• SOC 3904: Service Learning

  1.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  When attached to a concurrent class, this course will provide enriched learning of the concurrent course's context via service learning in the community.
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• SOC 3950: Individual Research

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Students identify a potential faculty tutor and obtain permission to initiate a research project of the student's own design or to participate in an already ongoing research project. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent
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• SOC 3951: Directed Reading

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Students identify a potential faculty tutor and obtain permission to jointly design a set of readings for the student in a sociology subfield. The content of the course is not to overlap in any significant manner with the content of the other established courses in the department or otherwise substitute for those courses. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent
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• SOC 3960: Special Topics

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Topic to be specified when course is offered.
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• SOC 3965: Special Topics

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course makes available on a one-time basis classes or workshops on topics outside the established sociology curriculum.
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• SOC 4085: Cities and Communities

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Examines how cities and city life are shaped by social, cultural, political, and economic forces operating at many different levels. It also deals with how diverse groups of citizens in particular urban places relate to changes in their cities. The course also explores how different urban environments, such as different neighborhoods, influence the lives of city residents. Topics covered include the emergence of cities in different historical periods, spatial aspects of urban growth, urban power and politics, social diversity and inequality, and various issues currently confronting cities, such as residential segregation by race and class, deindustrialization, concentrated poverty, affordable housing, homelessness, sprawl, gentrification and urban renewal/displacement, and urbanization in low-income countries of the world.
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• SOC 4566: Sexual Assault

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Why is sexual assault on college campuses so pervasive? What are rape myths and rape culture and what role do they play? How should we respond to sexual assault? These and other questions will be addressed in this course. The objective is to explore sexual assault, its context, and its causes. It will explore sociological, criminological, and legal perspectives of sexual assault with a particular interest in the impact of sexual assault on its victims and societal reactions. The course is divided into three majors sections: an introduction to sexual assault; an exploration of different types of sexual assault; and lastly the criminal justice to sexual assault. The goal is to introduce students to origins, types, effects, and to identify changes that can be made to ultimately reduce and prevent the occurrence of sexual assault.
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• SOC 4674: Global Health

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course provides an overview of key concepts and principles of global health. Although the content of this course covers all continents, the main focus of the geographical area is Asia. The factors that account for global health issues are explored by an interdisciplinary approach. Throughout the course, the student is expected to focus on why the inequality of health and well-being exists in the globe, how the health and well-being of people in other countries impacts the lives of people elsewhere, and how to make a difference in shaping the world in the future.
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• SOC 4693: Teaching Experience

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course provides Sociology majors with advanced, in-depth learning of a course's content materials and instructional logistics through special instructional projects and faculty-guided interaction with students enrolled in one of a select group of Sociology courses. A list of Sociology faculty members participating in this training experience along with descriptions of typical student work assignments are available in the Sociology Undergraduate Advisor's Office. Prospective Students should consult first with the Advisor and then select a participating faculty member to obtain permission before registering for the course. Prerequisite: SOC 1010, at least two additional Sociology courses, Sociology Major status, and instructor's consent.
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• SOC 4877: Senior Thesis 2

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This program is designed to provide an enriched research experience for Sociology majors. Students accepted into the program work toward the completion of an undergraduate-level thesis under the tutorial direction of a tenured or tenure-track faculty member. See the full description of this program posted at the Departments website (www.soc.utah.edu). Students must enroll in SOC 3877 Pre-Senior Thesis Seminar during the Fall semester with the approval of a faculty tutor and enroll in SOC 4877 Senior Thesis during Spring semester. Prerequisite: SOC 3877.
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