Course Description: Systematic study of the social life of human beings. While the particular emphasis varies depending on the instructor, students should obtain (1) an understanding of basic sociological concepts and perspectives, and (2) a rudimentary exposure to an experience with social research techniques and perspectives. Students may not receive credit for both SOAN 110 and SOAN 117. F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: Class meets 3 days per week. Monday: in-person and synchronous streaming, Wednesday: in-person and synchronous streaming (or streaming only), Friday: on-line / remote in real time and chats.
Course Description: An overview of human cultural diversity, focusing on the peoples and traditional cultures of major world regions. Basic concepts and methods used to describe and analyze cultural differences and similarities are introduced. Focuses on cultural differences in adaptation, economics, marriage and family forms, gender, political organization, and religion. The relevance of anthropology to contemporary global problems is discussed. The impact of the expansion of industrial societies on indigenous cultures is examined. F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The delivery model for this course will be hybrid, with most of the instruction in person. If there are students who cannot attend in person a recording of the class experiences will be made available (asynchronous) with a required online meeting with the professor via zoom.
Course Description: An overview of human cultural diversity, focusing on the peoples and traditional cultures of major world regions. Basic concepts and methods used to describe and analyze cultural differences and similarities are introduced. Focuses on cultural differences in adaptation, economics, marriage and family forms, gender, political organization, and religion. The relevance of anthropology to contemporary global problems is discussed. The impact of the expansion of industrial societies on indigenous cultures is examined. F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The delivery model for this course will be hybrid, with most of the instruction in person. If there are students who cannot attend in person a recording of the class experiences will be made available (asynchronous) with a required online meeting with the professor via zoom.
Course Description: This course is an introduction to how social and cultural factors shape the ways in which emotions are experienced, regulated, and judged. After a broad introduction to the topics with examples on emotions like fear and grief, it focuses on love, and the institution of romantic love. We will explore the social and cultural frameworks that shape romantic relationships in contemporary societies, and how social, cultural, economic, and technological changes have been transforming the nature of these relationships around the world. The ways in which the experience of romantic love can be related to factors such as social class, gender, and sexuality will also be discussed. No prerequisites.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The course will predominantly be delivered in person. Students who can't participate in person will be able to join via Blackboard. If needed, class meetings will be recorded for students who can't participate in person. All students will also contribute to the online discussion board (on Blackboard) weekly.
Course Description: The course examines the role of culture, power, networks, and institutions in shaping economic life and markets. Some important areas of study include the ways in which social values become intertwined with economics processes and outcomes, how consumption has transformed social relationships and identity, and how race or gender shape economic behavior. We analyze the role of corporations in our society, how consumer capitalism affects our lives, how the economy shapes key healthcare, the environment, and more. We also analyze the role of social movements in regulating and governing markets to promote more socially responsible and environmentally sustainable practices (e.g. through corporate social responsibility, political consumerism, socially responsible investing, and social certifications). Prerequisite: SOAN 110 or SOAN 111 or SOAN 117 or SJ 110 or ECON 110.
Course Delivery: Fully Remote
Course Description: Examination of the family as both an institution of society and as a social group. Particular attention is paid to historical, both cross-cultural, and subcultural diversity in family forms and to gender and class differences in family experiences. (e.g., marriage, parenthood, divorce, domestic violence). Prerequisite: 110 or 111 or permission. F.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The delivery model for this course will be hybrid, with most of the instruction in person. If there are students who cannot attend in person a recording of the class experiences will be made available (asynchronous) with a required online meeting with the professor via zoom.
Course Description: A survey of sociological perspectives on deviant and criminal behavior. Analysis of the causes of both violent and nonviolent deviance, with special attention to social processes through which behavior is defined as deviant. Overview of formal and informal mechanisms of social control. Prerequisite: 110 or 111 or permission.
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Course Description: After over a century from the birth of modern sociology, sociological analysis still relies on ideas and questions posed by founders of the discipline. Much of the conceptualization of contemporary social issues is still grounded in perspectives developed by early social thinkers whose ideas shaped modern sociology. This course is an introduction to both classical and contemporary sociological theorists. It discusses these theorists and their concerns in the context of the times and places of their birth. It also relates these theories to core controversies in the development of modern society. Prerequisite: SOAN 110, 117 or 111, and SOAN 279; or permission of instructor.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The course will predominantly be delivered in person. Students who can't participate in person will be able to join via Blackboard. If needed, class meetings will be recorded for students who can't participate in person. All students will also contribute to the online discussion board (on Blackboard) weekly.