This course explores the historical foundations and the contemporary patterns producing the sex and gender system. Areas of discussion will include traditional and transitional female and male roles in all institutions of society including the family, workplace, religion, education, and government. Various topics are explored and contemporary cases representative of each topic are comprehensively studied. The class discusses the theoretical development of these concepts, as well as the laws and investigative techniques that have been developed to specifically address this type of criminal activity. This course is an introduction to research design in the social sciences.
Emphasis is on students as consumers of research.
Critical reading of research and application of research findings in practice are included. This course examines dream symbolism from the psychological and sociological perspective. Also investigated is the function of dreams in our lives and in interpreting social identity and social roles. The course follows the development of the sociology of deviance from 19th century functionalism to contemporary perspectives of class and politics. A varied theoretical background with emphasis on real-world approaches to social deviance is examined.