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department Sociology (X) |
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A systematic study of social groups ranging in size from small to social institutions to entire societies. Organized around the themes of social interaction, social inequality, and social change. Fulfills lower-division major requirement. (General Education Code(s): IS.)
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Exploration of nature, structure, and functionings of American society. Explores the following: social institutions and economic structure; the successes, failures, and intractabilities of institutions; general and distinctive features of American society; specific problems such as race, sex, and other inequalities; urban-rural differences. Fulfills lower-division major requirement. (General Education Code(s): IS.)
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Introduction to comparative and historical sociology. Focuses on the global integration of human society. Examines social changes such as industrialization, globalization, colonial rule, and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Uses social theory (including ideas from Marx, Weber, and Adam Smith) to explore the making of institutions like the nation-state, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. Fulfills lower-division major requirement. (General Education Code(s): IS, E.)
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Provides a solid conceptual foundation for undergraduates interested in pursuing the study of race and ethnic issues in advanced upper-level classes. (General Education Code(s): IS, E.)
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Introduction to information technology and communication networks using the Internet to reduce global inequality and bridge the "digital divide." Prepares students enrolled in the Global Information Internship Program to construct web pages and write grant proposals for community and non-governmental organizations. Course 186 recommended but not required. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Introduction to information technology and communication networks using the Internet to reduce global inequality and bridge the "digital divide." Prepares students enrolled in the Global Information Internship Program to construct web pages and write grant proposals for community and non-governmental organizations. Course 186 recommended but not required. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Introduction to information technology and communication networks using the Internet to reduce global inequality and bridge the "digital divide." Prepares students enrolled in the Global Information Internship Program to construct web pages and write grant proposals for community and non-governmental organizations. Course 186 recommended but not required. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Information technology (IT) is an essential tool for community organizations. When, how, and with what success IT is used, however, is not a simple problem. This seminar works through core design processes and helps develop "information plans" for successful technology application in community organizations. Priority given to Global Information Internship Program participants. Enrollment limited to 30.
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Seminars on selected topics taught at various times by upper-division students under faculty supervision. (See course 192.) Consult the Schedule of Classes for specific offerings.
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Investigation of love from a sociological perspective, including the following: (1) how the experience of love is constructed/shaped by the individual, social structure, conventions, ideology; (2) functions of love for the individual/society; (3) how love varies by gender/social class; (4) mythologies of love. Emphasis on romantic heterosexual love and its historical development in Western culture. (General Education Code(s): T3-Social Sciences.)
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Focuses on development of web applications using agile methodologies and fundamentals of web programming and/or web UI design. Topics include: free/open-source software movement, social computing, and practices of digital justice. Focus is on ruby language, design principles, storyboarding, source control, testing, and documentation. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): T7-Natural Sciences or Social Sciences.)
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Addresses foundations of development of our juvenile justice system and its adaptation (or failure to adapt) to changing youth crime and socioeconomic patterns at beginning of the millennium, with special emphasis on California. (General Education Code(s): T3-Social Sciences.)
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Ordinarily call numbers for this course will not be issued after the first week of instruction. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
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Ordinarily call numbers for this course will not be issued after the first week of instruction. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
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Fundamental concepts in statistics. Introduction to measuring causation. Learn to use computer to analyze data efficiently. Emphasis on practical applications. Enrollment restricted to sociology, proposed sociology, and combined sociology majors. (General Education Code(s): Q.)
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The first part of the course focuses on basic ethical, political, and logical issues in social scientific inquiry. The second part develops a wide range of skills and methods appropriate to actual research. Course 103A, Statistical Methods, is strongly recommended. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; enrollment restricted to sociology and sociology combined majors, minors and proposed majors. (General Education Code(s): W, Q.)
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This intensive survey course examines the intellectual origins of the sociological tradition, focusing on changing conceptions of social order, social change, and the trends observed in the development of Western civilization in the modern era. Readings are all taken from original texts and include many of the classical works in social theory with special emphasis on the ideas of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim which constitute the core of the discipline. Required for sociology majors planning on studying abroad (EAP). Enrollment restricted to sociology, proposed
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Surveys major theoretical perspectives currently available in the discipline including functionalism, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, conflict theory, critical theory, neo-Marxism, feminist theory. Enrollment restricted to sociology, proposed sociology, the combined Latin American and Latino studies/sociology, and the proposed combined Latin American and Latino studies/sociology majors and sociology minors.
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Examines child abuse and neglect, wife abuse, and sexual abuse in the family, using gender as a lens through which to understand domestic violence. Using a variety of sources, the course undertakes to understand the social, political, and cultural forces that contribute to abuse and to consider solutions.
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Focuses on the interaction between family and society by considering the historical and social influences on family life and by examining how the family unit affects the social world. Readings draw on theory, history, and ethnographic materials.
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Introduction to economic sociology using field visits to key sites of production and consumption to investigate sociological ideas about the modern economy.
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An intensive examination of major substantive monographs representing pluralist, elite, and class theories of the state in industrialized capitalist democracies.
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Explores the interconnections between sports and society using sociological theories and methods. Topics include class, race, and gender; mass media and popular culture; political economy; education and socialization; leisure patterns (participants and spectators); globalization and cross-national comparisons.
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A hands-on, integrated-learning workshop where students are trained to pursue collaborative design projects, and carry out a design project in which they use these skills. Students read sociological analyses of particular case studies of collaboration in innovation and design, illustrating particular social-science approaches to collaboration and sustainable design. Prerequisite(s): Electrical Engineering 80S or 80J. Enrollment limited to 30.
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