Sociology
Credit Courses
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 an applied study to race and ethnicity in the United States. We will examine social justice movements in relation to ethnic and racial groups to better understand the complex socio-economic, cultural and political conditions among key social groups. Graded or Pass/No Pass option. C-ID: SJS 110.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter
A social profile of major American racial/ethnic groups. A special examination of the problems of minority assimilation into an otherwise open society and culture. Graded. C-ID: SOCI 150.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter
An overview of the Chicano historical experience and of social development in the U.S. The course will survey the Chicano culture, customs, politics, labor conflict, immigration patterns, achievements and contributions to the American Southwest. Graded or Pass/No Pass option.
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.
Grading Mode: Standard Letter
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.