Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Psychology

  
  • PSY 3580 Psy of African Americans


    Examines traditional schools of psychology as they pertain to the psychological experience of African-Americans. Alternative psychological considerations relative to the African-American experience, including those advanced by noted African-American psychologists, are also explored. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3600 Environmental Psychology


    Focuses on individuals’ psychological states and social behavior in relation to the physical environment, both natural and man-made. Includes spatial features of social interaction, the behavioral properties of places and locational behavior of individuals and groups.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3650 Cross Cultural Psychology


    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the role of culture in shaping a person’s developmental processes, emotion, identity, social behavior and mental health. Findings of relevant classic and contemporary cross-cultural empirical studies will be presented, with emphasis on the universal and culturally-specific aspects of human condition. In addition, this course will explore ways to integrate cultural perspectives into understanding and working with people around the globe.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3700 Psychology of Sport


    This course entails a look at the psychological principles involved in physical activity and sport. The theoretical basis from which the principles derive is looked at, but the emphasis is on the application of these principles. Cross Listed Course(s): KNES 3700  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3750 Cognitive Psychology


    This course critically examines people’s information-processing capabilities and limitations.  Emphasis will be placed on the theoretical principles that underlie the attention, perception, and memory of events. In addition, topics may include other aspects of cognition including thinking and reasoning, decision making, creativity and language processing.
     

     

      Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100  
    Credits: 3.0

  
  • PSY 3770 Psychology of Music


    This course will examine current directions and the history of the Psychology of Music. Content may be comprised of low-level sensory interactions with sound; the relationship of music to intellectual development; the relationship between music theory and perceptional preferences; higher level issues of performance and expression in music; cultural influences and variation in music; and architectural acoustics and performance halls. To explore these topics, the course will be taught using a variety of reading and writing assignments, classroom presentations, and demonstrations. The course will be writing intensive with assignments that emphasize gaining depth and critical evaluation of this topic through the process of writing. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3790 Children’s Learning


    The course surveys the major forms of children’s learning and cognitive processes, examining both the empirical data base and the theoretical formulations used to account for the findings. Topics covered include conditioning in infancy and early childhood, language acquisition, behavior modification, discrimination reversal learning, verbal learning, concept learning and learning to read. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3810 Psychology of Aggression


    This course focuses on the internal, external, and experiential components of human aggression. The acquisition and development of aggression is examined from psychoanalytic, learning, social learning, cognitive, and physiological theoretical perspectives. The main objective of the course is to provide students with a better understanding of individual and collective violence and aggression. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3820 Behavior Modification


    The modification of human and animal behavior is explored through the application of principles of learning. Behavioral phenomena and techniques including generalization, acquisition, extinction, conditioned reinforcers, schedules of reinforcement, and aversive control are studied. Using completer software that re-creates animal learning typical of animal learning studies, students gain familiarity with traditional laboratory techniques and basic principles of learning. The latter half of the course addresses how these basic principles are translated into use in applied settings with humans. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3830 Substance Abuse


    The abuse of alcohol and drugs has been a problem of human society for centuries. Every year, millions of Americans develop abusive or addictive use patterns leading to a range of personal and societal problems, which in turn result in enormous costs in the form of health problems, health care expenditures, loss of productivity, crime, threats to social welfare, and loss of life. This course provides a comprehensive overview of substance abuse, prevention theories, and program applications. The impact of substance abuse on society and communities (e.g., as a public health burden or a maintenance factor of other social problems) will be emphasized, along with community problem solving, decision-making, and other projects focused on civic engagement. This course fulfills UCC-area 5:community and civic engagement. Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100   
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 3990 Selected Topics


    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  
  • PSY 4040 Research Lab


    This course provides students with hands-on experience that will enable them to develop as psychological scientists. Research Lab builds on students’ knowledge from PSY 2030 Experimental Psychology II: Research Methods  by offering skills in advanced lab practices and methods (e.g., psychological process and content). This course is intended for any student interested in experimental psychology. This course is dedicated to enhancing students’ scientific thinking, writing, research, collaboration, and presentation skills. The ultimate goal is to enhance students’ skills to prepare them for graduate study and/or careers where measurement and evaluation of are key to organizational function (e.g., business, education). Students will be charged an additional Psychology Lab Fee when enrolling in this course. Prerequisite(s): PSY 2030 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 4100 Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy


    This course explores the major theories of psychotherapy and the application of those theories. For each therapy mode, the theory of psychopathology is related to the methods used and the theory of change. Research outcomes for each type of psychotherapy are reviewed. Prerequisite(s): PSY 3500  OR PSY 3510  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 4150 Psychopharmacology


    To provide a groundwork for this course in the neurosciences, a behaviorally oriented overview of nervous system functioning and biochemistry is integrated with discussions of basic pharmacological principles and biobehavioral research methods. The physiological, behavioral, and psychological effects of the major classes of psychoactive drugs are presented. Emphasis is placed on understanding the mechanisms of these drugs at molecular, cellular, and neurophysiological levels; the similarities and differences in mechanisms between drugs; and the experimental paradigms utilized to arrive at the findings.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 4200 Sensation & Perception


    This course will explore the sensory and perceptual systems that support an organism’s interaction with the environment. To do so, the course will involve an examination of how physical energies are detected and processed by biological systems (including the classic five senses) to support mental and behavioral responses, and to produce a perceptual experience. Using lecture and phenomenological interactions, the course includes a study of the physical stimuli, the nature of the sensory organs and related neural pathways, and the effects of adaptation, learning, experience, and individuality on perception in humans and other species.


      Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100  
    Credits: 3.0

  
  • PSY 4400 Human Factors


    Through review and discussion of the physiological and psychological processes that underpin human performance, e.g., perception, attention, and memory, students will be led to an understanding of why knowledge and consideration of human tendencies, capabilities, and limitations are critical in the design of tools, products, and procedures intended for human use. The goal of this course is to expose students to the application of psychology in the industrial sector.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 4550 Health Psychology


    This course provides a broad overview of the related fields of health psychology and behavioral medicine. Various theoretical perspectives are examined to understand how biological, psychological, and social factors interact with and affect the health of individuals.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 4650 Psychology Internship


    Through work in an appropriate supervised placement setting, students are provided an opportunity to become acquainted with the application of theories, principles, and empirical findings in the area of clinical psychology, human resources, organizational psychology, and other areas of applied psychology. Students must meet with the professor prior to signing up for the course. Students will be charged an additional Malpractice Liab Ins Fee when enrolling in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • PSY 4800 Seminar in Psychology


    This course serves as an integration of previous learning and an opportunity for the student to “pull it all together” where students review and evaluate what they have previously been exposed to and integrate and synthesize their learning into a coherent theoretical model of human behavior and thought. The course also serves as an opportunity for students to self-define what kind of theoretical orientations they privately endorse for the purposes of their own future development and growth.  To these ends, student will be expected to display their knowledge coherently in written and oral form.  This is a writing intensive course that will require students to complete a minimum of 15 pages of formal writing.

    This class is writing intensive. Prerequisite(s): PSY 2030  and PSY 2300  andPSY 3530  and at least  29 credits in the psychology major with a grde of C- or better.
    Credits: 3.0

  
  • PSY 4990 Independent Study


    This course provides an opportunity for students to work on an individual basis with a faculty member on a project whose focus is outside of the department’s course offerings. In-depth library research projects (e.g., critical review of the literature in an area), empirical research studies and meta-analyses are examples of projects. Number of credits is determined by the scope of the project.  As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Professional Sales

  
  • RPS 2050 Professional Selling


    Introduces the basic concepts and skills of professional selling, including customer analysis, communication skills, effective openings and closings, and customer relations. Selling skills and concepts are developed through the extensive use of sales exercise, role-plays, and presentations.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 2100 Negotiation


    Explores the basic concepts and key critical skills involved in between the organizational representative and the client, including the psychology of bargaining. Applies negotiation strategies and tactics in a variety of business environments, with an emphasis on collaborative and competitive styles of negotiating. Seminar-style course with multiple bargaining simulations throughout the semester.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 3000 Global Perspectives in Sales


    This course incorporates an analysis of the sales function across national borders. The impact of strategic, economic, political, legal, and cultural factors on sales activities, factors that influence the globalization of selling, and the impact of cultural differences on global selling and buying will be discussed. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 3200 Sales Information Systems and Technology


    This course is an introduction to hands-on instruction for selected information technology resources that ordinarily support the sales professional and the sales process. It includes the selection of productivity tools, sales team applications and enterprise-wide technology solutions. This is a technology intensive course. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 3990 Selected Topics


    Courses offered to cover a topic or topics not covered by an existing course. Includes varying subject matter deemed appropriate for fostering students’ sales education.
    Credits: 1.0 - 9.0
  
  • RPS 4000 Sales Management


    This course focuses on helping students understand first-line sales management issues including territory management, hiring, selection and training, motivating and rewarding the sales force, coaching, and sales planning. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050  AND RPS 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4100 Key Account Management and Customer Relationship Building


    Key Account Management (KAM) prepares students to implement major account strategy and conduct “Key Account Sales Presentations.” Course focuses on KAM as the business development, planning, and thought process required to identify strategic opportunities, gain entry, broaden revenue bases, increase account penetration, improve customer retention, and grow account revenue. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050  AND RPS 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4200 Financial Services Selling


    Develops understanding of financial service markets, competitive issues, trends, and client acquisition strategies. Students learn and practice individual and institutional needs-based selling skills and market strategies used among banking, securities, insurance, and diversified professional services. Targeting, initiating, and acquiring client relationships, expanding business opportunities, and maintaining long-term client relationships are the course’s focal points. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3200  AND RPS 2050  AND RPS 2100  Cross Listed Course(s): FINP 4200 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4300 Sales Forecasting


    Introduces various aspects of sales forecasting using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, including applications specific to the sales profession, such as setting sales quotas for territory assignments and target markets, estimating future sales, and determining sales potential. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2100  AND MATH 1400  AND RPS 2050  AND RPS 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4400 Medical and Pharmaceutical Selling


    Students are exposed to the selling process in the pharmeceutical, medial devices, and medical services area. They learn specific selling skills unique to these industries through role-playing, and gain an in-depth knowlege of the field by working with industry sales representatives. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4500 Advanced Sales


    The Advanced Sales class is the capstone course in the Professional Sales program. Students are challenged to apply the knowledge gained from their previous classes in a variety of different experiential activities including in-class exercises and role-plays, shadowing sales professionals, and actual field sales. Its focus is to provide students with the opportunity to understand more complex buyer-seller relationships, develop analytical and sales presentation skills, and improve proposal writing and interpersonal capabilities. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4850 Practicum in Professional Sales


    A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied theory in a group setting. Done under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and coordinated with a business organization. Prerequisite(s): RPS 2050 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4860 Business Case Writing


    This is a cross-disciplinary course that represents the second part of the 6-credit practicum Honors option, which must be conducted over two semesters and undertaken in the junior or senior year. It will be a core component of the Practicum Honors option. Honors Practicum credits will be applied towards major concentration requirements. The course involves writing an effective business case based on the consulting report or business plan completed in the practicum course. This course will be supervised by a mentor chosen from the Cotsakos College of Business Academically Qualified (AQ) faculty members who participated in the corresponding practicum course. Cross Listed Course(s): ACCT 4860  ECON 4860  FIN 4860  FINP 4860  GLBS 4860  MGT 4860  MKT 4860 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4900 Internship Professional Sales


    This is a cooperative education/field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working, uninterrupted for a significant amount of time, with a public, private, or government entity in the student’s geographical area.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RPS 4990 Independent Study


    A special project supervised by a faculty advisor.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Russian

  
  • RUS 1100 Basic Russian I


    Presents a communicative approach to the basic elements of the Russian language. Course seeks to develop elementary proficiency in reading, writing, oral comprehension, and speaking. Places special emphasis on situational communication as well as upon thorough development of knowledge of grammatical structures. Students can only receive a grade higher than a C- in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RUS 1110 Basic Russian II


    Continues the communicative approach to the basic elements of the Russian language. Course further develops elementary proficiency in reading, writing, oral comprehension, and speaking. Places special emphasis on situational communication as well as upon thorough development of knowledge of grammatical structures. Prerequisite(s): RUS 1110
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RUS 2100 Intermediate Russian I


    A review of grammar fundamentals, followed by a study of advanced grammatical structure and idiom; reading a variety of texts, composition and conversation.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RUS 2110 Intermediate Russian II


    A continuation of Intermediate Russian I. Selected problems in grammar, sentence structure, and idiomatic expression; a series of readings of moderate difficulty, with emphasis on reading comprehension and conversation. Prerequisite(s): RUS 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • RUS 3990 Selected Topics


    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  
  • RUS 4990 Independent Study


    As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Sociology

  
  • SOC 1010 Principles of Sociology


    Examines the structure and dynamics of human society and interprets social behavior within the context of modern society and culture. A prerequisite to all other sociology courses unless waived by the instructor. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 101 SOC 101
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 1020 Social Problems


    This course presents fundamental sociological concepts and analyzes major problems of contemporary society, including micro and macro social causes of these problems. We will examine the individual and structural components of society that contextualize behavior while exploring topics such as but not limited to: the social construction and dissemination of power; poverty; racism; ethnic conflict; gendered inequalities; the environment; suburban and urban life; drugs and crime; social deviance; health and body-related issues; the family; and, educaitonal inequality. In addition, we will examine “facts”, theories, and methods Sociologists use in the study of social problems. Last, we will also consider how other Nations address problems that are familiar in the United States. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2110 Elementary Social Statistics


    A basic course introducting the use of quantitative methods to describe social life. No special mathematics background or aptitude required. Emphasis is on learning to measure and make decisions about problems that sociologists currently face in government, business, evaluative, and theoretical research. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2130 Sociological Theory


    This course introduces students to the major theories and theorists in sociology through all historical periods. After an introductory consideration of the scientific method and its application to the study of human social life, it examines the principal categories of theory developed by sociologists. In addition to exploring the distinctive characteristics of each theoretical strategy, the course addresses such important issues as the relationship between theory and empirical research, the changing character of sociological theory over time, and the nature of theoretical controversies and debates in the field. Since this is a Writing Intensive course, students will engage in writing both as a means to learn sociological theories and as a way to develop proficiency in conventional styles of sociological writing. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2140 Quantitative Research Methods


    This course provides students with “hands-on” experience in all phases of quantitative research, including: research design, smapling, questionnaire construction, data analyses, and formal research report writing. Students also learn to evaluate information so that their future decisions and work are based on social facts. Class discussions explore reasons why valid research is the basis for effective social action. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 2130  AND (MATH 1300  OR SOC 2130 )
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2150 Qualitative Research Methods


    This course examines different techniques and applications of qualitative data colelction and analysis. After formulating a relevant research question, students are guided through the various phases of the search process. Particular emphasis is given to the selection of appropriate choice of research design and methods of data collection in relation to the research questions and the limitations as well as the advantages of different field research strategies. Students are also afforded the opportunity to execute mini-research projects in consultation with the instructor. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 2130  OR SOC 2180 OR SOC 2190
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2200 Social Organization of Work


    An analysis of the nature of work, the individual’s relation to work, the organizations workers form to protect their interests and the interactions among workers, their organizations and other institutions. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2220 Public Sociology and Civic Engagement


    This course provides students with an understanding of the current public sociology movement, the roots of public sociology in the origins of the discipline, and how public sociologists today are using the tools of sociology in civic engagement efforts. It includes an overview of the sociological perspectives and provides students with opportunities to utilize concepts, theories, and methodologies they learn in the course in civic engagement exercises. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2230 Introduction Human Services


    An introudction to social welfare and the social work profession. Attention is given to current issues, programs, policies, and the various settings for social work practice. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2240 Social Work Practice and Policy


    Designed for both cognitive and experiential learning, this course conceptualizes a generic practice model for the helping process and demonstrates techniques through role-playing. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2310 Sociology of the Family


    A sociological approach to the study of marriage and family living. The student is required to develop a critical evaluation of studies and research in the field. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2330 Sociology of Religion


    Examines the social dimensions of religion and the relationship between religion and society. (Non-Western Course) Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2340 Political Sociology


    Examines major works of political sociology with special emphasis on the conflicting concepts between the “liberal” ideas of such writers as Bell, Parsons, and Dahl and the “new left” approach of Goodman, Mills, and Marcuse. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2350 Sport in the Modern World


    This course focuses on various aspects of sport in modern society–economic, political, and social aspects; issues of gender and race; media and mass communications and the roles of scholar-athlete.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2360 Sociology of the Arts


    Designed to show the reciprocal relationship between the arts and society. Examines how various attitudes, values, norms, and institutions of society are revealed in mass culture forms (e.g., television, rock, music, painting, literature, theater, dance, photography, and film), in an effort to help the student understand the vital place of the arts in society; as well as the impact of culture of the arts. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2410 Minority Groups in America


    This course examines, from a sociological perspective, the experiences of past and present minority groups in the U.S., as defined by race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, and disabiltiy. Particular emphasis is placed on the social construction of social minorities, recurring patterns in dominant-minority relations, group inclusion and exclusion, differential power, diversity and social justice, and group variations within the larger society. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  and Students must also complete 18 Credits of UCC area 1-3 before attempting to register for an Area 4 course.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2420 Muslims and Islamic Institutions in the United States


    This course provides students with an understanding of the Muslim communities in the U. S. It will explore the bonds of Ummah (Muslim community) and the meaning of the Muslim American identity. Attention will be paid to the diversity of the American Muslim community and to the core of beliefs, values, practices and institutions that are integral to Muslim life in the U. S. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2610 Essentials of Criminal Justice


    Philosophical and historical background of agencies and processes, law enforecemnt administration and technical problems, crime, and the criminal as social and public safety problems. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 2610  SOC 261
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2620 Violence in the Community


    The causes, patterns, and functions of violence. Violence is studied as an extension of biology. A course in the sociobiology of violence in human communities. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610   Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 2620  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2640 Sociological Approaches to Forensic Social Psychology


    This course is a survey of social psychology from a sociological perspective. Social psychology is a broad area that examines how interpersonal interaction both impacts and is impacted by the social environment. From the sociological perspective, social psychology has three main branches: symbolic interactionism, social structure, and group processes, and focuses on the effects of social psychological processes and the role of the individual in maintaining society. This course will examine these theoretical orientations applied to forensic issues such as criminal behavior and criminal justice processes including torture, capital punishment, riots and lynching, wrongful convictions, law enforcement and prosecutorial misconduct, false confessions, and eyewitness error. Course offered every third semester. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR SOC 1020   Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 2640  CJA 2640
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2660 Italian and Italian-American Culture: From the Mezzogiorno to the “Jersey Shore”


    This course provides a socio-historical understanding of Italian Americans from peak immigration (1880-1920) to the present. It examines the impact of generation, social class, gender and age on Italian and Italian-American families, religion and politics. The impact of Italian culture on American culture is also examined. This course focuses on the structural and cultural conditions that impact assimilation and the salience of ethnicity. Topics covered in this course include immigration, assimilation, gender and age identity, racialization, discrimination, and the variations in the public consumption of the Italian-American image. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  or SOC 1020  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2710 Sexuality in Modern Life


    A biological, psychological, and sociological study of human sexulity and the interaction between the biological and psychological needs of the individual. Covers curriculum and instruction for sex education in the schools. Course offered Fall Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2720 Urban Sociology


    Examines the growth and development of cities with primary focus on the modern American metropolis: ecological patterns, urban institutions; with a particular emphasis on the problems of the inner city; the rise of suburbia and future prospects. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2730 Global Cities


    This class considers the changing place of the city as a site of action and socialization under conditions of increasing globalization. It loos at current theories in urban sociology in relation to the global environment, “global cities,” transnational urban politics, and the interacting effects of transnational migration and urban development.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 2990 Sociology of Race and Law


    This course provides an overview of the relationship among race, racism and the law throughout the history of the United States. Students will learn about the social construction of race, racism within the US legal and immigration systems and the impact of racial discrimination on US society in areas including access to education, health care, housing, patterns of migration, and equal treatment in the criminal justice system. Attempts to overcome racial inequality, such as the Civil Rights Movement, subsequent racial justice such as the American Indian Movement and the Chicano Movement and the Affirmative Action Programs will also be discussed. The course will conclude with a discussion of the current racial hierarchy and the impact of the racial ideology of colorblindness on racial inequality. Course offered Spring Semester only.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3010 Research Methods


    This course teaches students the process of social scientific inquiry. Students will learn the fundamentals of social science research methods, including the process by which research questions are formulated, relevant literature is reviewed, data are collected and analyzed, and results are written up. As this is a writing intensive course, students will learn methods in part through weekly writing assignments. The end product of the course will be a paper or proposal that has been improved through an iterative process of feedback by the professor and revision by the student. This course is writing and technology intensive.
      Prerequisite(s): SOC 2130  OR CCJ 3680  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3020 Data Analysis


    This course introduces students to approaches for assembling, analyzing and presenting qualitative and quantitative data. Students will become familiar with a variety of sociologically relevant data that are available online.  Students will learn how to conduct basic data analyses in SPSS or Excel in order to address questions of sociological and criminological significance. This is a technology intensive course. Prerequisite(s):  SOC 3010   minimum grade of C-
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3150 Computer Applications and Sociological Analysis


    The course introduces the nature and structure of the Internet and World Wide Web and develops the utilization of these resources as tools for inquiry into and exploration of issues of relevance for sociology and other social sciences. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3160 Forcasting Future Socities


    Students are introduced to current and classical models of social change, visionary forecasts found in utopian and dystopian fiction, the field of futuristics, and the art of social forecasting.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3180 Race, Ethnicity and Health


    The course examines the role of race and ethnicity in the production of unequal health outcomes. The course raises questions about the way race and ethnicity have been treated in health care research and presents a conceptual paradigm for examining the various levels at which racial dynamics impact the health status of diverse populations (with a focus on African-Americans and Latinos), and the process through which inequality in health status and outcomes is produced. The course readings will focus on theories on race, ethnicity, and power; inequality in health status and health outcomes; analyses of racial dynamics in health outcomes; and issues of cultural competence in health care delivery. Students will be encouraged to give critical thought to the question of what it means to deliver culturally competent care. Course offered Summer Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3200 Contemporary Issues in the Workplace


    Examines the separate rights and responsibilities of the employer and employee, and the inherent conflict between management prerogatives and employee protections. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3230 Labor Relations and Law


    Examines the structural problems facing labor administrative apparatus at the state and local levels. Regional problems related to organizing tasks are discussed within the framework of current labor law and collective bargaining techniques. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3350 Sociology of Law


    An analysis of the social basis, functions and effects of law, both as a profession and as a system of social control. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610   Prerequisite(s): CCJ 3350  Co-requisite(s): SOC 1010  Minimum Grade of D OR SOC 101 Minimum Grade of D OR CCJ 2610  Minimum Grade of D
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3360 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems


    With a comparative approach, this course analyzes how the criminal justics systems interconnect to countries’ crime and crime control issues and to their broader economic and social issues and institutions. It focuses on how countries that have faced major political and social upheavals during the past several decades have struggled to develop workable crime control methods as well as methods of conflict resolution that provde justics for victims, fairness for those accused, and avenues for reconciliation. It also analyzes how global terrorism and internal criminal threats affect countries’ ability to maintain and improve their citizen’s civil liberties and human rights. Course offered Fall Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610  
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3370 Sociology of Education


    This course examines the institution of education through the lens of sociological theory. Areas to be analyzed include the growth of the educational system, the institutions role in creating equality of opportunity, measurement of school outcomes, cultural transmission through curriculum design, schools as organizations, and current reform movements. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3380 War, Media and Society


    This course introduces the media as a social institution by examining the relationship between the media and the military during wartime in the United States. We will consider how media shape the way war and the military are perceived by the public, the ways that past wars are remembered in the national imagination, and the ways current and future wars are framed. Students will examine how changes in media technology since WWI have changed war reporting and the process of making news. We will use sociological theories to understand the ways that news media can be used to disseminate information, censor certain viewpoints, and encourage or discourage protest of war. Through content analysis projects, students will investigate the themes and ideas that organize war (e.g. militarism, security, patriotism, nationalism, citizenship, and power). 

      Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  
    Credits: 3.0

  
  • SOC 3400 Animals and Society


    This course examines the social dynamics of relationships between humans and non-human animals, including wild animals, captive and domesticated animals, and companion animals. After considering the social connotations of the concept of “animal” itself, the course surveys the wide range of roles played by non-human animals in human societies, as well as the various ways in which humans interact with animals in diverse settings. A principal focus of the course is the effort to predict and explain such variation with sociological principles. Changes in the relationships between humans and non-humans are considered, and parallels between the treatment of non-humans and humans are critically assessed. Course offered Fall Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR SOC 1020 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3430 Ethnic and Racial Conflict Resolution


    Beginning with a general introduction to the multidisciplinary aspects of conflict, this course proceeds to a study of hate groups on the World Wide Web and then to various international conflicts. The essence of the course is extensive use of the Internet to gain information and to communicate with other students taking the course simultaneously throughout the world. Role playing, analytic reports, and a cooperative final project are required. Course offered Fall Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3440 Sociology of Italian Art and Culture


    This course involves a seminar and field trip to Italy. Focusing on a sociological perspective of the culture and art of Italy, the course addresses patronage, art makets, social change, the social content of art, cultural identity, artists’ social roles, and subcultures. On-site visits to museums and public monuments are made in Rome, Florence, Venic, Siena, and Pompeii.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3470 Sociology of Women


    Following the ideas of C. Wright Mills, this class connects the “personal troubles” of individual women with the “social issues” pertaining to women as a minority/subordinate group in the United States. It provides a sociological analysis of women in the major institutions in US society, and highlights the intersection of race, class, and gender and the unique manner in which sociologists research these interconnections and women in general. Course offered Fall Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3490 Sociology of Adulthood


    Focuses on the major issues for women and men during the early and middle years of adulthood. Included are an examination of personality development; singlehood, marriage, family, and parenting roles; work, career, and vocational experiences. Course offered Fall Semester only.
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3510 Sociology of Socialization


    This course is an in-depth analysis of the social learning and social control mechanisms of humans, from infancy until adulthood. Included will be a study of the traditional and sometimes conflicting agents of socialization: family, peers, school, religion, and the media. Course offered Spring Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3520 Self and Society


    A study of the impact of society on the formation of each individuals’s personality through analysis of language, definitions, and values. Course offered Spring Semester only. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3540 Social Stratification


    This course examines stratified inequality in the U.S. across race, gender and social class lines, including the distribution of power in its multiple forms. This course also considers how themes of social class and concepts of social inequality are (re)produced in the media, art, music and literature. The aim of this course, in short, is to provide a concrete sense of what it means to talk about structured inequality, to recognize our personal role/position in our stratified society, and to consider acting as change agents who reduce social inequality. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3550 Sociology of Aging


    The demography of aging, age and its social structure, and age as a social problem. Population trends are examined as they relate to health problems of the elderly. Focus on the changing role of the elderly in the kinship network. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3560 Sociology of Mental Illness


    This course explores mental illness from a sociological perspective. The course critically reviews the social factors (e.g. race, class, gender, and age) that predict and explain the diagnosis of mental illness, and examines how the status and treatment of people with mental illness are affected by their social characteristics. The role of mental illness in the criminal justice system is also discussed. Major topics of the course include the social history of mental illness, social factors in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, the stigma of mental illness, legal definitions of insanity, the conditions of confinement for the mentally ill, and mental illness and the death penalty. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610  Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 3560 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3570 Sociology of Health and Illness


    Analyzes social factors in relation to health and disease. Considers definitions of health, illness behavior, the formal and informal organization of health, professions and institutions, and the expanding role of government in the health field. Uses both theory and current research. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3580 Sociology of Death and Grief


    Death as an institution is studied by focusing on death and social values, cultural components of grief, and social functions of bereavement. Particular attention is paid to the social organization of death and dying in bureaucratic settings. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3620 Policing


    In this course, we examine the history of policing in the United States and the organizational forms and philosophies particular to American patterns of policing. In addition, we study the various patterns of modern policing across the globe and urban-national-international policing of global criminal organizations, drug trafficking, and policing of immigration. We explore infamous moments in police brutality in the United States. The course offers an overview of the sociological debates about the role of police for maintaining social order into the 21st century. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  AND SOC 2610  Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 3620 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3630 Organized Crime


    This course examines the actual and symbolic role of organized crime in American society. It begins with an overview of the distribution, structure and operation of organized crime over time, including patterns of ethnic succession in the control of organized criminal activities. The course goes on to explore the changing nature of organized crime in the global era. Theories of organized crime are presented and assessed, and the tactics used to combat organized crime are examined. Myths surrounding organized crime are scrutinized critically, and prominent role of organized crime in popular culture is considered. Special attention is paid to a critique of the stereotypes that link organized crime and ethnicity in the popular mind and to the consequences of these stereotypes for the groups involved. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  or CCJ 2610 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3640 Criminal Investigation


    Examines various aspects of criminal investigation from the three major types of police science approaches. Intended for both those planning a career in law enforcement and to inform civilians of their rights within an investigative process. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 3640  SOC 364
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3650 Social Deviance


    Examines the concept of deviance in society through a study of the issues of value judgements,abnormality and eccentricity. Implications are found for the causes of the behavior of groups socially labeled as deviant. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR CCJ 2610  Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 3650 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3660 Sociology of Corrections


    An in-depth analysis of penal institutions from a sociohistorical perspective. Included are how prisons emerged, the “prisonization” process, women’s prisons, and the rehabilitation re-entry process. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 3660 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3670 Juvenile Deliquency


    This course gives an overview of juvenile offending. It covers the nature, extent, causes, and patterns of juvenile delinquency and status offending. The course also gives an overview of juvenile justice. It covers the structure and functioning of the juvenile justice system and the role of the community in responding to juvenile offending. Included are discussions of major debates and controversies surrounding juvenile offending and justice. 

      Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  orCCJ 2610   Cross Listed Course(s): CCJ 3670  
    Credits: 3.0

  
  • SOC 3690 The Sociology of Democracy


    This course applies modern sociological paradigms and analytical frameworks to the study of democracy as both a theory and a set of practices. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010  OR ANTH 1300  OR HIST 1010  OR POL 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3700 Social Demography


    Addresses four problems: (1) dangers of world population growth for individual survival; (2) the interaction between change, social structure and population; (3) social psychological attitudes in fertility decisions and (4) the uses of the census to describe social problems. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3720 Sociology of Organization


    This course examines various theoretical perspectives, including images of organizations as decision making systems, as arenas for conflict over power and status, and as elements in broader social and cultural milieus. Within this framework students examine the characteristics of organizational cultures, communication patterns, the role of elites, sources of effective leadership, coercion and control, structures of status and opportunities, market exhanges and exploitation, decision-making processes, treatment of conflict and differences, and participation and recognition of performances of its members. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3730 Sociology of Social Movements


    This is a survey course on collective behavior, the sociological specialty devoted to the study of innovative, unstructured social phenomena such as crowd behavior; collective violence; individual, group, and organizational behavior in disasters; collective preoccupations; and social movements. The course is divided into three general areas of focus: (1) an overview of sociological theories that have been developed to explain collective behavior; and (2) lectures, discussions, and case studies on different forms of collective behavior; and (3) a project where students demonstrate community organizing skills by helping a local organization mobilize for social change. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
  
  • SOC 3740 Sociology of War


    Examines the theories surrounding the causes, nature, and effects of modern warfare and its influence on shaping social structure and personality. Course offered Fall and Spring Semesters. Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 
    Credits: 3.0
 

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