Emphasis on music and religious forms. This course focuses on the social, political, legal, and economic dimensions of contemporary women s issues. Topics include the feminization of poverty, reproductive technology, single parenthood, childcare policies, aggression against women, and institutionalized sexism. SOC 365 Social Stratification 3 cr. Study of inequality.
Special emphasis is placed on differences in social class, status, and power.
SOC 369 Deviance and Social Control 3 cr. Sociological analysis of the creation and maintenance of the deviant status and its relevance to the question of social control and social order. Study of the evolutionary basis of social behavior. Major topics include a brief history of the discipline within a context of the nature-nurture debate, comparative studies of animal and human behavior, and the evolutionary basis of sexual behavior, aggression, and stratification. SOC 374 Cultural Studies 3 cr.