社会学强调

了解世界上不同的文化, 从前文字社会到现代科技社会, 这门课的重点是什么, and will include mankind's universal as well as adaptive dimensions; and the examination of socioeconomic, 政治, 宗教, and physical 环境 factors that relate to the values and lifestyles of various peoples.

This course will explore the relationship between individual experiences and the socio-cultural context, focusing on the role socio-cultural institutions play on personality, 健康, 世界观.

This course will present a comparative examination of religion as an aspect of human 文化 and will include substantive and functional approaches to 宗教 behavior, 宗教作为一种象征体系, 仪式行为, 魔法, 宗教运动, 还有超自然现象. 先决条件: 蚂蚁210 或者导师的许可. 提供隔年.

This is an introductory course for students intending to do 社会 science and education research that will address the basic principles of elementary statistics through the use of statistical analyses, including basic descriptive measures; sampling and sample size estimation; 假设检验; testing for differences between means, 相关, and measures of association; techniques for analyzing categorical data; and summarizing and presenting statistical results. A heavy emphasis will be placed on applications of basic statistical concepts to a wide variety of problems encountered in 社会, 教育, 以及政策相关的研究, along with the use of computer packages for assisting in data analysis. 先决条件:CMTH 101, MTH 201或同等学历.

This is an experimental learning course in which research techniques and methodologies are studied by developing and carrying out a research project using the following steps: selection of research problems, 研究设计, 数据收集和分析, 统计计算, 假设检验, 建立理论.

This course will study 语言 as a fundamental component of human beings by examining the link between experience, 文化, 通过研究语言是如何交流的, 变化, 并被策略性地用来达到社会目的.

This course will examine the core liberal arts questions that the behavioral sciences attempt to address and will serve as a summative experience for the students in the major. 先决条件:ANT 364, BSC 265, BSC 296, BSC 318, PSY 345, SOC 321.

The effect of 社会 influences upon the development of personality and behavior patterns will be examined in this course including 社会ization, 态度的形成和改变, 沟通, 宣传, 角色和刻板印象, 领导, 集体行为.

This theoretical and research-based course will investigate the mental processes that underlie perception, 图像, 注意, 内存, 语言, 阅读, 推理, 决策, 以及解决问题的能力.

Unlike traditional models and schools of thought that see diseases solely as mal功能 of organs or breakdowns of body systems, this course will present the approach that 健康 and illness are parts of a complex interplay among biological, 心理, 社会因素.

本课程将介绍资料来源, 功能, 以及财富分配不平等的动力, 权力, 知识, 和历史上的声望, 比较的角度.

作为对当代美国主要问题的介绍, 本课程将着重于原因, 理论的解释, 社会政策解决方案，包括经济, 政治, 城市化, 环境, family and 教育 problems; child abuse; 社会 deviance; crime; delinquency; and drug, 酒精, 还有烟草滥用.

This course will examine selected 社会 theories and theorists and the history and development of 社会 theory including the following: the formulation and evaluation of 社会 theories such as 社会 systems, 进化, 正式的, 现象学, 符号互动论, 社会行动, and exchange theories; sociology of 知识; and functionalism. 提供隔年.

This introductory course to the scientific study of crime as a 社会 phenomenon focus on how crime in our society is related to the collective aspects of human life.

This course will analyze ethnicity in contemporary urban society including the relationship between sub-cultural communities and the larger society; examining the factors and processes in the formation of minority groups; and looking at strategies for changing dominant-minority patterns.

This course will analyze the role of 社会 movements and collective action in society by examining each as a key component in understanding how, 为什么, 当社会发生变化时, as well as who participates in this change and with what effectiveness. 交叉列出 HST 322.

This course will offer a multidisciplinary perspective to understanding women's roles along with an analysis of 妇女在西方社会的地位 from a cross-cultural perspective including gender stereotypes, 男性统治的理论, 男女关系, 妇女解放运动, 以及女性在教会中的角色.

This course will investigate globalization and its impact on the 政治, 社会, 以及世界各地的文化安排. Students will investigate the various definitions and interpretations of globalization; analyze how globalization is experienced in different countries; and examine the various reactions to globalization - both for and against.