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Courses Applicable to Each Department

The following two generic course descriptions are available to each department listed on this page.

Department Prefix 888 (Course Name) 1-6 cr. hrs.

Designates a course taken at another institution and accepted for transfer credit by the department. This course number is used whenever no comparable course exists in the college catalog. This course number may appear more than once on a student transcript.

Department Prefix 998 (Course Name) Variable Credit

Designates a new course offered by the department which is being evaluated as to the appropriateness of the course to the major and/or the interest of students in enrolling in this particular topic. This course number may appear more than once on a student transcript.

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Abbreviations

(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit

Course Descriptions by Curriculum

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Social Science

 
SO-100
INTRO TO SOC 1
An introductory course in the concepts of sociology; a study of social interaction, social organization, and the processes which are common to group and institutional life. F/S (C, N, S)
 
SO-101
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
An introductory course that examines the social institutions of family, education, government, and economics using functionalist and conflict theories. S (C, N,S)
 
SO-201
URBAN SOCIOLOGY
A study of the organization of urban life with emphasis on its development, ecology, institutions, impact on urban society; consideration of urban planning and housing. Prerequisite: SO 100. F (C, N,S)
 
SO-202
SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY
An analysis of various aspects of relationships and family life, including dating and mate selection, marriage, sexuality, gender, parenting and child rearing, divorce, work, and abuse. We will look at the great diversity of families in America (including ethnic, social class, and cultural differences) and ways changes in American society have affected the family. Prerequisite: One of the following: SO 100, AN 102, PS 100. F/S (C, N, S)
 
SO-203
Capital: ORIGINS OF THE MODERN WORLDıSYSTSM
This system involves a close and critical reading of volume one of Karl Marx'x Capital as a way of understanding the origins of the modern world system. Special attention is paid to Marx's integrated social science, the weaving together of socialogy, economics, history and politics (even philosophy), and to his extensive scholarship. Indeed, Marx's work in capital is also studied as a model of scholarship. Prerequisites; any AN, EC, HI, SO course or participation in Honors Concentration or permission of instructor.