Courses

SO 236 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency in the U.S.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SO 237 DEVIANCE & SOCIAL CONTROL   3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the creation of deviance, the process of becoming deviant, and society's reactions to such issues as civil disorder, crime, mental illness, addiction, and sexual deviance.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

SO 238 YOUTH AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY   3.0 Credit(s)
The course analyzes youth as a stage in life made both promising and problematic by contemporary social structure and culture. Attention is given to the origins and forms of youthful conformity and achievement as well as misconduct and crime, with an emphasis on how those issues differ by gender, social class, race/ethnicity, and variations in the organizations and social institutions that constitute the context of daily life for youth.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

SO 239 DIVERSITY AND OPPRESSION IN CONTEMPORAR   3.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis is on human diversity. This course is designed to give students an understanding of the conditions that lead to minority emergence and the consequence of minority status; it fosters acceptance of diversity, cultural pluralism, and social change.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

SO 242 STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   3.0 Credit(s)
This course shows how to use statistics for specific purposes in social research and how to interpret the results of statistical analysis.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SO 254 SOCIETY & ECONOMIC CHANGE   3.0 Credit(s)
Major socioeconomic developments in twenty-first-century capitalism (e.g., consumer culture, global labor market, media empires) are studied. The persistence of inequality and poverty, fragmentation of family and community, unhealthy constructions of selfimage, and other social problems are explained in terms of these developments.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

SO 258 SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT   3.0 Credit(s)
This course 1.) examines how human activities contribute to environmental problems such as climate change, pollution, disappearance of natural habitat, decreasing biodiversity, diminishing natural resources, deforestation, erosion, and desertification; 2.) analyzes the impact of environmental degradation on human populations and human societies; and 3.) identifies those steps taken and yet to be taken to end degradation and restore environmental health. A project in which students take action in some group organization or community to make its impacts on the environment more positive is required.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SO 296 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on education as a social institution and an agent of socialization. The formal organization of education, education and the family, education and social stratification, and education as a vehicle for examining and solving social problems are explored.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SO 297 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on sociological theory and research on religion.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SP 201 ADV SPAN COMPOSITION & GRAMMAR I   3.0 Credit(s)
Focus on most challenging aspects of grammar such as imperfect/preterite or the use of the subjunctive and writing controlled compositions based on selections previously read and discussed. Prerequisite: Take SP-152 or SP 211 or SP-212 or by placement
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

SP 202 ADVANCED SPANISH COMP & GRAMMAR II   3.0 Credit(s)
A continuation of the SP 201 course: the further study of more complex grammar, and formal writing.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

SP 215 SPANISH READINGS & DISCUSS. I   3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to improve reading ability and self-expression through readings chosen from Spanish authors, newspapers, and magazines. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 and SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SP 216 SPANISH READINGS & DISCUSS. II   3.0 Credit(s)
Designed to improve reading ability and self-expression through readings chosen from Spanish authors, newspapers, and magazines. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SP 241 SPANISH PHONETICS/PHONOLOGY   3.0 Credit(s)
A study of the sounds of the language. Recommended for all Spanish majors and those who expect to teach Spanish. Prerequisite: SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

SP 251 SPANISH LITERATURE I   3.0 Credit(s)
Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Oral and written reports are required. Prerequisite: Take SP-202 or by Placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department