SOC-101--(3)
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
Introduces basic sociological concepts and methods, social processes, social changes, and behavior. (3 contact hours)

SOC-102--(3)
MARRIAGE & FAMILY
Institutions and systems of kinship, marriage, family grouping, child rearing, and status placement are studied. (3 contact hours)

SOC-103--(3)
SOCIOLOGY OF POVERTY
Examine common characteristics and adjustment patterns of groups in the lower socioeconomic strata of American society. (3 contact hours)

SOC-201--(3)
SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH
Prerequisite: SOC-101 or consent of instructor. Focuses on contemporary issues in health care. Examines physicians and other providers of service, the population receiving services and the organizational settings in which care is provided. Observations of health care facilities are included. (3 contact hours)

SOC-202--(3)
AGING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Focuses on the basic principles and theories of social gerontology: aging America, health status, retirement, family life, sexuality, political involvement, death and dying, and environment as the context of aging. (3 contact hours)

SOC-204--(3)
SOC OF CONTEMP SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Prerequisite: SOC-101. Explore contemporary social problems in American society: crime and delinquency, family and generational problems, urban and rural problems, race discrimination in American life, sex and age discrimination, social deviance, health and medical care, and poverty. (3 contact hours)

SOC-210--(3)
MINORITY GROUPS
Analysis of racial, religious, ethnic, and other groups, examining persistence of group identity, intergroup relations, social movements, government policy, and related social problems. (3 contact hours)

SOC-215--(3)
SOCIOLOGY OF SEX AND GENDER
This course is an examination of sex and gender issues in American culture and other cultures across time. The course will define the concepts of sex and gender, and illustrate the differences between them. The course will focus on both macro and micro strategies for understanding human relationships and identity formation. Students will develop an awareness of how basic social institutions such as family, education, religion, government, and the media shape our collective and individual concepts of gender. (3 contact hours)