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Sociology,
Anthropology, Criminology, Family Studies
Professor Meyers,
Chair
Assistant Professors Brown, Hoskin and Thompson
Instructor Abodalo
Lecturers Kovarie and Lash
Perhaps the most comprehensive of the social sciences,
sociology is concerned with the analysis and explanation of social
phenomena. These phenomena, which range from the socialization of
the child to criminal behavior and cultural change, are studied
and investigated using a wide variety of research techniques. Through
formalized standards of inquiry, sociologists focus on the relationships
between the parts of social systems and how the systems are formulated,
how they function, and how they are related to the everyday lives
of human beings.
The Sociology Department offers four tracks from
which students can choose their concentration area (Anthropology,
Criminology, Family Studies and General Sociology). The department
supports two interdisciplinary programs: the Crime and Justice concentration
(Sociology-Political Science-Psychology) and the Child and Family
Studies concentration (Sociology-Psychology). In addition, students
can combine each of the four tracks mentioned above with another
academic discipline to form a concentration area.
The Sociology Department houses the World Cultures
Data Center, an extensive collection of data sets available to students
doing research. The department has state-of-the-art computer equipment
that provides easy access to the Internet, both in the student lab
as well as classrooms, to retrieve data files and information of
interest to students. Links to the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
for example, permit access to a wide range of crime, arrest and
victimology data sources for research purposes. The department uses
computer projection equipment and computer hardware to teach research
methodology and statistical analysis. The Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS*), considered to be the standard for social
science research throughout the world, is used in all advanced statistics
and research methodology courses.
Required Courses:
All students concentrating in sociology are required
to take the following courses: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 105)
(Required General Studies Social Science Course); Social Problems
(SOC 201); Statistics (SOC 207) (Counts as General Studies Quantitative
Reasoning course); Research Methods (SOC 403); Social Theory (SOC
411); and Senior Seminar (SOC 490). In addition to these core courses,
each student should choose one of the tracks listed below:
General Sociology
The Sociology Track is designed for students who
are interested in a general, though intensive, study of sociological
methodology, theory and content areas. Students completing this
track should take the core courses listed above and should select
any three courses at the 200-level and any three courses at the
300-level in the department.
The following courses are required for students
who choose to combine the General Sociology Track with another academic
discipline: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 105) (required General
Studies Introductory Social Science Course); Social Institutions
and Problems (SOC 201); Statistics (SOC 207)(Counts as General Studies
Quantitative Reasoning course); Crime and Deviance (SOC 251); The
Family (SOC 261); one course from Sex, Gender and Culture (ANT 263),
Juvenile Delinquency (SOC 302), Family Relations (SOC 312), Human
Services for Families and Children (SOC 313), or Gender, Environment
and Development (ANT 315); plus Research Methods (SOC 403); Internship
(SOC 482)(or an approved elective course); and Senior Seminar (SOC
490).
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