Course Descriptions:
Area of Emphasis:
SOC 321 Juvenile Delinquency (4).
Includes theories of delinquency and the influence of the family, schools, drugs, peers, and neighborhoods. Covers juvenile gangs, police processing of juveniles, courts, and placements. Prereq.: ENG 111.
SOC 322 Introduction to Criminology (4)
Explores theories and types of criminal behavior. Includes predatory, occupational, professional, organized, and victimless crime. Covers law enforcement, the judicial process, and sanctions. Prereq.: ENG 111; SOC 250.
SOC 326 Criminal Justice System (4)
Includes the history and evolution of the justice system in the US. Surveys crime and criminal behavior, and the police, courts, and corrections. Includes landmark court decisions. Prereq.: ENG 111.
SOC 329 Correction Systems (4).
Traces the evolution of prisons and jails as social institutions. Discusses correctional goals and philosophies well as inmate demographics and rights. Includes current thinking, practices, and alternatives to incarceration.
Prereq.: ENG 111; SOC 250.
SOC 350 Law and Society (4).
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a broad overview of the law from a sociological perspective. This course is aimed at explaining the connection between the legal system and the society in which it is implanted. Prereq: ENG 111. NCh.
Core Requirements
SOC 250 Principles of Sociology (4)
Introduces basic concepts in sociology focusing on culture, group processes, deviance, social inequality, and social institutions such as the family, education, and religion. GESSa.
ANTH 330 Cultural Anthropology (4).
Examines traditional and industrialized cultures, focusing on ethnographic methodology and cross-cultural analysis. Emphasizes conceptualization and adaptation through social, economic, political and religious systems.
Prereq: ENG 111. CORE 2B. GESSa.
SOC 305A Statistics and Computer Data Analysis (4).
Introduces basic concepts and applications of descriptive statistics. Teaches basics of computer programs in the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Emphasizes descriptive statistics in analyzing behavioral science data. Also ANTH 305A. GEM for SCE students only.
SOC 305B Statistics and Computer Data Analysis (4).
Introduces basic concepts and applications of inferential statistics. Teaches basics of computer programs in the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Emphasizes inferential statistics in analyzing behavioral science data. Also ANTH 305B. GEM for SCE students only.
SOC 390 Research Methods (4)
Methodology and research design in behavioral sciences, including qualitative and quantitative methods.
Prereq.: BHV 305 strongly recommended. Also ANTH 390.
SOC 497 Internship (4)
Applies behavioral science theoretical principles and methods under supervision of working professionals. Prereq.: Junior or senior standing and instructor approval. Also ANTH 497. NCh.
SOC 499A Senior Thesis A (2)
Culminating activity required by majors in all departments. Papers/theses/projects researched, prepared, and written under the guidance of a faculty member. Academically, students must be in Good Standing to enroll in 499.
Prereq: ANTH 305, ANTH 390. Prereq and Coreq: ANTH 395 (395 may be waived in off-campus programs). NCh.
SOC 499B Senior Thesis B (2)
Culminating activity required by majors in all departments. Papers/theses/projects researched, prepared, and written under the guidance of a faculty member. Academically, students must be in Good Standing to enroll in 499B.
Prereq: SOC 499A. NCh.