| Course Number | Major Type | Credit Amount | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | SOC/ANT/WMS | 3 | Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity and Culture |
| 301 | SOC | 3 | The Sociology of Work |
| 302 | SOC/ANT | 3 | The Sociology of Art |
| 305 | SOC | 3 | Political Sociology |
| 306 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Cultures of Contemporary Portugal |
| 308 | SOC | 3 | Religion in Social and cultural Context |
| 310 | SOC | 3 | Social Movements |
| 314 | CJS/SOC | 3 | Social Control/Crime Control |
| 315 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Health and Healing |
| 316 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Research Methods |
| 319 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Gender variation and Sexual Orientations Across Cultures |
| 323 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Morality and Society |
| 325 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Sex, Marriage and Family |
| 327 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion |
| 329 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East |
| 331 | SOC | 3 | Race and Ethnicity |
| 332 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Portuguese in the Americas |
| 334 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Sociology of Food |
| 336 | SOC | 3 | Morality and Society |
| 337 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Comparative Ethnic Relations |
| 338 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Population, Environment, and Culture |
| 339 | CJS/SOC | 3 | Racism, Crime and Justice |
| 340 | CJS | 3 | Law and Society |
| 342 | CJS | 3 | Organization of Criminal Behavior |
| 344 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Cultures of Memory |
| 345 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Human Evolution |
| 347 | SOC/ANT/AAS/POR | 3 | Colonialism and Culture in the Portuguese Afro-Atlantic |
| 348 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Catholic Culture in America |
| 350 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Readings in Sociological and Anthropological Literature |
| 354 | ANT | 3 | Anthropological Theory |
| 354 | SOC | 3 | Sociological Theory |
| 356 | SOC/LST | 3 | Wealth, Status, and Power in America |
| 357 | CJS | 3 | Justice and Society |
| 358 | CJS | 3 | Criminological Theory |
| 359 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Men and Masculinities |
| 364 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in the Media |
| 365 | CJS/SOC/WMS | 3 | Female Crime and Deviance |
| 366 | CJS | 3 | Crime, Justice, and Policy |
| 367 | SOC/ANT | 3 | Culture, Power, and inequality in a Globalized World |
| 373 | ANT/CJS | 3 | Forensic Anthropology |
| 381 | SOC | 3 | Social Impact of Science and Technology |
| 382 | CJS/SOC/ANT | 3 | Social Impact of Science and Technology |
| 400 | CJS | 3 | Contemporary Topics in Justice |
SOC 300 or ANT 300 three credits
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity and Culture
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing
Explores lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-sexual identity, history, and culture, sexual roles, homophobia, heterosexism, the gay liberation movement, and cross-cultural experiences. Family, health, religious, economic, racial, political and legal issues will be explored.
Cross-listed as WMS 301
SOC 301 or ANT 301 three credits
Work and Society
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Analysis of work in contemporary society and how labor/management relations have shaped our lives over time.
SOC 302 or ANT 302 three credits
The Sociology of Art
Prerequisite: either SOC 101, SOC 111, SOC/ANT 113, or History of Art; or permission of instructor.
Explores the relationship between society and art and artists.
SOC 305 three credits
Political Sociology
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 or PSC 101 or PSC 102; or permission of instructor.
Sociological perspectives on the study of power relationships, political communities, political processes, and institutions. The course addresses questions such as: Who controls America's institutions? What is the relationship between political, ideological, and economic power? What are the rights and powers of ordinary citizens? How are decisions made about war and peace? How are resources distributed?
SOC 306 or ANT 306 three credits
Cultures of Contemporary Portugal
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Explores contemporary Portugal through the work of anthropologists, sociologists, and historians. Focus is on key issues confronting Portuguese society such as: recent cultural and political transformations; the impact of Portuguese emigration and immigration on Portuguese society; changing patterns of expressive culture, ritual and religion; and development of European, regional, and national identities.
SOC 307 ANT 307 three credits
The Ideal Society and the State
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 111 or PSC 101
What is an ideal society like? Explores from an anthropological perspective different political systems in an attempt to answer the following questions: 1) Are there just societies? 2) Why search for Utopia and what is the significance of utopian thinking? ) Where is the locus of political power and how does it change? 4) How do state societies evolve? 5) What is a nation?
SOC 308/ANT 308 three credits
Religion in Social and Cultural Context
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 and SOC 200/or permission of instructor
Examines the dynamic relationship between religion and social institutions, including family, community, and other social and cultural entities. Includes exploration of different religious traditions, religious theory and practice, and the relation between religious belief and historic and contemporary dimensions of race and ethnicity, gender, class, work, and governance.
Cross-listed as REL 308
SOC 310 or ANT 310 three credits
Social Movements
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of instructor
A sociological analysis of the origin and development of social movements with an emphasis on detailed study of particular social movements.
Cross-listed as AAS 310
CJS 314 or SOC 314 three credits
Social Control/Crime Control
Prerequisites: SOC 200 and Junior or Senior standing OR permission of the instructor
A critical examination of social control in contemporary societies. Employing the work of Foucault and others, this course connects the theoretical constructs of control with current practices of policing, imprisonment and crime control.
SOC 315 or ANT 315 three credits G
Health and Healing
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing OR permission of the instructor
Exploration of how culture and systems of social inequality shape health and health care practices in different societies around the world. The course examines cultural concepts of health, illness, and healing; the nature of the therapeutic encounter; and the impact of differences in wealth, race, and gender on health and access to health care. This course is especially relevant for students with interest in health and social service fields.
SOC 316 or ANT 316 three credits
Research Methods
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or ANT/SOC 113; SOC 200 or SOC 354 or ANT 354, AND Junior or Senior standing. For Soc and CJS majors only.
Introduces students to both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research design and analysis. The goal of the course is to help students become competent at conducting and critiquing social research.
SOC 319 or ANT 319 three credits G
Gender Variation and Sexual Orientation Across Cultures
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC 113
The social construction of sexual identity in various societies of the world, including the United States. Same gender, "third gender," and transgendered roles, relations, and ideologies are examined in ancient and modern societies.
Cross-listed as WMS 319
SOC 323 or ANT 323 three credits E
Morality and Society
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Inquiry into morality and its role in society and social change. This course will consider the origins and evolution of morality, looking at similarities and difference in the moral codes of different societies, as well as of different periods of Western history. Attention will also be given to sources of change and conflict involving moral issues in modern society.
Soc 325 or ANT 325 three credits E
Sex, Marriage and Family
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC 113 OR WMS 101
A survey of basic human patterns of bonding and reproduction in different cultures, through human evolution to modern times, focusing on an exploration of issues surrounding sex, marriage and family in contemporary society.
Cross-listed as WMS 325
SOC 327 or ANT 327 three credits
Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion
Prerequisite: ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 or SOC 101 or permission of the instructor.
Offers critical, cross-cultural and comparative perspectives on religion, magic and witchcraft and how people in different cultures conceive of the supernatural. Surveys how scholars have defined religion, symbol and myth and why some practices and beliefs come to be defined as "religions" while others are characterized as "
myth," "sorcery," or "
witchcraft."
Cross-listed as REL 327
SOC 329 or ANT 329 three credits
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Overview of the contemporary Middle East (which includes nations in Southwest Asia from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Egypt). The study of kinship, marriage, social organization, ethnic group relations, and politics are all fundamental to the analysis of Middle Eastern peoples and societies, and central to the course. Emphasis is placed on understanding the diverse socio-cultural and political sensibilities found in the region.
SOC 331 or ANT 331 three credits
Race and Ethnicity
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC/ANT 113 OR one AAS course
A study of the concepts of "race," the "ethnic group," and the role these concepts play in social interaction and social differentiation.
Cross-listed as AAS 331
SOC 332 or ANT 332 three credits D
Portuguese in the Americas
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Explores the history and culture of Portuguese who have emigrated to the Americas. Compares the case of Portuguese-Americans with other settlements in the wider Portuguese diaspora and with the histories of other immigrant groups in the U.S.
Also offered as SOC/ANT 532 for graduate students
SOC 334 or ANT 334 three credits
Sociology of Food
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
A look at ancient and modern food production and its environmental impact. Diet and nutrition; population pressure and hunger; the politics of food; and, modern food processing and its implications are all subjects of study.
SOC 336 or CJS 336 three credits
Women and Social Policy
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR SOC 113 OR WMS 101 OR OR PST 101 and Junior or Senior standing
Family policy issues in the U.S. such as childcare, family leave, job equity, and marriage and family relationships. U.S. public policy is compared with that of other countries.
Cross-listed as PST 355 and WMS 336
SOC 337 or ANT 337 three credits D
Comparative Ethnic Relations
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC 113
A comparative analysis of interracial and interethnic relations in various areas of the world including the U.S., Latin America, Africa, and Europe. An examination of the causes of interethnic conflict, assimilation, ethnic solidarity, and changes in ethnic identity.
Cross-listed as AAS 337
SOC 338 or ANT 338 three credits
Population, Environment, and Culture
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC 113
Explores questions of how the adoption of agriculture, changing patterns of disease, industrialization, urbanization, and international migration have shaped the human life span, fertility and health. Course focuses on vital events in human life such as when and who we marry and sometimes divorce, how we pace and stop childbearing and why and when we die. The course will also examine the impact of consumption on environmental degradation and different paths to sustainability.
CJS 339 or SOC 339 three credits
Racism, Crime and Justice
Prerequisites: SOC 200 and Junior or Senior standing OR permission of the instructor
Overview and discussion of the themes and issues surrounding the relationship between racism, so-called "minority groups" and the criminal justice system. The course focuses on overt, institutional and subtle racism and structural discrimination and their relationship to social justice. Subjects may include personnel and organizational policies, policing, corrections, juveniles and the courts.
Cross-listed as AAS 339
CJS 340 or SOC 340 three credits
Law and Society
Prerequisites: SOC 200 and Junior or Senior standing OR permission of the instructor
A study of the role of law in societies and an investigation of problems in the sociology of law, lawmaking processes, and administration of justice. Comparative analysis of legal systems and their administration.
CJS 342 three credits
Organization of Criminal Behavior
Prerequisites: CJS 358 or permission of instructor
Sociological approaches to the study of crime typologies. Criminal behavior is best explained when broken down into types. After discussing the construction of types of crimes, there will be an exploration of the systems within which criminal behavior develops.
SOC 344 or ANT 344 three credits G
Cultures of Memory
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Explores how shared understandings of the past are created and continually shaped by the politics of the present. Students investigate how collective memories are fashioned in various sites such as movies, memorials, museums, schools, family stories, and how they continually shape our personal, ethnic, and national identities and what we do, think, and feel. A key questions is why some aspects of a nation's past are celebrated and widely known while others are ignored or actively repressed. Case studies include controversial events in the national histories of the U.S. as well as other countries around the world.
ANT 345 three credits
Human Evolution
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or ANT 113
A systematic and multidisciplinary approach to the origin and evolution of the human the nonhuman primates, ethnography, fossils, and archeology so as to gain insights into the origins and evolution of human social behavior and our distinctive cultural adaptation.
SOC 347 or ANT 347 three credits
Colonialism and Cultures
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Focuses on the Afro-Atlantic cultural exchanges that developed as a result of Portuguese colonialism in West Africa, Cape Verde and Brazil. Engages central questions in the anthropology of colonialism and Lusophone area studies such as: How did Portuguese colonialism transform African cultures and societies? How was race constructed throughout the colonial experience? How has the colonial legacy and Christianity shaped notions of sexuality, gender and stratification across the Portuguese Afro-Atlantic? How do we compare past and present conceptions of the Lusophone world in light of contemporary politics of migration and identity?
Cross-listed as AAS 347. Offered as SOC/ANT 547 for graduate students
SOC 348 or ANT 348 three credits
Catholic Culture in America
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Social and cultural overview of Catholic America, and characteristics that distinguish Catholicism in belief and practice. Course examines social controversies surrounding the Catholic Church and its teachings.
SOC 150, 250 or 350 or ANT 150, 250 or 350 or CJS 150, 250 or 350 three credits
Readings in Sociological and Anthropological Literature
Directed readings and analysis in selected sociological topics.
Cross-listed as WMS 350 with appropriate topic
ANT 354 three credits
Anthropological Theory
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR SOC/ANT 113; one upper-level sociology or anthropology course; and Junior or Senior standing
Introduction to the past and present theoretical debates amongst anthropologists and the continuing influence of major social thinkers such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. Focus is on developing a critical understanding of anthropologists' efforts to understand the nature of culture and society and assessing the explanatory power of key theoretical paradigms.
SOC 354 three credits
Sociological Theory
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR SOC 113 OR SOC/ANT 113; and one upper-level sociology course.
Explores the history and development of key debates in sociological theory and engages students in the critical assessment of theoretical paradigms in sociology.
SOC 356 or ANT 356 three credits
Wealth, Status, and Power in America
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 101 OR SOC/ANT 113
Explores the dimensions and causes of social inequality in the U.S., focusing on class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation
Cross-listed as LST 356
CJS 358 three credits
Criminological Theory
Prerequisites: SOC 200; CJS 190.
The study of theories on crime provides an understanding of the field and allows for an assessment of the eras in which diverse theories emerged. A review of the principal forms of explanation in the social sciences, including the classical, positivist and critical schools of thought will be presented. The historical and contemporary application of these approaches will be studied in conjunction with criminal justice institutions and approaches taken towards defining and dealing with delinquency and deviance.
SOC 359 or ANT 359 three credits D
Men and Masculinities
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113
The social construction of male identity and culture. Male sexualities, relationships, sports, health, work, violence, warfare, and changing male culture are explored.
Cross-listed as WMS 359
SOC 364 or ANT 364 three credits
Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in the Media
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113
An interdisciplinary exploration of how mainstream media in the U.S. - primarily "Hollywood" movies- have helped shape our understanding of who is (and, equally importantly, who is NOT) part of the
"American" nation. Drawing upon anthropology, media studies, critical race studies and feminist theory, we will look at how cinematic representations of various ethnic and racial groups - blacks, "
Indians," Asians, Jews, and most recently, Arabs and Muslims - both reflected and helped shape popular views and attitudes towards those groups. We will pay close attention to the intertwining of race, gender, class and sexuality. This is a blended class as on-line discussions will supplement classroom screenings and discussion.
Cross-listed as AAS 364 and WMS 366
CJS 365 or SOC 365 or ANT 365 three credits
Female Crime and Deviance
Prerequisites: CJS 190 and Junior or Senior standing
Female crime and deviance is examined as a continuum of behaviors among girls and women within the context of the criminal justice system as well as in a larger social context.
Cross-listed as WMS 365, MPP 565, PST 366
CJS 366 three credits
Crime, Justice and Policy
Prerequisites: SOC 200 OR PST 102; Junior or Senior standing; CJS 358 preferred
An exploration of public policy in a criminal justice context. The causes and consequences of public policy will be explored to demonstrate the complexity of the relationships between criminological knowledge, policy and practice.
Cross-listed as MPP 566
SOC 366 or ANT 336 three credits
Religion and Music of the African Diaspora
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC/ANT 113 OR AAS 101; Junior or Senior standing
A comparative and interdisciplinary survey of African-derived religious and musical practices in the Americas, beginning with Haitian vodou and ending with hip-hop. We will examine the historic conditions in which these cultural forms evolved, and discuss how popular attitudes towards African-derived music and religion--often associated with unruliness and loose morals--reflect larger national anxieties about race, class, and sexuality. Throughout, we will pay close attention to how different social actors (colonial regimes, the police, anthropologists and practitioners) have constructed African-based religiosity and music as witchcraft, folklore, heritage and roots.
Cross-listed as AAS 366
SOC 367 or ANT 367 three credits
Culture, Power, and Inequality in a Globalized World
Prerequisites: SOC 101 OR ANT 111 OR SOC/ANT 113; Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
An exploration of anthropological approaches to globalization, and what globalization means for the future of anthropology. We start with definitions of and theories about globalization, touch upon "the globalization debates," and then turn to case studies of key issues such as gender and sexuality, migration and diaspora, the globalization of culture, the power of commodities, and political activism. Throughout , we will pay close attention to questions of power and inequality - seeing how the impact of globalization is shaped by race, nationality, class, gender and other vectors of difference.
ANT 373 or CJS 373 three credits
Forensic Anthropology
Prerequisites: ANT 111 OR CJS 190; Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
The application of anthropological knowledge and techniques in a legal context. This course involves detailed knowledge of skeletal anatomy and biology to aid in the identification and cause of death of skeletal remains, as well as the recovery of remains using archaeological techniques.
SOC 381 three credits
Social Impact of Science and Technology
Prerequisites: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
A look at the scientific and technological world views: the claim that tools are value-free, that knowledge (software, etc.) should be property; that natural and social reality should be quantified.
CJS 382 or ANT 382 three credits
Advanced Theory in Crime and Justice
Prerequisite: CJS 358
Advanced interdisciplinary theory course drawing on conceptual and theoretical frameworks from a variety of disciplines. The course emphasizes non-western traditions, across cultural and historical contexts.
