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. An examination of specific types of criminal behavior. Applications of the sociological perspective, with an emphasis on empirical research and theory, to the dynamics underlying courtship, marriage, parenting and alternative forms of the family.