Intensive first-year seminar focused on specific themes and/or disciplinary perspectives. Emphasis on developing critical reading and writing skills, substantive revision, information literacy, and analytical thinking. First-year seminars are frequently organized to meet one of the disciplinary Catamount Core requirements. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.
Intensive course in a broad disciplinary area (humanities, social sciences, arts, or natural sciences). Part of an integrated first-year experience in which students take 2-4 classes exploring aesthetic, humanistic, social, linguistic, environmental, or scientific issues. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Co-requisite: Enrollment in the appropriate Liberal Arts Scholars Program.
Analysis of the causes and consequences of social behavior that violates norms. Examines patterns of deviant socialization and social organization and forms of deviance control.
Examination of contemporary and historical case studies of global health crises to understand the role of science, politics, and power in social construction of risk and health.
Introduction to the sociological analysis of race and ethnicity, with a focus on the histories of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Credit not awarded for both SOC 1370 and SOC 1372 or CRES 1883. Cross-listed with: CRES 1881.
An overview of the socio-historical conditions of people of Asian descent in the United States, along with an examination of contemporary issues. Cross-listed with: CRES 1885.
Fundamental principles and problems in the sociological analysis of the structure and dynamics of modern society.
Analysis of the roles of sociocultural and situational factors in individual behavior and experience and the social genesis, development, and functioning of human personality. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology.
Studies different theoretical approaches to deviance and social control, empirical patterns of deviant behaviors, and temporal, spatial, and cultural variations in these patterns, in a global context. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology or Global and Regional Studies.
Examination of the Holocaust using a sociological lens and discussion of its relevance for current social developments and events. Prerequisites: Three hours of Sociology or three hours of Jewish Studies or HST 1715 or HST 2760 or HST 2790.
Analysis of the nature and types of behavior that violates law, the mechanisms for defining such behaviors as criminal, and their causes and consequences. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology.
Analysis of the causes and consequences of varying relationships among population size, distribution and composition, social organization, technology, and resource base. Prerequisite: Three hours of Sociology.
Introduction to research methods in social science. Includes examination of research design, measurement, data collection, data analysis, and the presentation and theoretical interpretation of research findings. Prerequisites: STAT 1050, STAT 1110, STAT 1410, or higher; three hours of Sociology or Political Science; minimum Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with: POLS 2800.
Classical sociological theory including Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, as well as DuBois and early female theorists such as Martineau. Reading and writing intensive. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; three additional hours of Sociology; minimum Sophomore standing.
Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisites: Three hours of Sociology; Instructor permission.
A comparative analysis of racial and ethnic contact in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Germany, and Australia. Prerequisites: SOC 1500, and SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; or six hours in CRES; minimum Junior standing.
Guides students to critically examine the production, distribution, and consumption of food, as well as related culture, power, and ecological issues. With a focus on the modern food system, students will explore the relationship between food, people, and the environment using a sociological lens. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; Junior standing.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisite: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing; Instructor permission.
Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisite: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing; Instructor permission.
College honors thesis or other department/program honors, under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered at department discretion.