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SOC 343 The Deviance Process (3) Social processes that define behaviors or people as “deviant.” Theories of anomic and nonconforming behavior. Individual, interpersonal, and structural consequences of labeling and exclusion.
SOC/AAS 353 Sociology of the African American Experience (3) Theory and research of African American sociologists in the historical, social, and political context of American sociology. Relation of their work to the African American experience and its reception and impact in the public policy arena.SOC/WGS 355 Sociology of Health and Illness (3) Conceptions of health and illness in society. The nature and organization of health professions and health delivery systems. Social aspects of health related behavior.
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SOC/WGS 425 Feminist Organizations (3) Women's movement history in the United States and internationally. Successes and problems of organizations built by feminist activism. Implications for a new generation of feminist(and other) activism. SOC/AAS/WGS 427 New York City: Black Women Domestic Workers (3) Historical understanding of Black women's engagement in paid domestic work in the United States, increasing need for domestic workers in the ever-changing economy and family, and the social construction of Black women as "ideal" domestic workers.
SOC/DSP/WGS 432 Gender and Disability (3) This course will investigate the intersection of gender and disability and how it impacts such issues as representation/self-representation, art and poetry, illness, education, sexuality, reproduction and motherhood, and caring work.
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SOC/DSP 440 Sociology of Disability (3) A theoretical understanding of disability through the lens of sociology and that of disability studies and demonstrates how cultural institutions shape conceptions of disability in society.
SOC/NAT 441 Federal Indian Policy and Native American Identity (3) Shifts in Federal Indian Policy and the social constructions of American Indian identity. Identity struggles and identity politics in relation to blood and descent, community, land and sovereignty.
SOC/NAT 444 Contemporary Native American Movements (3) Sociological analysis of Native American movements from 1960's to the present. national and regional movements in relation to jurisdictional issues and human rights. Red Power and pan-Indian movements are considered.
SOC/AAS/WGS 445 The Caribbean: Sex Workers, Transnational Capital and Tourism (3) A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region's development that has resulted in its current configuration.
SOC/QSX/WGS 456 LGBT Studies in Sociology (3) Recent sociological research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies addressing sexuality, identity, community, representation, politics, social change and their interrelations.
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