| source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (X) |
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department Sociology (X) |
Examination of how societies grow and change; reciprocal effects of economic, political, community, familial, and scientific institutions on each other and on individual life changes; and social conflict, problems of bureaucratic growth and planned and unplanned social change.
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Examination of Africa in the context of the world-economy, with particular attention placed upon enduring cultural and material relationships with Europe and North America.
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Introduces sociological concepts of poverty, inequality, and social change within a global context. Themes explored include basic food security, poverty and hunger; population and resource distribution; foreign aid and development institutions; and social policies and movements for change. Course approach is historical and transnational, and typically includes case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. This course can be used to fulfill either Western or Nonwestern general education categories, but not both.
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Introduces students to international health policy. Students will learn about data sources, basic analytical techniques, and theoretical frameworks for understanding international health policy. From a sociological perspective, students will explore why health issues are essential components to discussion of globalization, immigration, and migration. Students also will learn how health policy and foreign policy decisions in the developed world influence health policy and health care delivery in the developing world.
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Beginning with an examination of various examples of organizing, from street gangs to industrial corporations and modern universities, this course will discuss common patterns in organizational phenomena. Basic conceptual frameworks will be provided in the context of contemporary and local problems, illustrating the core issues.
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Origin of problems; consequences of ameliorative strategies. Typical topics include crime, mental illness, drug use, suicide, sexual behavior, violence, and intergroup conflict. May be repeated as topics vary.
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Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated.
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Analysis of such classical theorists as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead and contemporary theorists. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
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The social context of individual and interpersonal behavior. Observation, experimental, and survey studies of: socialization; language acquisition and use; sources and changes of self concept; social interaction; emotions; coordination of interpersonal behavior; individual and interpersonal aggression, violence, and control; and adoption or rejection of innovations through social networks. Credit is not given for both
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Explores concepts of colonization, international labor migration, race, nation, assimilation, and class formation through socio-historical examinations of diverse groups in Hawai'i presently categorized as Asian Americans. Same as
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Sociological and social-psychological analysis of minority groups; illustrative material drawn from representative racial, ethnic, and status groups. Same as
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Study of power relations within and between the state, bureaucracy, community, social classes, and elites in the United States and other countries.
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Examines the incorporation of the major Latina/Latino subgroups into United States society, surveys the major theoretical approaches that have been used in the social sciences to explain majority-Latino relations, and provides an empirical overview of how major social institutions affect the daily lives of Latina/Latinos. Same as
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The social construction and maintenance of religious belief and action; the problem of theodicy; religious anomie and alienation; secularization, modernization, and religious pluralism. Same as
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What scientists actually do; readings, discussions, and essay projects to develop an understanding of both the technical and social aspects of scientific practice, what is distinctive about science as well as illuminating the interrelation of science with other elements of our culture; includes a cultural analysis of technology. Prerequisite: For students in the Campus Honors Program; others may enroll with the consent of instructor and the Director of the Honors Program.
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Examines how gender inequality is structured on a transnational level. Emphasis will be placed on the interactive relationship among various countries, and how globalization promotes racial, ethnic, sexual, and national hierarchies among women, in both newly and advanced industrialized countries. Same as
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