Seminar in format, the course is intended to give students majors an opportunity to continue to pursue some topic of interest in depth. Students may take more than once if topic is different. Offered every year. SOC 392 Social Deviance and Social Control. Special attention is given to the role of social norms in generating as well as controlling deviance.
Emphasis is put on ways in which social structures generate and label deviants.
Offered fall semester of even-numbered years. SOC 399 Independent Readings. Independent supervised readings in selected topics. A student may take only one reading course for one to three credits per term. No more than six hours of 399 and 499 combined may count toward a major or three hours of 399 and 499 combined toward the minor.