Attention will be focused on contemporary underdeveloped societies and the problems associated with modernization. An introduction to the study of communities including the city, rural-urban regions, urban ecology, and social change in urban areas. Course will focus on acquiring an understanding of sexual orientation within the United States. Topics will include such issues as identity, socialization, social organization, social change, and gay and lesbian social movements. An analysis of conceptions of deviant behavior, the nature and prevalence of such behavior, and the theories developed to explain deviance.
Emphasis is upon the relationship of such behavior to social structure and social processes.
An analysis of the phenomenon of human sexuality from a sociological perspective. An introduction to education as a social process and a social institution. Course will focus on acquiring an understanding of diversity and multiculturalism in American society. Topics will include such issues as identity, political economy, social organization, social change, and social movements. Emphasis is placed on what it means to grow old in American society.