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Undergraduate CoursesThe UConn undergraduate catalog (see the link at left) gives an official description of all the undergraduate courses available in sociology. Juniors and Seniors may also take graduate courses if they have a cumulative GPA of 2.6 or above. This page gives additional information about these courses to help you with your course planning. As you read these descriptions, keep the following points in mind. : · Some sociology courses are offered every semester; some are rarely offered. For example, sometimes the faculty member who teaches it leaves or retires, and we are unable to offer it until we hire another person in that area. This page gives information on how often the course has been offered in recent years. · The estimated frequency of course offerings below is NOT a guarantee. If you need more information, contact the faculty members listed or the department office. · Offerings of "W" courses varies widely from semester to semester. Below we simply indicate which courses are routinely offered as "W" courses. All "W" courses have the following prerequisites: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250 . · We have listed the faculty members who often teach a course so that you can contact them if you have questions about the course itself. Some courses, however, are taught by adjunct faculty or graduate student instructors, who change from year to year. To learn more about these "staff" courses contact the main sociology office. · Unless otherwise noted, the description of course offerings below applies only to the Storrs Campus. · For some courses, there are links to more extensive information about the course provided by the instructor. 107. Introduction to Sociology Description : Modern society and its social organization, institutions, communities, groups, and social roles: the socialization of individuals, family, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, social class, crime and deviance, population, cities, political economy, and social change. Frequency of offering : Usually every semester. Routinely offered as a "W"? Yes. Faculty : Glasberg, McNeal,Tuchman, Villemez, and Wallace. Description : Major social problems, their sources in the organization of society, public policies for their alleviation, and questions of ethics and social justice: alcohol and drug abuse, physical and mental illness, sexual variances, poverty and inequality, ethnic and racial prejudice and discrimination, women and gender, the changing family, violence, crime and delinquency, the environment, urban problems, and population planning and growth. Frequency : Usually every semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Staff. Description : Race, class, and gender, as they structure identities, opportunities, and social outcomes. Frequency : Usually every semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Staff. 205. Methods of Social Research Prerequisite : SOCI 1 0 7 . Description : Quantitative and qualitative methods used in sociological research: designs for gathering data, problems of measurement, and techniques of data analysis. Lectures and laboratory work. Majors in sociology should take this required course in their junior year. Frequency : Usually every semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Abrahamson, Cheng, Ratcliff, Wallace, Weakliem, Wright and Younts. 207V. Quantitative Methods in Social Research Prerequisite : SOCI 205 ; and STAT 100 or 110 or consent of instructor. Description : Practical work in the design and execution of research, hypothesis testing, data analysis, and interpretation. Frequency : Usually every semester "W"? No. Faculty : Weakliem, Wallace 208C. Computing in the Social Sciences Prerequisite: Q course and SOCI 205 or equivalent. Description : One 2-hour lecture and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Introduction to applied computing skills using a statistical package. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. 209. Applying Sociology to Social Issues Prerequisite : SOCI 107 and 205 or consent of instructor. Description : Applying sociology and its methods to ask research questions, gather information, and evaluate social programs. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Ratcliff. 216. Criminology (Open to sophomores) Description : Theories and research on crime, criminal law, and the criminal justice system. Frequency : Usually every semester. "W"? No. Faculty : McNeal, Wright, and Younts. Description : Behaviors labeled by society as deviant, such as crime, prostitution, suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental illness. Frequency : Usually every semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : McNeal, Sanders, Wright. Description : An overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency. Frequency : Every second or third semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Younts. Description : Drug taking as a social problem, the "war on drugs," drug education, treatment and prevention approaches, the illegal drug market. Frequency : Usually in Fall. "W"? No. Faculty : Sanders 221. Sociological Perspectives on Asian American Women (Also offered as AASI 221 .) Description : An overview of social structures and inter-group relations focusing on the experience of Asian American women. Frequency : Usually in Spring. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Purkayastha
Prerequisite : SOCI 107 , 115 , or 125 . Description : How gender, class, and ethnicity/race structure everyday lives of Asian Indian women in both India and the United States. Frequency : Usually in Fall. "W"? No. Faculty : Purkayastha Description : Cultural patterns, social structure, and political conflict in Subsaharan Africa. Frequency : Usually most semesters "W"? Yes. Faculty : Gugler 227. Revolutionary Social Movements around the World (Open to sophomores) Description : Lectures and documentary films on the Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions and movements in South Africa and the Middle East. Frequency : Rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff 230. Society and the Individual Prerequisite : SOCI 107 . Description: Modern social systems and the behavior, psychological organization, and development of individuals. Frequency : Usually every semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Dashefsky, Wright, Younts 235. African Americans and Social Protest Description : Social and economic-justice movements, from the beginning of the Civil Rights movement to the present. Frequency : Every second or third semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Cazenave. Description : The origin, nature, and consequences of white racism as a central and enduring social principle around which the United States and other modern societies are structured and evolve. Frequency : Most semesters. "W"? No. Faculty : Cazenave Description : Ethnic groups, their interrelations, assimilation, and pluralism. Culture, and identity that arise from differences in race, religion, nationality, region, and language. Frequency : Every third or fourth semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Villemez 241. Women and Health (Also offered as WS 241 .) Description : Social factors shaping women's health, health care, and their roles as health-care providers. Frequency : Usually in Spring. "W"? No. Faculty : Ratcliff 242. American Jewry (Also offered as JUDS 242 .) Description : Historical, demographic, organizational, and sociopsychological perspectives. Frequency : Every third or fourth semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Dashefsky 243. Prejudice and Discrimination Description : Sources and consequences of racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination. Frequency : Every second or third semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. 244. Sociology of Mental Illness Description : Madness in human societies; its history, incipience, epidemiology, etiology, institutionalization, and other issues. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Broadhead. 245. Sociology of Sexualities (Open to sophomores or higher) Description : Not open for credit to students who have taken SOCI 246 or 246W. Bernstein Explores the social organization, construction, and politics of sexualities; particular focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experiences and the intersection of sexualities, gender, race, and class. Frequency : Usually once a year. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Bernstein Description : Social factors related to health, illness, and health-care systems. Frequency : Usually in Fall. "W"? No. Faculty : Ratcliff 248. Aging in American Society Description : Social gerontology: the role and status of older people in a changing society. Frequency : Only HDFS 248 is offered at Storrs. Soci 248 is offered frequently at Waterbury. "W"? No. Faculty : Eisenhandler . 249. Sociological Perspectives on Poverty Description : Poverty in the U.S. and abroad, its roots, and strategies to deal with it. Frequency : Every third or fourth semester. "W"? Faculty : Cazenave, Villemez 250. Sociology of the Family (Open to sophomores or higher) Description : The American family, its changing forms and values, and the social conditions influencing it: mate selection, marital adjustment, the responsibilities and opportunities of parenthood, and resolving family crises. Frequency : Most semesters "W"? Yes. Faculty : Staff 252. Sociological Perspectives on Women Description : The status of women in American society. Frequency : Most semesters. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Bernstein, Naples, Tuchman Description : Religion in social context: differences of church, denomination, sect, and cult; religious culture, organization, and ideology. Frequency : Usually every second or third semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff Description : Size, growth, composition and distribution of population; social factors in population change. Frequency : About once a year. "W"? No. Faculty : Fischer. Description : Social and economic conditions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and attempts to improve them. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. 259. Energy, Environment, and Society Description : Sociological perspectives on energy production, distribution and consumption, environmental, and social organization. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. Prerequisite : SOCI 107 . Description : Social organization and structure in modern society. Frequency : Rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. Description : Theories and research on complex organizations in society; relationship between organizations and their environments; varieties of organizational forms, structures, and processes. Frequency : Usually in Fall. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Villemez 266. Topics in the Sociology of Culture Description : A variable topics course focusing on issues in the sociology of culture. Specific topics may include: production of culture and the culture industry, popular culture, the sociology of the arts, cultural representation of deviance and social problems, women and culture, film and the developing world, material culture, and cultural constructions of social inequality. Note : May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Frequency : Usually once a year. "W"? No. Faculty : Gugler, Sanders, and Tuchman 267. Public Opinion and Mass Communication Description : Contemporary public opinion and ideology, the process and effects of mass communication, and the measurement of public opinion. Frequency : usually once a year. "W"? No. Faculty : Weakliem, Tuchman 268. Class, Power, and Inequality Description : Inequality and its consequences in contemporary societies. Frequency : Every second or third semester. "W"? Faculty : Staff. Description : Social analysis of power, democracy and voting, society and the state, and political economy Frequency : Usually in Spring. "W"? No. Faculty : Glasberg. Prerequisite: SOCI 107 . Description : Sociological theory for advanced undergraduates. Frequency : Usually taught every semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Abrahamson, Tuchman Description : Occupations, jobs, careers, and the professions, and their effects on the division of labor, on the workplace, and on individuals in the labor force. Frequency : Most semesters. "W"? No. Faculty : Wallace 280. Urban Sociology (Also offered as URBN 280. Open to sophomores or higher.) Description : Social and physical organization of cities and suburbs. Frequency : Most semesters. "W"? No. Faculty : Abrahamson 281. Urban Problems (Also offered as URBN 281 .) Description : Social problems of American cities and suburbs, with emphasis on policy issues. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. Description : The rapid urbanization of the world's population: its causes, characteristics and consequences. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. Description : Ways of life in large cities and suburbs and the culture of modernism. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. Description : Sociological analysis of processes and structures of various kinds of communities. Frequency : Very rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. 285. Social Welfare and Social Work (Open to seniors in the social sciences). Description : Social welfare needs and programs; introduction to social work as a professional service Frequency : Rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. Description : Education and society: primary schools through universities as agencies for social selection and socialization. Frequency : Every second or third semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Cheng, McNeal. 290. Social Movements and Social Change Description : Revolutionary, reform, reactionary, religious, communal, and escapist movements. Frequency : Rarely. "W"? No. Faculty : Bernstein. 293. Foreign Study Prerequisite : Credits and hours by arrangement up to a maximum of six credits. Consent of Department Head required, preferably prior to the student's departure. Description : Special topics in a foreign-study program. Frequency : Every semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Staff. 294W. Senior Thesis in Sociology Prerequisite : Fifteen credits in sociology and consent of instructor and Department Head; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250 . Frequency : Every semester. "W"? Yes. Faculty : Staff. Description : Internship in a social-welfare agency or institution. Note: Variable (1-9) credits, by arrangement. Class and field work by arrangement with instructor and field agency. May be repeated for credit, not to exceed 9 credits total for 296 and 296W. Prerequisite : SOCI 107 . Frequency : Every semester. "W"? Yes--every semester. Faculty : Kathryn Ratcliff and Bradley Wright For more information Click Here 297. Variable Topics Description: With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. Frequency : Varies. "W"? No. Faculty : Any faculty member. 298. Special Topics Description: Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. A lecture course. Topics vary by semester. Frequency : Varies. "W"? No. Faculty : Any faculty member. 299. Independent Study Description: Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. With a change in content, may be repeated. Frequency : Every semester. "W"? No. Faculty : Any faculty member. |