The use of several key sociological perspectives such as culture, social class, social psychology, and organizational pow-er to analyze contemporary social issues. How biological and cultural forces shape the development of human social organization. Social class, race and ethnic divisions, technological innovation, growth of human population, and the emergence of widespread participation in the direction and control of social life explored in studying how organizational change has created modern society. Research design, measurement, survey research, questionnaire design, interviewing, sampling theory, techniques of observation, field methods, use of documents, data analysis. Introduction to basic statistics employed in the sociological analyses.
Case studies range from politics to religion, gender to social class, and high art to low funk.
The nature of social classes in society from the viewpoint of differences in economic power, political power, and social status. Why stratification exists, its internal dynamics, and its effects on individuals, subgroups, and the society as a whole. Problems of poverty and the uses of power. 241 Criminology Introduction to the study of criminology, definitions of crime, criminals and delinquents, demographics of crime and criminals, the work of the courts, law, police, and punishment in the production and administration of crime and criminals, society and crime, problems of prevention and control. The lives of voluntary immigrants to the U.S. from Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe, and the lives of their descendants.