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SOC-100
SOC-110
SOC-227
SOC-245
 Introduction to Sociology (4)
Contemporary Social Issues (4)
Marriage and Family (4)
Equality and Inequality (4)

SOC-100. Introduction to Sociology (4)
Designed to introduce students to the discipline of sociology, this course emphasizes basic sociological concepts and their applications to various real-life social situations.  Topics discussed include society, culture, social groups, interaction, deviance, social stratification, gender roles, race relations, population, urbanization, social change, and social institutions, particularly religion and family. 
Three hours per week.  Four semester hours.

SOC-110. Contemporary Social Issues(4)
This course will analyze a variety of current social issues from a sociological perspective.  Issues selected will vary from semester to semester, but will include topics such as poverty, homelessness, access to medical care, and the death penalty.  Class, race, and gender issues will be central to this course. 
Three hours per week. Four semester hours.

SOC-227 Marriage and the Family(4)
This course examines transitions, continuity, and variations in marriages and families in the 20th century United States, with some historical, cross-cultural, and cross-national comparisons. The implications of shifts in public policy for "traditional" and non-traditional families are considered, as well as possible and probably future change in family patterns.  
Three hours per week. Four semester hours.

SOC-245 Equality and Inequality(4)
An analysis of the bases and perpetuation of social inequalities, including class, race, gender and other forms of inequality. Theories of causes of stratification and problems of measuring different levels of wealth, power and prestige are examined. Consideration of how social inequality is structured in non-industrial societies precedes emphasis on the nature of social inequality in the United States. Cross-national comparisons of social stratification in modern industrial societies are also made. 
Pre-requisite: Any 100-level course in Anthropology and Sociology or written permissions of the instructor.
Three hours per week. Four semester hours.