• SOC 4420: Law and Society (CI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course consists of a sociological analysis of the relationship between law and social control and social change, especially regarding law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
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  This course is a general education course.

• SOC 4600: Senior Research Capstone Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Students undertake sociological analysis from research question through hypotheses, research design, data collection, data analysis, and presentation. Synthesis of student training in critical thinking and substantive areas in sociology. Prerequisites: SOC 1010, 3010, 3110, 3120, 4010, or permission of instructor.
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• SOC 4620: Sociology of the Environment and Natural Resources

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Social aspects associated with the environment and natural resources. Topics include: environmental attitudes and perceptions, environmentalism as a social movement, resource scarcity and land use, and social change in resource-based communities.
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• SOC 4640: Managing Community Conflict

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course covers fundamental techniques in successful conflict management at the public/community scale with a skill-building focus. Process design, facilitation, negotiation, and collaborative problem solving are addressed. Several cases are drawn from the natural resource/inter-organizational conflict in the western U.S.
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• SOC 4720: Effective Community Engagement

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course uses service learning principles to teach about the practice of community development by first exposing students to theoretical concepts related to community development and then through personalized placement with an organization aligned with their career goals. Prerequisite: Junior standing
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• SOC 4800: Seminar in Sociology

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Seminars in various areas of sociology: (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) social organization, (e) social deviance, (f) social psychology, (g) human ecology, (h) gerontology. Repeatable for credit.
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• SOC 4900: Capstone Experience

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  The Capstone Experience can either be guided independent readings in an area of sociology or a hands-on research collaboration with a professor which involves selecting a research topic of interest, reviewing the literature, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting results. Registration Restriction Special Approval: Instructor permission Repeatable for credit: Yes Grade Mode: Standard
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• SOC 5120: Population and Health

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Examines current threats to health and longevity among populations in industrialized and developing nations. Evaluates debates surrounding the history of mortality decline. Emphasis is given to the demographic, socioeconomic and environmental determinants of poor health and premature mortality. Cross-listed as: SOC 6120
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• SOC 5130: Ethnographic Field School

  3.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Provides practical training in use of ethnographic field methods, qualitative data analysis, and ethnographic report-writing. Combines classroom instruction with supervised off-campus field research, while living in a cross-cultural setting. Fulfills program methods requirement. Application and additional fee required. Cross-listed as: SOC 6130 and ANTH 5130/ANTH 6130.
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• SOC 5270: Global Migration

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course introduces students to the ways researchers have answered three key questions regarding migration: why people migrate, how migration influences the destination society, and how migration shapes the origin society. Crosslisted as: SOC 6270 Prerequisite: Instructor permission
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