Includes examination of socialization and social psychological influences on gender identity, the impact of gender in relationships, the importance of sex and gender in institutions and organizations, and the impact of recent social movements and social policies. This course will examine how our assumptions about gender are specific to cultural and social contexts. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. The subject matter of these courses, announced in the annual Class Schedule, will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. The subject matter of these courses, announced in the annual Class Schedule, will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses.
Major consideration is given to the practical significance of expanding intercultural awareness.
This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Major focus is on changes in age-related status, roles and social problems. Topics include the aging process, age stratification and age grading, age norms and behavioral regularities, the problem of generations, socialization, critical life periods in the aging process and theories of life stages. Major topics include the historical foundations of delinquency, sociological and social psychological causes of delinquency, and the legal response to delinquents. Theories of crime from a sociological and social psychological perspective.