - Racializing the City: the Political Economy of Equality & Exclusion in the U.S. Urban Context
- SOCI 322 - Cities, Culture, and Society
- SOCI 332 - Sociology of Organizations
- SOCI 338 - Prostitution and Social Control: Governing Loose Women
- SOCI 340 - Nationalism, Culture & Politics Under & After Dictatorship: Spain and Yugoslavia in the 20th Century
- SOCI 345 - Gender, Work, and Labor in a Transnational Context
- SOCI 348 - Constructing Immigrant Communities
- SOCI 350 - School and Punishment
- SOCI 351 - Protest, Resist, Change!: Collective Behavior and Social Movements
- SOCI 361 - Law and Culture in Global Perspective
- SOCI 378 - Sociology of African-American Community
- SOCI 386 - Nightlife: Place, Identity and Feeling Alive
- SOCI 390 - Practicum In Community Learning
- SOCI 391H - Practicum - Half
- SOCI 403 - Seminar in Social Psychology: African-American Personality
- SOCI 420 - Social Inequalities: Class, Race, and Gender
- SOCI 422 - Seminar: Racism & Inequality in the United States: Alernative Perspectives
- SOCI 428 - Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Schools, Rights, and Education Policy
- SOCI 431 - Communism and Intellectuals: From Utopia to Disillusionment
- SOCI 432 - How Places Make Us: Sociology of Place and Space
- SOCI 438 - Seminar: Coal, Communities and Culture
- SOCI 451 - Imperial Control and its Transformations: the New Sociology of Empire and Colonialism
- SOCI 458 - The Specter of Sovereignty: the Perplexities of Rule and Rights
- SOCI 461 - Seminar: Reimagining Immigrant/Ethnic Enclaves in an Era of Globalization
- SOCI 491F - Senior Honors - Full
- SOCI 491H - Senior Honors - Half
- SOCI 499 - Advanced Research Methods
- SOCI 995F - Private Reading - Full
- SOCI 995H - Private Reading - Half
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