SOC 5371 Non-Profit Organizations (3 semester hours) This
course examines issues related to the rise, scope, development and impact of
non-profit organizations. The course explores both the unique missions of
non-profit organizations and the management challenges posed by this expanding
sector of the organizational environment. Same as� POEC 5371. (3-0) T
SOC 5372 Non-Profit Management and Leadership (3 semester hours) This course examines issues, strategies, and techniques
related to leadership and management in non-profit organizations. Same as POEC 5372. (3-0) R
SOC 5390 Special Topics in Applied Sociology (3 semester hours) Topics
vary from semester to semester. (May be repeated for credit
to a maximum of 9 hours.) (3-0) T
SOC 5V91 Independent Study in Applied Sociology (1-9 semester hours)
Provides faculty supervision for student�s individual study of a topic agreed
upon by the student and the faculty supervisor. Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor. (May be repeated for credit.) ([1-9]-0) R
SOC 5V92 Internship in Applied Sociology (1-9 semester hours) Provides
faculty supervision for a student�s internship. Internships must be
related to the student�s course work. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
([1-9]-0) R
SOC 6300 Crime, Criminals and Societal Responses (3 semester hours)
Introduces students to graduate study in criminology. Students learn to
examine critically theoretical, methodological and policy issues in criminology
and criminal justice. Same as POEC 6300. (3-0) R
SOC 6301 Extent of Crime and Criminals (3 semester hours) Provides an analysis of crime, criminals, and the reaction
of the criminal justice systems to both. Same as POEC 6307.
(3-0) R
SOC 6302 Law and Social Control (3 semester hours) Examines and analyses
the various means by which society attempts to control the deviant and criminal
conduct of its members. Same as POEC 6305. (3-0) R
SOC 6303 Etiology of Crime and Criminality (3 semester hours) Examines
the history of criminological thought incorporating the major works of such
theorists as Bentham, Beccaria,
Marx, Durkheim, Lombroso,
Shaw and McKay, Sutherland, Becker and Merton. Same as POEC
6303. (3-0) R
SOC 6305 Crime and Justice Policy (3 semester hours) An
introduction to crime and the efforts to control crime through public policy. Same as POEC 6311. (3-0) R
SOC 6308 Victimology (3 semester hours)
Examines risks and consequences of crime for its victims. Issues
considered include victim-offender relationships, characteristics of victims,
the nature of the injuries they experience, and criminal justice procedures
that involve them. Same as POEC 6308. (3-0) R
SOC 6309 Communities and Crime (3 semester hours) Examines
the trends and sources of crime and social disorder across communities. The
course emphasizes relationships among crime, fear of crime, neighborhood
change, neighborhood responses to crime, and public policies. Same as POEC 6309. (3-0) R
SOC 6310 Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (3 semester hours) Examines
youth crime, child victimization, and juvenile justice. Students learn
the processes by which specific behaviors are identified as delinquent, the
historical evolution of juvenile justice, and current policies and practices. Same as POEC 6310. (3-0) R
SOC 6312 Social-Economic Theories (3 semester hours) A critical analysis
of theories of society and economy. These include class, culture,
solidarity, rational choice, transaction cost theory, principal agent theory,
ideology and hegemony, network theory, collective action, bureaucracy, and
American exceptionalism. Same as
POEC 6312. (3-0) Y
SOC 6313 Corrections (3 semester hours) Examines the history, forms, and
functions of correctional philosophies, institutions, programs, and policies.
Topics include the structure and functions of prisons and jails, community
corrections, intermediate sanctions, and the growth of correctional control in
modern society. Same as POEC 6313. (3-0) R
SOC 6314 Policing (3 semester hours) Provides historical, social and
political analysis of the roles and functions of policing in
SOC 6317 Courts (3 semester hours) Examines the
objectives, institutions and processes involved in the adjudication of
offenders. Topics address the structure and function of the judicial system and
principal court actors. Same as POEC 6317. (3-0) R
SOC 6320 Organizational Theory (3 semester hours) Focuses
on bureaucracy and rationality, formal and informal structures, and the role of
the environment. Organizational factors such as technology, power, information,
and culture, as well as the implications of organizational theory for public
policy are examined. Same as PA 6320, POEC 6320 and PSCI
6320. (3-0) Y
SOC 6322 Crime Prevention (3 semester hours) Examines
situational, social, and legislative approaches to the prevention of crime and
delinquency. Emphasis on theories, protective factors,
implementation and consequences of these approaches. Same
as POEC 6322. (3-0) R
SOC 6324 Correlates of Crime and Justice (3 semester hours) Examines the
nature of relationships among attributes and indices at the individual,
situational, and aggregate levels to various forms of crime and systems of
justice. Same as POEC 6324. (3-0) R
SOC 6340 Domestic Social Policy (3 semester hours) Overview of
governmental and nongovernmental programs, policies, and institutions dealing
with those who cannot function self-sufficiently within the American market
economy, including low-income families, the elderly, the unemployed, and people
with disabilities. Analyzes how social policy in the
SOC
SOC 6344 Gender and Policy (3 semester hours)
Explores issues of gender and public policy in the U.S. Topics include gender
critiques of welfare state policy, gender and poverty, women in the military,
the politics (and political economy) of sex and sexuality, anti-sexual harassment
policies. Same as POEC and PSCI 7344.� (3-0) R
SOC 6350 Social Stratification (3 semester hours) This seminar will
examine the major theories and lines of research on social stratification,
defined as the hierarchical ranking of groups based on the unequal distribution
of societal resources and positions. Focusing primarily on the
SOC 6351 Sociology of Work and the Economy (3 semester hours) This
seminar will focus on the social infrastructure of the economy as it pertains
to work. In particular, issues related to the changing nature of jobs and the
increasingly global character of our economy will be addressed.� Additional topics will include technology and
the information economy, unemployment and underemployment, the informal
economy, and immigration.� (3-0) R
SOC 6352 Evaluation Research Methods in the Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (3 semester
hours) A review of research methods used in program
evaluation, with an emphasis on public and nonprofit social programs.� Issues to be addressed include research
design, appropriate performance standards, measurement and selection of
indicators, sampling, data collection, and data analysis.� Same as POEC 6352 (3-0) T
SOC 6354 Social Movements (3 semester hours) This
course will survey the sociological and political research on social
movements.� Topics include: movement
origins, tactics, recruitment, outcomes, and relationship to the state.� A wide variety of movements will be covered
including labor, civil rights, feminist, and environmental.� Students will also conduct research on a
movement of their choice.� (3-0) R
SOC 6355 Race, Ethnicity, and Community (3 semester hours) Considers
cultural and social behavior in multiracial and multiethnic societies.� Issues include the formation and maintenance
of individual and group identity, patterns of socioeconomic achievement, intergroup conflict, and the causes and consequences of
public policy.� (3-0) R
SOC 6356 Health and Illness (3 semester hours) A review of medical
sociology and related fields, including social epidemiology and the social
demography of health and illness; health and illness behavior; health
institutions and professions; economic factors and trends in health care; and
health policies and programs.� (3 0)� R
SOC 6357 Health Policy (3 semester hours) The history and political
economy of the U.S. health care system and a review of major governmental
programs to expand access to appropriate services, control rising costs, ensure
the quality of care, and promote health through prevention.� Analysis of current and
recent proposals for reform of health care policy.� Same as POEC 7341.
(3-0)
SOC
SOC 6V92 Research Workshop
in Applied Sociology (3-6 semester hours) Students join a faculty member in
a group research project. (May be repeated for credit to a
maximum of 6 hours.� ([3-6]-0) T