• SOC 3030: Social Research Methods WE

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): PSY 3110 (statistics) with a C- or higher and University Advanced Standing. Teaches how to conduct social science research. Introduces different research methods in social sciences, including experiments, surveys, field research, and unobtrusive research. Covers the following topics: steps in scientific research, the ethics of social research, research design, the logic of sampling, and strengths and limitations of each type of data collection method.
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• SOC 3400: Sociology of Religion

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Examines religion from a sociological perspective. Analyzes religion as a social phenomenon. Discusses religious organizations, religion and politics, and religion and social class.
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• SOC 3430: Sociology of Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. For students who desire a better understanding of United States and world education systems. Examines and investigates educational trends and issues such as private vs. public systems; dropout rates; desegregation; student achievement/failure; education policies; race; class; gender issues; the 'Hidden Curriculum'; and education reform using Sociological theory and empirical research.
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• SOC 3460: Political Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Explores the distribution of political power at the national and international levels from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Pays particular attention to the power wielded by international media conglomerates and the influence of international institutions such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
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• SOC 3501: Social Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 and University Advanced Standing. Examines individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social contexts. Analyzes human behaviors from a sociological perspective. Includes the history of sociological social psychology, perspectives and research methods in sociological social psychology, the social psychology of stratification, self and identity, socialization over the life course, social psychology of deviance, mental health and illness, social attitudes, sociology of emotions and relationships, and collective behavior.
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• SOC 3510: Sociology of Work and Occupations

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a minimum C+ grade, SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Examines work and occupations in historical and contemporary contexts. Examines current employment patterns and trends, the nature of labor markets and jobs, the gendered arrangements of paid and unpaid work, the organization and management of work. Explores transformations in occupational settings resulting from changes in economy and labor market. Focuses on the macro level (the effects of advancements in technology, bureaucratization and unionization on the division of labor), the micro-level (job satisfaction and alienation), and on the interface between macro and micro levels (job prestige, rewards, effects of ethnicity, age, and other characteristics).
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• SOC 3520: Environmental Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 and ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher and University Advanced Standing. Explores in detail several different approaches to understanding the social causes of and solutions to environmental degradation. Discusses the development of a wide variety of theory-based critiques of various social institutions (e.g., economic, political, religious) and how these institutions' values can create and perpetuate unsustainable practices.
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• SOC 3560: Sociology of Deviance

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Examines the strengths and weaknesses of several different definitions of deviance. Explains deviant behavior from a variety of theoretical perspectives and summarizes the existing data on several different forms of deviance, i.e., individual violations of social mores, street level crime, corporate crime, and crimes committed by nation states.
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• SOC 3690: Internet and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005), SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Traces the history of new media through a sociological approach. Utilizes sociological theories of mass media and new media, (internet, smartphones, social media, etc.) and their impact on identities and institutions. Refers to sociological theories created in the pre-internet era - such as symbolic interactionism - to explain the pervasive presence of new media in society as well as our use of them.
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• SOC 3700: Social Inequality

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher), SOC 1010, and University Advanced Standing. Studies social structure, culture, environment (urban/rural axis), inequality, and poverty in American Society. Examines Spanish Harlem, Detroit, Appalachia, and the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
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