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  • SET 1000: Graduation Planning & Career Prep I

    0.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Recommended for all students within the College of Science, Engineering & Technology starting their second semester in their major. This course will prepare students to create and submit a graduation plan and begin exploring their career pathways. This course is designed to help students be better informed as they make decisions regarding course rotations, prerequisites, and elective choices as well as minors and certificates they may choose to pursue during their education. FA, SP
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  • SOC 1010: Introduction to Sociology (SS, GC)

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Fulfills Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education requirement and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. Teaches what sociology is, what a sociologist does, and how sociology is applied, including the study of cultures, socialization, stratification, religion, families, organizations and social change through lectures, guest speakers, film, writing assignments, and exams. Inclusive Access Course Material (electronic book) fees may apply, see Fees tab under each course section for details. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an ability to identify ideas, people, and events that are generally thought to be important by sociologist. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of sociology as a scientific discipline (i.e. gathering and analyzing of empirical data in a systematic fashion). 3. Demonstrate an understanding of functionalism, conflict, and symbolic interactionism as the major theoretical perspectives of sociology. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of the five main institutions of society (family, religion, education, economy, and politics) from a sociological perspective. FA, SP, SU
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  • SOC 1020: Social Problems (SS, GC)

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Fulfills Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education requirement and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. Studies contemporary social issues dealing with crime, sexuality, drug abuse, violence, and families, in addition to larger social problems such as war, poverty, race and ethnic relations, population and the environment through lectures, guest speakers, film, writing assignments, and exams. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Cultivate a "sociological imagination." 2. Assess the underlying causes of social problems. 3. Identify the theoretical frameworks used in the analysis of current social problems, i.e. functionalist, conflict, feminist, and/or interactionist perspectives. 4. Explore social indicators to determine the prevalence of social problems. 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the sociology of social problems as a scientific discipline i.e. the gathering of and analyzing of empirical data in a systematic prescribed fashion. 6. Explain the role of institutions in the creation and/or resolution of various social problems. 7. Demonstrate an understanding of the ideas, people, and events that are generally thought to be important by sociologists of social problems. 8. Investigate perceived inequality associated with social class, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. 9. Examine potential solutions to identified social issues. FA, SP
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  • SOC 2370: Gender in Contemporary Society (SS)

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Fulfills Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education requirement. Introduction to the core sociological concepts of gender in contemporary society. It explores what sociologists mean by the concept of gender and how they observe and measure it. Furthermore, it gives students an understanding of the centrality of gender to the sociologist's perspective of social life, as well as underscoring the ways gender can be maintained and can also be organically and forcefully changed within society and the interactive effects they have on peoples' lives. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an ability to identify the ideas, people, and events that are generally thought to be important by sociologists of gender. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of sociology as a scientific discipline, i.e. the gathering and analyzing of empirical data in a systematic fashion. 3. Demonstrate an understanding gender from the view of the major sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflict, and symbolic interactionism. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of the five main institutions of society i.e. family, religion, education, economy, and politics and their roles in the construction of gender in contemporary society.
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  • SOC 2380: Sexuality and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Sexuality is an important and integral aspect of global cultures, economies, and politics. This course will: define the key concepts of gender, sex, sexuality, and diverse sexual orientations and identities; examine theoretical and methodological approaches used to study sexuality; and apply the aforementioned concepts to national and global social processes. Topics will include relationships, gender and sexual violence, sexual deviance and morality, LGBT identities, sex work, sex tourism, and sexualities' intersectionalities with diverse identities (including race, age, religion, social class, gender).
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  • SOC 2600: Sociology of the Family (SS, GC)

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Fulfills General Education Social & Behavioral Sciences requirement, and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. Teaches what sociology is and how sociology is applied to the study of families, covering many different aspects of including families through history, gender roles, love, sexuality, courtship, marriage, parenting, children, racial-ethnic families, families and work, family violence, separation and divorce, and aging in the family through lectures, guest speakers, film, writing assignments, and exams. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an ability to identify the ideas, people, and events that are generally thought to be important by family sociologists. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the study of the family as a scientific endeavor i.e. the gathering and analyzing of empirical data in a systematic fashion. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the family from the perspectives of the three major sociological perspectives i.e. structural-functionalists theory, symbolic interaction theory, conflict theory, and others. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of family types and experiences across the family life course from a sociological perspective.
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  • SOC 2630: Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations (SS, GC)

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Fulfills Social and Behavioral Sciences General Education requirement. Introduces students to the core sociological concepts of race and ethnic relations in contemporary society. Explores what sociologists mean by the concept of multiculturalism and how they observe and measure it. Furthermore, it gives students an understanding of the centrality of race and ethnicity to the sociologist's perspective of social life; as well as underscoring the ways minority status can be maintained and can also be organically and forcefully changed within society and the interactive effects they have on peoples' lives. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an ability to identify the ideas, people, and events that are generally thought to be important by sociologists of race and ethnicity. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of sociology as a scientific discipline, i.e. the gathering and analyzing of empirical data in a systematic fashion. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the five main institutions of society, i.e. family, religion, education, economy, and politics and their roles in the construction of race and ethnicity in contemporary society. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of race and ethnicity from the view of the major sociological perspectives, i.e. functionalism, conflict, and symbolic interactionism.
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  • SOC 3010: Stratification and Inequality

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Examines theories of and research concerning explanations of the causes of social, economic, and political stratification and inequality, including consequences of inequality for individuals and groups. This course will examine the roles of race, gender and class in systems of stratification and inequality. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Be aware of the roots of inequality. 2. Explain how the dimensions of stratification grow as societies become larger and more powerful. 3. Identify the challenges of inequality. 4. Explain the intersections of culture with the dimensions of stratification/inequality. 5. Describe the seriousness and ramifications of social research that is incorrectly employed to justify stratification policy adoption. 6. Analyze social problems using sociological theory and context with various forms of research. 7. Investigate research methods associated with social class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, politics, and/or economic issues. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 (Grade C or higher). FA, SP
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  • SOC 3020: Social Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Open to all students. Course covers sociological social psychological perspectives such as phenomenology, exchange, rational choice, dramaturgy, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an ability to identify the ideas, people, and events that are generally thought to be important by social psychologists. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of social psychology as a scientific discipline, i.e. the gathering and analyzing of empirical data in a systematic fashion. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of symbolic interactionism as a major theoretical perspective of a sociological social psychology. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of objects, symbols, self, mind, and society as the major concepts used by symbolic interactionists for understanding human behaviors. 5. Demonstrate an ability to apply the above symbolic interactionist concepts to specific empirical arenas. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 (Grade C or higher). FA
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  • SOC 3041: Sociology of Rock Music

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

    Introduces students to the cultural and structural aspects of rock music as an art world. As such, it will examine the music as an ongoing creation of people in many parts of society: artists, engineers, club owners, audience members, and critics to name just a few. The course will also look at visual, lyrical, and musical codes that define and distinguish rock music from other genres of music. Historical and cross-cultural examples of rock will include studies from various time periods and countries as well as how race, class, and gender are integral to an understanding of this art form. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic sociological perspectives as they relate to rock music. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the methods in which sociologists study rock music. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the culture and structure of rock music. 4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the history of rock music. SP (odd)
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