The purpose of this course is to develop students' gender awareness in order for them to realize that acceptance of males and females as equal human beings is an orientation that requires understanding of institutions and structures. CR Examines the inequities of health care across the world and specific issues such as the AIDS pandemic, malnutrition, pollution and the use of dangerous pesticides. Human Populations 3 CR Examines the continuing change in the size, composition and geographic distribution of human populations at the local, national and global levels. The impacts of changing fertility, age structures, sex ratios and birth, death and migration rates are also explored. SO 101 SO 359 Special Topics in Macrosociology 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.
Sociological Theories 3 CR Analysis of the origins and development of sociological thought in Europe and the United States and its relation to contemporary sociological theory. The theoretical contributions of the major classical theorists up to the middle of the twentieth century are covered. This seminar follows SO 370 and is designed to introduce the main currents of contemporary sociological thought such as structuralism, poststructuralism, critical theory and postmodernism. I 3 CR Covers field research, surveys, conceptualization, measurement, sampling, theory, hypotheses and data collection. Students assess published research, design and collect data for a survey.