Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Recommended for every student interested in human behavior, social interrelationships and group organization, foundations of society, culture, social differentiation and social institutions. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SOCI 110.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

An introduction to the dynamics of marriage patterns, divorce and family life, including an analysis of interpersonal attraction, mate selection, marriage, parenthood, changing male and female roles and patterns of interaction within the family. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SOCI 130.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is identical to ETHS G111. This course is an applied study to social justice with an emphasis on race and ethnicity in the United States. It examines the socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions that contribute to inequality among key social groups and the struggle for social justice and liberation. The class will focus on Native Americans, African Americans, Latinx Americans, Asian Americans and the intersection with gender, sexuality, and religion. The course requires engagement with anti-racist issues, practices, and movements. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SJS 110.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course provides an introduction to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) studies. Examines a range of issues related to LGBTQ individuals and communities in the United States and globally. Includes a study of key figures and history of civil rights movement for LGBTQ and explores sexual orientation and gender identity across cultures. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SJS 130.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course introduces probability techniques, hypothesis testing and predictive techniques used in sociological research. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, statistical inference, correlation and linear regression, chi-square and t-test, and application of technology for statistical analysis and interpretation of statistical findings. It provides an introductory statistics course for sociology majors and other social science or health majors and provides applications using data from social science, business, sciences, and education. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is identical to ETHS G133. Formerly: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America. This course provides an overview of sociological theories and issues concerning the historical and contemporary patterns of interactions of major American racial and ethnic groups with an emphasis on Native Americans, African Americans, Latinx Americans, and Asian Americans through analysis of race, ethnicity, and racism. It examines how culture and social institutions contribute to or counteract racial and ethnic inequalities. The course discusses minority immigration and assimilation as it relates to society and culture in the United States. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SOCI 110; SOCI 150.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is identical to ETHS G134. Formerly: Introduction to Chicano Studies. This course provides an overview of the Chicana/o historical experience and of social development in the U.S. The course will survey the Chicana/o culture, customs, politics, labor conflict, immigration patterns, achievements and contributions to society in the United States. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course is identical to ETHS G135. This course provides an introduction to indigenous and native societies in North America. Students will examine the historical and contemporary Native American struggles against racism, land dispossession, forced acculturation, and poverty within the United States highlighting the Native people's ongoing struggle for social justice and the efforts to rebuild, revitalize, and reclaim their identity. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course provides an introduction to the social construction of gender, masculinity, and femininity historically and across culture. It examines debates on sex and gender, and analyzes how institutions shape gender and the impact of political change on gender expectations in society. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SOCI 140.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Sociological analysis of crime, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice system. Explores the history and social construction of crime and criminality and examines the definition of crime and its violations as well as the laws and methods used to control criminal behavior. Discuss measurement of crime and basic theoretical explanations of criminal behavior. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SOCI 160.

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Formerly: SOC G150 – Social Trend and Problems. American social problems, value systems within which problems develop industrialization, population, crime and delinquency, family, race relations, education, health care, drugs and alcohol and violence. Graded. C-ID: SOCI 115.

Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course introduces students to research methods used in the social and behavioral sciences. Students analyze the ways in which empirical research is used to gather, evaluate and critique data. Students apply scientific investigation to social and/or behavioral subject matter. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SOCI 120; POLS 160.