26.3 Third World Urbanization
3 credits
Sociological analysis of cities in less developed nations;
human ecology, network analysis, and community organization.
Internal structure of Third World cities. Critical examination
of the linkage between urbanization, industrialization, modernization,
and Westernization. Direct and indirect policies affecting
Third World cities. World system approaches vs. neo-revolutionary
approaches. Socialist and nonsocialist models for Third World
urban social change, with special reference to China, Cuba,
and India.
30.1 Sociolinguistics
3 credits
The study of language as it is used by various social groups.
Language and gender, language and culture, language and thought,
Creole languages, black English, linguistic change.
43.1 Social Class
3 credits
Formation of social classes. Leading theories of class. Critical
examinations of studies of class. Relation of social class
to personality development.
51.41 Blacks in the American Criminal Justice System
3 credits
Exploration of the relationship between African Americans
and the criminal justice system. Sociological theory and methods
of collecting and understanding information. Assessment of
the political, social, and economic institutions of American
society as they frame race, crime, and punishment. Ways that
the American criminal justice system has operated to both
maintain and ameliorate a racially oppressive society.
51.5 Female and Male: The Sociology of Gender
3 credits
Relationships between men and women in America today. Cultural
consequences of biological differences. Sexual stereotypes
in mass media. Legal position and education of women in comparison
with men. Different work opportunities and the problems of
combining work and family. Role of minority group women. Movement
toward sexual equality.
61.4 Peoples of the United States
3 credits
Ethnic and racial makeup of the United States. Regional differences.
Characteristic features of dominant and minority cultures.
Problems of minority groups; their adjustment to the dominant
culture. Concept of cultural pluralism.
76 Sociology of Religion
3 credits
Religion as human behavior, and as a social institution: patterns
of belief, ritual, and experience. The organization of religion
and its connection to religious ideology. The relationship
of religion to secularization, alienation, and other aspects
of the contemporary condition. Religion and family politics,
and social class. The changing role of religion in modern
society.
91.2 Seminar in Gender Studies
3 credits
Selected topics in gender studies. Topics vary from term to
term. Course description may be obtained in the department
office before registration. Substantial paper. Students may
take this course for credit twice but may not repeat topics.
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