Theories, research and available data are covered as well as attention to recent changes in juvenile justice. 101 tSO 237 Deviance and Social Control 3 CR Explores the creation of deviance, the process of becoming deviant and society's reactions to such issues as civil disorder, crime, mental illness, addiction and sexual deviance. 239 American Minorities 3 CR Emphasis in this course is on human diversity. 101 tSO 252 Social Class and Inequality 3 CR Covers the distribution of wealth, power and prestige. This course is designed to give students an understanding of the world system as a social system.
Emphasis is on the social processes resulting from interaction over time in the world system.
101 tSO 254 Society and Economic Change 3 CR Emphasis on the impact of the capitalist system and economic organizations on consumerism and globalism. 101 tSO 258 Society and the Environment 3 CR Studies the impact of society on the environment, including the impact of ecological damage, pollution, deforestation, erosion, depletion of nonrenewable resources on society and the environmental movement. SO 101 SO 319 Special Topics in Microsociology 3 CR Detailed and comprehensive analysis of a microsociological issue or problem of current interest. Specific topic is announced in the course schedule of any given semester. SO 101 SO 332 Statistics for the Social Sciences 3 CR Focus on interpretation more than calculation.