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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(RCS) Retail and Consumer Sciences (865)

  
  • RCS 320 - Product Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts of product development from the retailer’s perspective, including brand management to develop products for target markets. Understanding of basic textile and design principles, specification writing, and line building for apparel products.

  
  • RCS 341 - Consumers in the Marketplace

    3 Credit Hours
    Understanding of behavior of individual and family, demographics, family life cycle, family dynamics and roles, cultural and ethnic influences, and individual and family decision making.

  
  • RCS 346 - Retail Operations Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of retail operations in terms of organizational structure, logistics and distribution, growth opportunities and productivity.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and Accounting 200.
  
  • RCS 360 - Issues and Trends in Consumer Service

    3 Credit Hours
    Building competencies in providing outstanding customer service in retail organizations. This course will create a unified approach to customer service, recognizing the importance of store environment planning, organizational policies, and internal marketing that will lead to increased business by attracting and retaining desired customers.

    (Same as Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism 360.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 or Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism 210.
  
  • RCS 376 - Strategies for Growth

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues concerning achievement of business growth with focus upon the consumer, operational, and financial dimensions of the service industry.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 310 and 341.
  
  • RCS 390 - Professional Development

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism 390.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • RCS 410 - Strategic Retail Planning

    3 Credit Hours
    Retail management from a strategic planning perspective. Development and implementation of retail strategy from financial, operational, and customer orientation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 346 and 422.
  
  • RCS 411 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts of entrepreneurship within single ownership and other business organizations. Development of a business plan. Management of a small business. Current issues and problems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 346 and Finance 300.
  
  • RCS 412 - e-Retailing

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues concerning the use of the Internet and related technologies to improve and/or transform retail businesses. Emphasizes analysis of consumers and product/service types in online retailing and the effective management of online catalogs. Also direct retailing methods that involve technology such as interactive TV and m-commerce (mobile).

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 341.
  
  • RCS 415 - Retail Promotion

    3 Credit Hours
    In-store promotional activities. Development of retail promotion strategies. Evaluation of retail promotions. Supplementary focus on advertising and other methods to communicate in-store promotions.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 341 and Marketing 300.
  
  • RCS 421 - International Retailing

    3 Credit Hours
    The study and analysis of retailing in an international and global setting. Retail processes and practices and issues within international environments ― cultural, economic, social, political, legal, and business.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 341.
  
  • RCS 422 - Professional Experience in Retail and Consumer Sciences

    6 Credit Hours
    Supervised educational experiences in selected retail and consumer sciences service operations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 310 and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism 390.
    Registration Restriction(s): Retail and consumer sciences major.
  
  • RCS 441 - Experiential Retailing

    3 Credit Hours
    Explore experiential retailing of tangible and intangible products, services and experiences that encompass utilitarian and hedonic consumption. Apply strategies for planning, developing, and presenting products or services to consumers using experiential components of the retail industry to create a total consumer experience.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 341.
  
  • RCS 480 - Retail Market Planning and Execution

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposes students to the process of planning and executing a market trip. Involves off-campus experience at a major market center.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • RCS 484 - International Retail Industry Study Tour

    3 Credit Hours
    Group study abroad involving academic research and field investigation.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 341.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • RCS 493 - Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual problems for junior and senior students with special interests in retail and consumer sciences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: Minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • RCS 495 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics in retail and consumer sciences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: Minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • RCS 497 - Honors: Retail and Consumer Sciences

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual problems for junior and senior students showing special ability and interest in retail and consumer sciences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: Minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • RCS 498 - Honors: Retail and Consumer Sciences

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual problems for junior and senior students showing special ability and interest in retail and consumer sciences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: Minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(RUSO) Rural Sociology (880)

  
  • RUSO 380 - Rural Sociology

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include the analysis of U.S. land tenure systems, agricultural regions, rural minorities, Amish, farmer organizations, rural institutions, community decision-making, local government, rural policy issues, rural industrialization, food policy, and cross-cultural analysis.


(RUSS) Russian (886)

  
  • RUSS 101 - Elementary Russian

    4 Credit Hours
  
  • RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian

    4 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 101.
  
  • RUSS 201 - Intermediate Russian

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 102.
  
  • RUSS 202 - Intermediate Russian

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
  
  • RUSS 221 - Rebels, Dreamers, and Fools: The Outcast in 19th Century Russian Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Texts in English translation. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH) (WC)
    Credit Restriction: No foreign language credit.
  
  • RUSS 222 - Heaven or Hell: Utopias and Dystopias in 20th-Century Russian Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Texts in English translation. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Credit Restriction: No foreign language credit.
  
  • RUSS 311 - Russian Composition and Conversation

    3 Credit Hours
    Practice in writing and speaking. Grammar review and vocabulary building.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 202.
  
  • RUSS 312 - Russian Composition and Conversation

    3 Credit Hours
    Practice in writing and speaking. Grammar review and vocabulary building.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • RUSS 325 - Russian Film

    3 Credit Hours
    A study of the Russian cinema from the earliest days to the present. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Cinema Studies 325.)
  
  • RUSS 371 - Martyrs, Mobs, and Madmen in Russian Culture: 988-1861

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores various aspects of Russian music, art, and literature, emphasizing violent cultural clashes that produced extreme artistic reactions. Texts in English translation. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • RUSS 372 - Modern Russian Culture through Readings and Dramatic Production

    3 Credit Hours
    A survey of Russian culture from the era of great reforms of the 1860s through modern times, supplemented by participation in a dramatic production. Texts in English translation. Some texts in Russian for Russian majors. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • RUSS 401 - Advanced Grammar, Conversation, and Composition

    3 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 312.
  
  • RUSS 402 - Advanced Grammar, Conversation, and Composition

    3 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 401.
  
  • RUSS 424 - Nabokov’s Novels and Stories

    3 Credit Hours
    An intensive course covering several novels and stories, the memoir, and some scientific writings of the prolific Russian-American author. Particular attention given to the author’s philosophical views and the contact between his science and his art. In English with readings in Russian for majors. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • RUSS 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    (See French 425.)
  
  • RUSS 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    (See German 426.)
  
  • RUSS 430 - Selected Topics in Russian Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • RUSS 451 - Senior Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Intensive study of language, literary style, and literary criticism based on selected major novels.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 312.
    Comment(s): For students majoring in Russian; minors admitted at the discretion of the instructor.
  
  • RUSS 452 - Senior Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Intensive study of language, literary style, and literary criticism based on selected major novels.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 312.
    Comment(s): For students majoring in Russian; minors admitted at the discretion of the instructor.
  
  • RUSS 490 - Internship

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Career-related experiences in the United States or abroad.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Russian major/language and world business concentration.
  
  • RUSS 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • RUSS 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.

(SAFE) Safety (890)

  
  • SAFE 406 - Death, Dying and Bereavement

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Health 406.)
  
  • SAFE 443 - Sports and Recreational Safety

    3 Credit Hours
    Accident prevention and injury control in sports activities. Philosophy of sports safety. Human environmental factors and interrelationship in sports injury and control. Risk-taking and decision solution strategies. Contributions of sports medicine to safety.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 2 labs.
  
  • SAFE 452 - Safety Principles and Practices

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to the general principles, practices, and procedures in occupational and community safety. A survey of historical and present safety issues, problems, and practices addressing safety of individuals and groups in work-site, school, community, transportation, and industrial settings.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.

(SCED) Science Education (899)

  
  • SCED 496 - Teaching Science Grades 7-12

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods, materials, recent trends in science and environmental education programs for secondary schools.

    Registration Restriction(s): Qualification ― admission to teacher education.

(SSCE) Social Science Education (900)

  
  • SSCE 454 - Teaching Strategies and Issues in Social Studies Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Goals, objectives, techniques, materials, and evaluation. Directed observation in public schools. Preparation of teaching plans and materials. Simulated teaching experiences.

    Registration Restriction(s): Qualification ― admission to teacher education.

(SOWK) Social Work (905)

  
  • SOWK 200 - Introduction to Social Work

    3 Credit Hours
    Emergence of the social work profession. Professional mission, knowledge, skills, and values. Practice settings, client groups, helping services, career patterns, and practice methods. Designed to assist students to consider their ability for careers in social work.

  
  • SOWK 207 - Honors: Introduction to Social Work

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors course designed for students seeking advanced professional orientation and development in social work. Course focuses on the professional mission, knowledge, skills and values of the profession as well as client groups, helping services, practice skills and methods.

  
  • SOWK 250 - Social Welfare

    3 Credit Hours
    Development, structure, and function of the social welfare institution. Analysis of social welfare programs and impact of the institution on society.

  
  • SOWK 312 - Interviewing Skills and the Helping Relationship in Social Work Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Knowledge, values, and skills for entry- level generalist practice in a variety of settings. The social work problem- solving process, different size client systems, ethnic-sensitive assumptions, and the worker’s regard for person-environment configuration. Concurrent skills laboratory.

    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 313 - Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

    3 Credit Hours
    In-depth study of generalist practice with individuals and families. Practice roles, value dilemmas, and working with people of diverse backgrounds. Concurrent skills laboratory.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 312.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 314 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Interrelatedness of biological, social, cultural, environmental, and psychological factors in human behavior. Person-in-environment over the life span with special attention to diversity, impact of racism, sexism, and other sociocultural factors. Integration of knowledge into a social work practice perspective.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): English 101 and English 102.
    Comment(s): Progression or consent of instructor required.
  
  • SOWK 315 - Social Work Practice with Groups, Organizations and Communities

    3 Credit Hours
    Generalist practice with emphasis on groups, organizations and communities, including treatment theories, techniques, and issues.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 312.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 316 - Understanding Diversity in a Global Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Exploring race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual orientations from a social work perspective. Students develop self-awareness of their own culture and the culture of others and acquire knowledge and understanding of the impact of oppression on diverse groups.

    Comment(s): Progression or consent of instructor required.
  
  • SOWK 317 - Honors: Human Behavior in the Social Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of Social Work 314. Course is enriched for high-achieving students.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): English 101 and English 102.
    Comment(s): Progression or consent of instructor required.
  
  • SOWK 318 - Honors: Understanding Diversity in a Global Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors version of Social Work 316. Course is enriched for high-achieving students. 

    Comment(s): Progression or consent of instructor required.
  
  • SOWK 380 - Field Practice in Social Work I

    3 Credit Hours
    Eight-hour-per-week, supervised field experience with practice situations for developing professional skills, values, and attitudes. Concurrent seminar focuses on integration of knowledge with practice experiences.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 312.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 410 - Social Work Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Scientific method and research strategies to evaluate one’s practice and/or social service delivery. Knowledge of statistical techniques required.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 115 or Psychology 385.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 480.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 416 - Social Welfare Policies and Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Policy formulation processes, policymakers in systems, and policy-related role expectations. Emphasis on utilizing an analytical framework and social change efforts.

    Comment(s): Progression or consent of instructor required.
  
  • SOWK 417 - Honors: Social Work Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Scientific method and research strategies to evaluate one’s practice and/or social service delivery with an emphasis on development and implementation of a research project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 115 or Psychology 385.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 480.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors not involved in the honors concentration may register with permission of the instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Social work major - honors concentration.
  
  • SOWK 460 - Integrative Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Social work content for entry-level professional practice and current issues influencing the profession. Includes development of a portfolio reflecting BSSW competencies and completion of a research-based assignment. 

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 410 and 480.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 481.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 461 - Child Welfare I: History, Programs, and Policies

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of the child welfare system examining history, policies, and programs, both state and federal, pertinent to child maltreatment and juvenile justice.

  
  • SOWK 462 - Child Welfare II: Skills and Practice Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on the special challenges, needed skills, and different strategies and interventions in the provision of culturally responsive child welfare services.

    Comment(s): Progression or consent of instructor required.
  
  • SOWK 467 - Honors: Integrative Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced social work content for professional practice and current issues influencing the profession. Includes development of a portfolio reflecting BSSW competencies and completion of a research project. 

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 417 and 480.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 481.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors not involved in the honors concentration may register with permission of the instructor and successful completion of Social Work 417 with a grade of B or above.
    Registration Restriction(s): Social work major - honors concentration.
  
  • SOWK 480 - Field Practice in Social Work II

    6 Credit Hours
    Sixteen-hour-per-week supervised agency field practicum for integration of theory and practice and critical examination of oneself as a professional helping person. Concurrent field seminar on integration of knowledge with practice experiences.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 380.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 410 or 417.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 481 - Field Practice in Social Work III

    6 Credit Hours
    Sixteen-hour-per-week supervised agency field practicum for integration of theory and practice and critical examination of oneself as a professional helping person. Concurrent field seminar on integration of knowledge with practice experiences.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 410 or 417 and 480.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 460 or 467.
    Comment(s): Progression required. Social work majors only.
  
  • SOWK 491 - International Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • SOWK 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • SOWK 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(SOCI) Sociology (915)

  
  • SOCI 110 - Social Justice and Social Change

    3 Credit Hours
    Problems of deviance, crime, and victimization, inequalities in exposure to environmental risks, and inequities in power and participatory democracy within the context of social change. Assessment of control strategies and redress of injustices.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • SOCI 117 - Honors: Social Justice and Social Change

    3 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Comment(s): Open to Chancellor’s Honors Program students, other honors students, and students with a minimum GPA of 3.25; 28 ACT composite or 1200 SAT required for incoming students.
  
  • SOCI 120 - General Sociology

    3 Credit Hours
    Major concepts and theoretical approaches of sociology with emphasis on culture, socialization, social organization, and social stratification.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • SOCI 127 - Honors: General Sociology

    3 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Comment(s): Open to Chancellor’s Honors Program students, other honors students, and students with a minimum GPA of 3.25; 28 ACT composite or 1200 SAT required for incoming students.
  
  • SOCI 232 - Religions in Global Perspective

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 232.)
  
  • SOCI 250 - Introduction to Global Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Exploration of how globalization is fostering change in culture, politics, economics, philosophy, and the environment. Uses interdisciplinary perspectives to understand the relationship between historic processes and the contemporary world and the reciprocal influences of local dynamics and global change.

    (Same as Global Studies 250.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • SOCI 260 - Introduction to the Study of Environmental Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of selected environmental issues and their significance in contemporary societies. Demonstrates the utility of combining sociological and humanistic perspectives of the environment with the more traditional biophysical perspectives.  

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • SOCI 310 - American Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Institutional organization of contemporary American society with particular attention to major social values. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • SOCI 311 - Family

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches and their application in the sociological study of past and present family forms.

  
  • SOCI 321 - Sociological Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of contemporary issues and problems in sociological theory with an emphasis on their historical development and their importance for the field. Students are required to form critical appraisals of the topics addressed.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 120.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 110 or 120 (or honors equivalents 117 or 127), or consent of instructor.
  
  • SOCI 331 - Sociological Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected issues in philosophy of social science, research design, sampling, methods of data collection, and interpretation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 201.
    Comment(s): Grade of C or higher in 110 or 120 (or honors equivalents 117 or 127) required.
  
  • SOCI 340 - Class Structure

    3 Credit Hours
    Class structure and conflict. Causes and consequences of structured social inequality. Emphasis on the United States. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • SOCI 343 - Race and Ethnicity

    3 Credit Hours
    Social sources of racial and ethnic cleavages and social, economic, and political consequences. Emphasis on race and ethnicity in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 343; American Studies 343.)
  
  • SOCI 344 - Power and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Sociological analysis of the formation and application of nation state policies. Examination of who gets what, why, and how. Emphasis on contrasting explanations of the control of the state and the relative autonomy of the state.

  
  • SOCI 345 - Social Movements

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes collective action leading to social change, especially social protest.  Addresses strategies, ideologies, and outcomes of social movements.

    (Same as American Studies 345.)
  
  • SOCI 350 - Criminology

    3 Credit Hours
    Systematic inquiry into how crime is defined, measured, and explained. Implications for criminal justice policy.

  
  • SOCI 351 - Juvenile Delinquency and Social Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    This course examines the historical and contemporary nature and social contexts of juvenile delinquency, as well as theoretical explanations of and social reactions to delinquency in American society.

  
  • SOCI 352 - Deviance and Social Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Deviants, their lifestyles, social organization, and social control.

  
  • SOCI 360 - Environment and Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Relationship between scarcity of natural resources and changes in societal beliefs and social structure. Topics include social and physical limits to growth and collective action problems. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • SOCI 370 - Social Psychology

    3 Credit Hours
    Social psychological analysis of social behavior emphasizing its acquisition, its enactment, and its dynamic nature.

  
  • SOCI 375 - Gender in Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Exploration of gender in society utilizing various sociological perspectives with special focus on the relationships between social structures, social roles, and gender identities.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 375.)
  
  • SOCI 400 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable topics. Scope of subject matter determined by students and instructor with consent of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • SOCI 442 - Comparative Poverty and Development

    3 Credit Hours
    A critical examination of patterns of poverty and inequality in developing areas of the world, along with a review of major sociological theories which attempt to explain differences in patterns of development. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 442.)
  
  • SOCI 446 - The Modern World System

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical examination of the capitalist world-system as a social system, its coherence, boundaries, regions, member groups, cleavages, and patterns of conflict. Analysis of who gets what, why, and how in the global political economy. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • SOCI 451 - Criminal Justice

    3 Credit Hours
    A critical assessment of the criminal justice apparatus and its components. Brief examination of the police, with most of the emphasis on the criminal courts and institutions and programs such as the prison, probation, and parole. Analysis of their operation and impacts.

  
  • SOCI 452 - Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines racial/ethnic disparities in criminal offending and victimization, as well as different experiences with law enforcement, judicial, and correctional agencies. Emphasis on social justice.

    (Same as Africana Studies 456.)
  
  • SOCI 453 - Gender and Crime

    3 Credit Hours
    Probes the gendered nature of offending, victimization, and criminal justice. Examines the different experiences of males and females, and theories that attempt to explain these differences.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 454.)
  
  • SOCI 455 - Society and Law

    3 Credit Hours
    How laws and legal processes are affected by social change, the social impact of legal sanctions, and relations between law and social justice. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • SOCI 459 - White-Collar Crime

    3 Credit Hours
    The distinctive nature and dynamics of white-collar crime, victims and costs of white-collar crime, organizations as white-collar offenders, causal theories, and the dynamics of responses to white-collar crime by private and public parties.

  
  • SOCI 462 - Population

    3 Credit Hours
    Demographic factors and social structure. Trends in fertility, mortality, population growth, migration, distribution, and composition. Population policy.

 

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