• SOC 3500: Social Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Explores interaction between the social system and the individual. Examines human behavior in terms of positions people occupy in the social structure.
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• SOC 3520: Sociology of Mental Illness

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This class introduces students to socio-historical aspects of mental illness in the U.S., from the social construction of mental illness, its lived experience, and the examination of American psychiatry, to mental health policy and its interaction with the criminal justice system.
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• SOC 3600: Finding Community in Today's Society

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course explores the academic and popular usage of the concept of community, including contested meanings and measurement, and relevance in today's U.S. society. Students learn ways to more effectively use the concept in their research and daily lives.
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  This course is a general education course.

• SOC 3610: Rural People and Places

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Examines rural life and social change in the U.S. and around the world. Considers how rural people and places connect to broader society at regional, national, and global scales. Explores demographic, economic, political, social, and environmental conditions of rural communities.
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• SOC 3650: Sociology of Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Students develop an understanding of sociological issues in education. Though curriculum plays a role in student achievement, other factors affect this outcome. Students examine issues of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation related to educational outcomes.
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• SOC 3750: Sociology of Aging

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Examination of social context in which aging occurs, the social implications of aging, and attendant social policy issues. Considers both individual and societal aging, using an historical and global approach.
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• SOC 4010: Sociological Theory: Insights from Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course includes critical analysis of major theorists and schools of theory in sociology from the late nineteenth century through recent and current works. Authors are discussed in terms of their biography, methodological approach and major contributions to the field of sociology.
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• SOC 4230: Techniques of Demographic Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course provides instruction in use of rates, ratios, life tables, and related measures to describe, analyze, and estimate the three demographic processes: fertility, mortality, and migration. Special emphasis is placed on using U.S. Census data to create population profiles. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course. Crosslisted as: SOC 6230
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• SOC 4350: People, Power, and the Political

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This seminar familiarizes students with theory and research in political sociology. It explores fundamental relationships between state institutions, political processes, and social structure. Topics include political inclusion and exclusion, political participation, social movements, and culture and political ideology. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course. Crosslisted as: SOC 7350
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• SOC 4410: Race and Crime

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  A history of the United States criminal justice system is a history of race relations in America. No aspect of the American criminal justice-from policing to the courts to corrections-is untouched by issues tied to race. This course will examine one of the most persistent and divisive issues in criminal justice-racial and ethnic incarceration disparity in the United States. In particular, the class will focus on examining the potential sources of this disparity-differential involvement, bias in administration, and bias in policy-and assessing what historical and contemporary evidence exists to support each explanation. In addition, this course will look at the social and political consequences of disproportionate minority involvement in the criminal justice system. Prerequisites: SOC 3420
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