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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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RELSTY 233L - Introduction to Islam
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course acquaints students with the broad outline of the Islamic religion, including its origins and historical development, its sacred scriptures, and the main beliefs and practices of Muslims. It also considers Islam’s mystical dimension, its aesthetic expressions, its views of gender relations, and its orientation in the modern world.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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RELSTY 235L - Yoga in History, Philosophy, and Practice
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the history, philosophies, and practices of Yoga in their religious and cultural contexts. In the modern west, Yoga has become popular as a secular form of exercise. However, the diverse Yoga traditions of India have also involved sophisticated analyses of the mind and systems of mediation. Intrinsic to no single religion, Yoga has had roles in most South Asian traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sufism or Islamic mysticism. The course surveys this rich history and the history of the various forms of meditative and physical discipline Yoga has entailed.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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RELSTY 239L - Hindu Myth and Narrative: the Epics and Puranas
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course studies Hinduism through its narrative literature, especially the great epics (the Mahabharata and Ramayana) and mythological texts (Puranas - the “Ancient Books”). Through stories of gods, devotees, villains, and heroes, the course explores the development of significant themes in the Hindu tradition, from ethics and philosophy to asceticism and religious devotion. An important focus of the course is the enduring cultural significance of myth and the epics of South and Southeast Asia, as retold through the ages in a variety of languages, cultural contexts, and media, including classical and vernacular texts, the oral tradition, drama, dance, and cinema.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
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RELSTY 241 - Myth, History, and Prophecy: Old Testament
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Interpretation of the religion and literature of ancient Israel in comparison with the mythic religious forms of the ancient Near East, with some attention to subsequent biblical interpretation, literature, and philosophy. Central themes include myth and history, covenant, charismatic leadership, imperial religion, prophetic protest, and apocalyptic visions.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: International
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RELSTY 242 - Origins of Christianity: From Jesus to Constantine
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A study of the religion and the literature of early Christianity in comparison with other, contemporary, Jewish movements-Pharisees, Essenes, others-and with Hellenistic philosophy and mystery religions. Concentration on the career and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, the interpretation of his significance, and the development and diversity of the Christian movement.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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RELSTY 245 - The History of Christianity
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A study of Christianity in its diverse forms, exploring the development of institutional forms, theology, and Christianity’s relation to the world. Materials include a comprehensive text, primary source readings, and cultural resources, such as music and images. Special attention is paid to people who were marginalized or subordinated within Christian history, such as women, non-literate people, non-Europeans and “heretics.”
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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RELSTY 271L - Religion and the Arts
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the interplay between religion and aesthetics, as expressed through the literary, visual, and performing arts. Structured thematically rather than by religious tradition, this course covers topics such as religious seeing, visual representation of the divine through icons and iconography, iconoclasm and the power of images, aniconism, calligraphy and geometric design, sacred space and religious architecture, religion and the book arts, religious music, dance, and drama, visual narrativization, and religious ritual as performance. ASIAN 271L and RELSTY 271L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: The Arts
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RELSTY 272 - Religion and Music
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Religion has served as an inspiration and performance context for music across the world, and musical expression is often central to religious practice. This course examines and compares various traditions of sacred music in their religious and cultural contexts. Topics range from Gregorian chant to Quranic recitation, from Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh devotional song in South Asia to esoteric Tibetan chant, and from J.S. Back to Gospel singing in African-American churches.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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RELSTY 280 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
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RELSTY 309 - Approaches to the Study of Religion: Theory and Method in Religious Studies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
What is religion? How is it distinct from other aspects of human life? Does religion have a biological or psychological basis? Is it shaped mainly by social conditions and historical circumstances? Why is religion both ubiquitous and incredibly diverse, and why does it remain so significant in the modern world? This course takes up such questions by exploring the many ways in which scholars seek to “make sense” of religion. We will examine the history of religious studies as an interdisciplinary field, and explore the dominant scholarly approaches: sociological, anthropological, psychological, feminist, and phenomenological, to name a few. We will also explore newer trends in the study of religion, such as approaches drawing on cognitive science. The assigned readings include both classical theorists and contemporary voices.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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RELSTY 310 - Apocalypse and the End of the World
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores speculations on the apocalypse and the end of the world from antiquity to the present. The first half of the course focuses on the origins of apocalyptic thinking and literature within ancient Jewish and Christian contexts. Students will carefully analyze a wide range of apocalyptic texts (biblical and extra-biblical) with an emphasis on location this literature within the wider social and historical contexts of early Judaism and early Christianity. The second half of the course concentrates on the varied legacies of ancient apocalypticism by exploring contemporary manifestations of apocalyptic thought and discourse. In particular, students will examine select millenarian movements and apocalyptic cults, the role of apocalypticism in religious fundamentalism and the presence of apocalypticism in popular culture.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities
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RELSTY 312 - Mysticism
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Mystics claim to encounter the divine in ways that push the limits of ordinary human experience. This course introduces students to the major themes, practices, and ideas of mysticism. Mysticism highlights a tension between the need for concrete rules, institutions, practices, and doctrine, and a conviction that there is something beyond what can be quantified and contained. Mystics need limits in order to cross them. How to make those limits and cross them is, therefore, central to our study. This course asks: What practices allow people to touch what is beyond words? How do intense, personal experiences relate to and depend on communal and institutional religion? Why is it important to talk about what cannot be said? How does mysticism challenge or strengthen authority, especially around questions of gender and sexuality? How have traditional religious practices been transformed in modern attempts at transcendence:
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Completion of 60 or more credits
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RELSTY 335L - Literature and the Arts of the Islamic World
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the development of literature and the arts of the Islamic world from the early Islamic period to the modern day, focusing upon the specific ways in which religion interacted with the cultures of Islamic lands to inform these developments. The course will draw upon visual, performing, and literary traditions from across the Islamic world, from Andalusia to Mughal India, and from Indonesia to the Caribbean. Through the semester, students will be exposed to a diversity of geographical, religious, devotional, sectarian, and gender perspectives. This is a hands-on, interactive course designed with the support of the Mellon Foundation.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 15 credits
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RELSTY 356L - Faiths & Feminisms: Women, Gender, Sexuality & Religion in the U.S.
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores feminisms and theologies - or varieties of “God-talk” - as resources for each other. The course engages key questions raised by students and non-students alike: what does it mean to have feminist politics and belong to a faith community? Can this be done? Is it desirable? What are the consequences? Starting from these personal-political questions, the course attends to the history of women and religion in colonial America and the United States. Selected feminist and womanist engagements with and challenges to aspects of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the contemporary United States are examined. The course explores women’s - and transpeople’s - experiences of religion and spirituality, both their leadership and their struggles within various faith communities. The professor and students analyze the ways that ideas about gender, racial/ethnic, economic, and sexual hierarchies are deeply entwined in theologies that oppress as well as those that seek to liberate. The course also investigates contemporary queer theologies and current thinking about feminism, secularism, and humanism. Student experiences and questions help guide the study of feminist scholarly research and writing in the fields of history, theology, criticism of sacred texts, politics, and literature. RELSTY 356L and WGS 356L .
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: One WGS or RELSTY course
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RELSTY 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines women in South Asian history through the intersections of women’s lives with three major faith traditions of the subcontinent - Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Using historical, literary, and anthropological lenses the course will consider how various institutions of authority - patriarchy, religion, and the state - have shaped and reshaped gender ideology in South Asia, and how women, throughout South Asia’s history, have, in turn, interpreted and negotiated their position in society.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
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RELSTY 358L - Psychology, Politics, and Philosophy in East Asia
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Why do attitudes in China, Korea, and Japan differ from Western attitudes on such issues as human rights; individualism and community; child rearing; moral and psychological development; the role of government; and proper behavior in business organizations? This course explores the roots of these differences in the Confucian tradition. ASIAN 358L and RELSTY 358L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
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RELSTY 478 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits
Description:
Open only to a very limited number of students in any one semester. A written prospectus must be formulated with the instructor.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
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RELSTY 479 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits
Description:
Open only to a very limited number of students in any one semester. A written prospectus must be formulated with the instructor.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
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RUSS 101 - Elementary Russian I
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Intensive practice in reading and speaking for students who have no creditable training in Russian. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
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RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian II
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is for students with some previous study of Russian. It has a strong cultural component and will focus on intercultural communication an on practice in the four language skills with special attention to reading and writing. Weekly language laboratory attendance and assignments are requires.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: RUSS 101 or equivalent
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RUSS 264 - Soviet Life and Culture
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An interdisciplinary introduction in English to Soviet and Russian culture from the Revolution to the present day. Focus on literature, music, and the arts. Topics include: the avant-garde culture of the 1920’s; socialist realism and the Stalinist legacy in cultural life; the “Thaws” of the 1950’s and the 1960”s; the dissident movement; and contemporary life and culture. No knowledge of Russian required. Of special interest to students in international relations and management, political science, and economics.
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Diversity Area: International
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RUSS 378 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
For those students wishing to pursue the study of Russian language, literature or culture beyond the intermediate level. A course of study is jointly designed by supervising instructor and student.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
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RUSS 498 - Honors Research Project
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
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Independent and original investigation of a specific aspect of Russian studies of interest to the student, under the supervision of a departmental advisor. Student read primary and secondary texts and determine a critical methodology in preparation for the writing of the thesis. Completion of a thesis prospectus and acceptance by the student’s proposed thesis supervisor are prerequisites for admission to 499.
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Sociology |
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SOCIOL 101 - Introduction to Sociology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides a broad overview of sociology and how it applies to everyday life. Major theoretical perspectives and concepts are presented under the following broad sections: sociological imagination, social inequality, and social institutions. Applying C. Wright Mills; notion of the ‘sociological imagination,’ this course will seek to find ways to connect an understanding of ourselves with broad dynamics of national and global social structures and forces of social change.
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Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SOCIOL 104 - Introduction to Systems of Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces students to the social scientific study of crime and criminal justice systems through a sociological perspective. Topics covered will include theories of the causes of crime; the structure and function of the police, courts, and correctional systems; and the experiences of people who are processed through the justice system. Special attention will be paid to controversial issues and public policy debates, and students will consider proposals for criminal justice reform. Students will also consider the relationships between criminal justice systems and society.
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SOCIOL 160 - Social Problems
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will examine social problems with a focus on the United States through various sociological perspectives. We will apply the analytical insights and theoretical frameworks of sociology to understand which issues are constituted social problems and how social conditions may lead to the development of contemporary social problems. Additionally, we will explore possible strategies and solutions to address social inequality.
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Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SOCIOL 184 - Battered Women
2 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on legal, social, and emotional issues. Discussions examine such topics as the politics of battering and the thinking behind it; the practical problems faced by battered women; the social and legal remedies presently available and why their effectiveness is so limited; how the issue of violence against women finally came to the public’s attention; how society has perpetuated the myths behind battering; how the processes that perpetuate the violence might be reversed. The course also considers shelters, direct action, and legal and legislative reform in this area, including controversial self-defense cases involving battered women who have killed abusive spouses or lovers.
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SOCIOL 200 - Sociology of Race & Racism
Formerly Race and Ethnic Relations
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course uses contemporary social problems to introduce students to sociological theories of race and racism and to examine the cause of systemic racial inequalities across many social institutions. Some of the issues the course may address include, mass incarceration, the racial wealth gap, racial disparities and discrimination in health care, education, housing and employment, as well as media discourses and stereotypes of racialized populations.
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Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 201 - Sociological Theory
Formerly SOCIOL 341 - Elements of Sociological Theory
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is a study of basic sociological works in theory. Students will read and discuss both classical and contemporary theorists. Students will learn to identify different schools of sociological theory, explain the relationship between different schools of sociological theory, and apply sociological theory to contemporary events.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 202 - Methods of Sociological Research
Formerly SOCIOL 351
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course covers all aspects of social research design, implementation, and data analysis. Emphasis is placed on the development of research projects and using quantitative and qualitative methods to study contemporary social issues.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 216 - Sociology of Tourism
Formerly SOCIOL 307
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will introduce students to sociological perspectives on travel and tourism by blending theoretical and empirical readings with direct field study. We will ask questions such as: How do meanings get ascribed to places? How are tourist attractions created, sold, and consumed? What narratives about place, history, and community are constructed and how do these stories shape our understandings of the places that we visit and the people who inhabit them? How does tourism reinscribe or erode inequalities of race, class, gender, and national origin? The course will provide students with a new lens for understanding tourism as a global phenomenon.
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SOCIOL 220 - The Sociology of Native Americans
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course considers Native American life and experience in the United States from a sociological perspective, examining dominant discourses, race, sex/gender and sexuality, urban/reservation experience, and issues of indigeneity; compares Native Americans with other racial and ethnic groups.
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Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 226 - Youth & Society
Formerly SOCIOL 201
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores the social construction of “youth” in the United States at the turn of the 20th/21st century. A central aim of the course is to question the taken-for-granted assumptions of “youth’ and to explore the experiences of youth through an intersectional approach. Possible topics covered include how youth experience sexuality, public spaces, schools, the labor market, violence, and activism.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 230 - Race, Incarceration, and Deportation
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Police shootings of black youth have become a lightening rod for debates over race and racism in the US today. Debates over immigration and border control are another barometer of US racial attitudes. Operating behind these highly visible and controversial public issues, there are disparate patterns of privilege and inequality that are connected to the rise of mass incarceration and mass deportations, but which are not as easy to see. The goal of this class is to help students develop a deeper sociological understanding of these issues that is informed by theories of race and racism, stratification, and structural inequality.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 231 - Social Class and Inequality
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Social classes in traditional and industrial societies; classes, castes, and mobility. Theories of class relationships and conflicts.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 232 - Sociology of Work
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
What is work? How is work tied to status and identity? These questions will be explored through some of the following topics: kinds of work and the interdependency of unpaid work and paid work; transformations of paid work in the United States between the turn of the 19th/20th century and the 20th/21st century; the global economy and commodity chains; how we learn to work; workplace inequalities across race, social class, gender, and sexual orientation; and worker resistance and workplace utopias.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 238 - Sociology of Education
Formerly SOCIOL 336
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on education as an institution with emphasis on the U.S. We will study the structural features of different American schools and colleges and the relevance of these features to the economy. We will study the structural features of different American schools and colleges and their relevance to the economy as well as to class-based, racialized, and gendered experiences in schools. Possible additional topics include the privatization of education and charter schools, inequality in access to education, and schools as sites for furthering social justice.
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SOCIOL 242 - Sociology of Family
Formerly The Family
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on current social changes affecting American families, with particular emphasis on the intersection of families with other social institutions. It considers the social and political implications of these changes at the individual level and for society at large.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 260 - Ethics in Justice
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines how philosophies of justice and ethical challenges may influence or shape human behavior. This course will expose students to the ethics of justice by contemplating the challenges that arise when considering right versus wrong (Who defines what is right? Are definitions of right actions universal?) by looking at a series of historical and contemporary issues in social and criminal justice. The goal of the course is to expand thinking about the personal, societal, and professional considerations brought to bear when making judgements regarding what is right and what is wrong in social policy and justice.
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SOCIOL 261 - Deviance and Social Control
Formerly Social Deviance and Control
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this course we look at deviance as a socially constructed phenomenon: how people and activities come to be defined as deviant, why, and to what effect that has on them and the broader society. We use the interactionist perspective to explore various types of deviance, how time, place, and person impact the application of the deviant label, and how these definitions impact our lives. The course may address topics such as researching deviance, moral panics, and policies and politics related to defining and responding to deviance.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 262 - Criminology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines sociological perspectives on why crime occurs, including the causes of crime, who commits crime, why some places have more crime that others, and how we can reduce crime. In this class, we will examine the historical foundations of crime, theoretical explanations for offending, and the measurement of crime. Additional topics may include juvenile delinquency, victimization, media portrayal of crime, and social and criminal justice responses to offending.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 268 - Religion in Contemporary Society
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will introduce students to theoretical approaches and empirical investigations in the field of sociology of religion. Course topic may include churches, sects and cults, religious conflicts, the globalization of religious through, the marketing of religion as a consumer product, and analyses of the origins and dynamics of world religions.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 281 - Society and the Individual
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Basic survey of the social environment of individuals and its impact on psychological processes.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 290 - Environmental Justice & Human Disasters
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will examine and define environmental justice with special emphasis on human or man-made disasters. Sociological concepts such as race, class and gender, social capital, social stratification, collective efficacy, and community will be defined and used to frame issues and topics. Social science methods will be employed to examine the unequal distribution of environmental risks and benefits across various socially structured hierarchies and contexts.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 300 - Sociology of Media and Communication
Formerly The Sociology of Media and Mass Communication
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is broadly concerned with the mutual influences of mass media and society. It will address media institutions, products, and audiences, as well as the global circulation of media, media literacy, and visual culture. Topics may include film, news media advertising, novels, and social media technologies and their influence on cultural practices and everyday life.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 305 - Sociology of Culture
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will focus on developing sensitivities to culture, its importance in sociological understanding and analysis and its relevance for the complexities and challenges that individuals and societies face . This course treats culture - whether defined as practices, signs, symbols, discourses, languages, forms of knowledge or systems of meaning - at multiple levels of analysis. Students will gain an appreciation of the influence of culture in shaping world-views, life-worlds and identity, the significance of culture in everyday life as well as the importance of culture of more “macro” levels.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 310 - Socialization
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
How does the social world influence who we are? To answer this question, this course will investigate socialization across the life course. That is, we will investigate how society molds, shapes, and influences how we fit into society, how we behave, how we see ourselves, and how we feel. In doing so, we will examine the agents, contexts, and processes of socialization.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 311 - Inequality in Cities
Formerly Urban Sociology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will discuss how inequality manifests in cities, including segregation, poverty, and gentrification. The course will also study historical housing policies, such as redlining, to better understand these contemporary issues. This course focuses not just on problems but what we can do to make our cities more equitable places to live. We focus on Boston whenever possible, connecting sociological ideas to our own city.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 316 - Family Violence
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides a critical understanding of force and violence within family structures with a focus on the United States. The course focuses on the intersections of race/ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation and gender to explore the long-term impact of family on victims, the social context of perpetrators, and he causes of violence. Topics also include society’s reaction to family violence, policies of control and treatment, and the sexual abuse and exploitation of children of women.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 322 - Latino Boston
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides a multidisciplinary introduction to the field of Latino Studies. Drawing on anthropology, history, political science, cultural studies as well as sociology, we will study identity formation, race/ethnicity, immigration, demographic trends, gender relations, and social movements among Latinx communities in New England. The city of Boston, home to the largest Latinx population in New England, will be our laboratory.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 331 - Activism, Protests, and Social Movements
Formerly The Sociology of Social Movements
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
From phone-banking to rioting and everything in between, this course explores how individuals have attempted to create change. In this course we explore when, why, and how people join together to press for social change. What are the conditions that facilitate or obstruct the emergence of a movement? Why do some movements succeed while other fail? We will examine examples of social movements to help us answer these questions. The social movements might include: Black Lives Matter, the Occupy Movement, the Gay Liberation Movement, the Women’s Movement, the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, and the Labor Movement.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 332 - Economy and Society
Formerly The Sociology of Recession and Economic Crisis
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces students to economic thinking about society and social change and investigates the functioning and transformation of capitalist societies. It also introduces major concepts and theories of economic and social change, including globalization, neoliberalism, and financialization. We also look at world events including the causes and consequences of the Great Recession of 2008.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 335 - Politics in the Digital Age
Formerly Political Sociology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
From fake news to Facebook feuds, politics today can seem like a mess. This course works to make sense of it using classic and current research in political sociology. This course tackles big questions of the day such as how think tanks and lobbying work, how social movements like the Arab Spring and Black Lives Matter happen, and whether people are becoming move polarized online. Students will improve their understanding of political institutions and civil society, engage current events with evidence-based analysis, and learn to research and write more effectively about matters of public concern.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 337 - The Police in Society
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An examination of police as a system of social control; a survey of major studies of police by sociologists and government commissions. Emphasis placed on police organization, patterns and consequences of police training, historical and cross-cultural perspectives of police systems and studies of police discretion and police-citizen interaction.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 338 - Criminal Courts
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course considers the organization and functions of criminal courts. The foundations and designs of court systems and issues relevant to American state and federal courts are examined. Special attention is paid to the roles and interactions of courtroom actors, including defendants, victims, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and juries. Pre-trial processes, plea-bargaining, sentencing, and specialized courts are also considered. This course focuses on the design, structures, and processes, of criminal courts rather than on legal theory or on the study of particular laws.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 339 - Sociology of Law
Formerly The Sociology of Law
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides a general analysis of the social origins and consequences of law and legal process. Special attention will be paid to law as a method of conflict resolution, law as a social control structure, and the law as a medium that both reflects and creates social change.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 342L - Aging and Society
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This undergraduate course provides an overview of the significant sociological perspectives, social issues, and social science research pertaining to the phenomenon of aging in society. During the semester we will deconstruct myths of aging and stereotypes about the aged, examine the roles we have constructed for older people in society and analyze the impact of gender, race and social class on the aging process in the United States. GERON 342L and SOCIOL 342L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences | Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 346 - The Self in Society: Studies of Autobiographies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course uses sociological readings and a wide variety of autobiographical materials to help students make sociological sense of their own and others’ lives. The course addresses how the development of identity and the development of personal empowerment are affected by discrimination. Selected readings by Goffman, Gilligan, Erikson, Mills, and others aid in the interpretation of autobiographies. Written and oral reports are used to practice the skills of listening, describing, analyzing, and interpreting.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 350 - Social Statistics
Formerly Elements of Social Statistics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the fundamentals of social statistics with a special emphasis on probability, tests of significance, and measures of association. Students who receive credit for SOCIOL 352 - Criminological Statistics and Data Analysis may not receive credit for this course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Mathematics and Technology
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SOCIOL 352 - Criminological Statistics and Data Analysis
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces students to common sources of data in criminological research and to methods of data analysis. The purpose of the course is to teach student show to analyze social scientific data, using crime and the criminal justice system as the substantive focus. In addition to basic statistical techniques, the course will introduce mapping and qualitative data analysis, and discuss their application to criminological research. Students who receive credit for Sociology 350 may not receive credit for this course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Mathematics and Technology
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SOCIOL 361 - The Nature of Offending over the Life Course
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will introduce students to the foundational aspects of the life course paradigm and its application to the understanding of offending across all phases of the life span (prenatal, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood). Students will examine patterns of offending, criminal careers and career criminals, stability and change in deviance/crime, trajectories/transitions/turning points, life course theories of offending, and policy implications.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 362 - Juvenile Delinquency
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course considers how juvenile delinquency is defined and socially constructed. Students will explore a variety of perspective that help us understand juvenile delinquency, such as social process theories, social structural theories, and critical theories. This course considers the realities and challenges that youth experience in a variety of contexts such as the family, school, peers, and gangs. In addition, consideration is given to how society responds to youth who violate social norms and the historical contexts of juvenile justice policy and practices.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 363 - Punishment and Corrections
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides a general overview of the American correctional system. The course will consider how society responds to crime by looking at approaches to punishment and corrections. The class will explore the history of punishment, the internal dynamics and workings of a prison, the experiences of both corrections officers and the individuals who are incarcerated, and the impact former inmates and our correctional systems have on our communities. Throughout the course, students will examine the issues that challenge corrections today including shifting societal expectations. The course considers a number of issues such as the history of penology; jails, prisons, and community-based supervision; the duties and discretion of correctional employees; and prisoner reentry.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: SOCIOL 101 and SOCIOL 104
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SOCIOL 364 - Internet, Society, and Cyber Crime
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides an overview of cybercrime and related criminal justice system responses. Topics covered will include the types and extent of cybercrimes, how law enforcement officers respond to these crimes, the constitutional rights of computer users, the law and policies that govern cybercrime detection and prosecution, and the technologies used by law enforcement in the pursuit of cybercriminals. Special attention will be paid to the rapidly changing role of technology in society, and the ways the technological advances challenge traditional understands of deviance and privacy.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 365 - Victimology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines criminal victimization including the measurement of victimization, the scope of the problem, and how victimization differs from its portrayal in the media. This class will consider questions such as why victimization occurs, who is most at risk to be victimized, and what factors are associated with fear of crime. We will also examine topics such as the victim’s role in the criminal justice process, the role of various occupations in working with victims, the consequences of victimization,, how to reduce victimization risk, and strategies to minimize harm resulting from criminal victimization.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: SOCIOL 101 and SOCIOL 262
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SOCIOL 367 - Drugs and Society
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course considers drug use in a variety of social contexts, comparative approaches to addressing drug use, and the evolution of drug policy it the United States. We will consider the origins and consequences of the use and abuse of consciousness-altering substances, as well as the relationship between substance use and property and violent offending. We will consider how society defines the harms associated with drug use and how social and political constructions of drugs as a social problem shape legislation, policy debates, and drug policy enforcement.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 368 - Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction
Formerly Alcoholism: Etiology and Epidemiology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides and in-depth interdisciplinary analysis of the nature, causes, and extent of substance use/misuse/abuse, including alcoholism and drug addiction. The course analyzes drinking patterns and drinking problems across gender, race, and ethnicity and among subgroups in the population such as children and adolescents, criminal justice clients, the elderly, and the homeless.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 372 - Globalization and Social Change
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Globalization is a controversial issue. Some people believe that globalization offers unlimited positive potential for economic growth, cultural exchange, the expansion of liberal democracy, and advances in technology. Others view globalization as dominated by corporations and wealthy elites, representing the destructive power of capitalism. This course examines the contested meanings and realities of globalization by exploring the development of global capitalism with a focus on changing relationships between markets, states, cultural institutions, and individuals. Questions of power and inequality will be central to our approach. We will also explore the possibilities of transnational activism and global justice movements.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 375L - Indian Cinema
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will provide an introduction to Indian cinema and to Indian culture and society through the study of films. The Indian film industry is the largest producer of feature films in the world. In this class we will examine the films as entertainment as well as cultural narratives and commentaries on society, exploring themes such as social change, the family and gender. The course will combine content analysis of film texts with study of the public culture of film reception. ASAMST 375L and COMM 375L and SOCIOL 375L and CINE 375L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 382 - The Sociology of Gender
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Gender is often taken-for-granted in everyday life, yet it is one of the most salient dimensions of social inequality. This course will use feminist theory to analyze the social construction of sex and gender. This course will pay attention to how gender intersects with other systems of power such as race, class, and sexual orientation to shape individual interactions, institutions, and larger social forces in both the U.S. and global contexts.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences | Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 383L - Masculinities
Formerly Men’s Lives in the US
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores how boys and men construct and perform gender in the U.S. This course investigates the production of masculinities in various institutional contexts such as family, school, work, and sports. This course examines the diverse experiences of boys and men by unpacking the intersections of masculinities with other systems of power such as race, class, and sexual orientation.
AMST 383L and SOCIOL 383L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 384 - Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The course focuses on the contribution of the social sciences to the field of medical care. This is done along two dimensions: (1) Illness and treatment are defined from a sociocultural, biological perspective; (2) sociological theories and studies are then brought to bear on the problems of definitions of illness, illness behavior and the use of medical services, the organization of medical services and the future frontiers of social science in medicine.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 386 - The Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The sociological study of mental disorder and well-being in American society. The course emphasizes the study of the prevalence and the incidence of disorder, and theories of its causation. Attention is also given to family and societal reactions to the impaired, and how these responses and definitions influence legal processes, treatment, and illness severity. Social policy is discussed.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SOCIOL 444 - Cooperative Education Field Experience in Sociology
3 - 6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
Field placements accompanied by a weekly seminar; the application of sociological concepts to field settings.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 460 - Internship: Sociology in the City
6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
As a capstone to the major, this course is designed for Sociology, Social Psychology, and/or Criminology & Criminal Justice majors to integrate academic learning and supervised work experience in communities in and around Boston. Students with internships can expect to expand their resumes, stand out in the competitive job market, and develop professional relationships with mentors, all of which students can use to launch their careers in Sociology, social Psychology, and/or Criminology & Criminal Justice. Students will use a sociological lens to examine social inequality on the ground. Internship possibilities could include organizations that work on public health inequalities, immigrant services, domestic violence, LGBTQIA issues, re-entry and probation, safety and security, legal services, union organizing, and more. Through internships, students will develop skills in applying sociological perspectives and methods in a variety of community settings, engage in professional socialization, and observe the factors related to positive social change. A weekly on-campus seminar is accompanied by 10-12 hours per week in a supervised internship.
Course Attribute(s):
Diversity Area: United States
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SOCIOL 461 - Internship in Law and Criminal Justice
6 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course fulfills the capstone requirement for Criminology and Criminal Justice majors. It includes both an internship component and seminar-style classroom meetings. The course meetings will give a complete overview of the criminal justice system. Focusing on core topics such as crime, policy, courts, corrections, probation, parole, reentry, criminal justice proceedings, crime causation, criminal law, sentencing, victims, and the social impacts of crime. Students will apply for an internship the semester prior to taking the course at a criminal justice agency or related organization. Examples include law enforcement agencies, private or public research entities, policy-making bodies, the legislature, the court system, substance abuse treatment facilities, probation, parole, corrections, or human services agencies that are connected to the criminal justice system. The internship, in conjunction with lectures and classroom activities, is designed to allow students to gain practical knowledge of the criminal justice system.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SOCIOL 462 - Internship in Law and Juvenile Justice
6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides an historical and sociological introduction to our juvenile justice system, and considers such issues as children’s rights and the role of the family versus the role of various judicial institutions. In addition to classroom work, students undertake supervised field placements in juvenile courts, probation offices, and youth rehabilitation programs.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SOCIOL 470 - Senior Seminar
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
These are special topic capstone courses. Please check course offerings for this semester.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors) and SOCIOL 201 and nine additional SOCIOL credits (not including 101 and 201)
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SOCIOL 474 - Senior Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course fulfills the capstone requirement for Criminology and Criminal Justice majors. Each course offering takes an in-depth look at one key topic or issue within criminology and/or criminal justice that varies semester-to-semester. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Offending over the life course, issues in mass incarceration and prisoner reentry, racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice, victimization, comparative criminal justice, and the politics of crime control.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SOCIOL 479 - Directed Study in Sociology
1 - 4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits
Description:
Students invited by the department to conduct independent research during the senior year. Periodic consultation and guidance provided by the staff.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101
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SOCIOL 480 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
Intensive study of special topics varying each year according to instructor.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 (and SOCIOL 102 for sociology majors)
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SCSM 350 - Strategic Operations
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines how the decisions a firm takes with regard to its operational capabilities, alliances, facilities, workforce, and quality all affect its strategic position. Students will learn logical approaches to understand and enhance the sources of business unit value. Skills gained include: Negotiation analysis, systems dynamics, competing on analytics, and understanding of operations as a core competence within business strategy. Using a variety of readings and exercises, student swill learn to build successful businesses and business units by taking an executive level view of supply chain and service management.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits
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SCSM 451 - Operational Risk Management
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course discusses the role of “operational risk management” in different aspects of business. The course starts with a session on definitions and preliminary discussion to show the big picture of the risk management discipline. The course then shows how different risks that an organization faces can be categorized according to their natures, probabilities and impacts. This is followed by describing how the probability of these risks can be reduced and how the impacts can be mitigated. The course finally focusses on how an organization can recover faster and more efficiently from a realized risk. Throughout this course, the emphasis is to show not only the importance of managing the inevitable risks as a source of threat, but also the possibility of using risk management techniques to turn risks into a source of opportunity for organizations. This course is different from “financial risk management” since it does not discuss financial instruments to hedge against risks. Rather, it tries to show how “operational decision” can influence the probability and impacts of different types of risks. In addition, this class discusses how to plan for recovery processes.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits
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SCSM 498 - College of Management Honors Research Seminar
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The CM honors research seminar and thesis program is a two-semester course sequence. This seminar covers research and research methods, and is intended to position students to successfully complete a research project during the second semester. During the first semester, students will work with the program coordinator and later a faculty advisor to define the project. The program is structured around a series of assignments and milestones during which students will work with guidance from a faculty advisor and program coordinator toward a project that meets course goals.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: A minimum of 60 credits and department consent
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SCSM 499 - College of Management Honors Thesis Seminar
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The CM honors research seminar and thesis Program is a two-semester course sequence. In this seminar, students successfully complete a research while working closely with a faculty advisor to define the project, which builds upon work completed in the per-requisite course, CM Honors Research Seminar. The honors thesis project stretches and grows a student’s capabilities. Therefore, the program is structured around a series of assignments and milestones during which students will work with guidance from a faculty advisor and program coordinator toward a project that meets course goals.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
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SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Designed for students with little or no background in the Spanish language. SPAN 101 focuses on the acquisition of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a cultural framework. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. Students may not take both SPAN 101 and SPAN 105 .
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor reserves the right to place you in the appropriate course level
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SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II
4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A continuation of SPAN 101 . SPAN 102 focuses on furthering the acquisition of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a cultural framework. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required. Students may not take both SPAN 102 and SPAN 106 .
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or equivalent or placement by test
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SPAN 103 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
8 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An intensive study of the four language skills for those who wish to do a full year of elementary Spanish in one semester. May be taken for credit by students who have studied two years in high school and wish to start over.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Languages
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