Sociology

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Chair: Professor D. Cotter
Faculty: Professors S. Ainlay (President), I. Kaplan, M. Goldner; Associate Professor D. Butler; Assistant Professor T. Stablein; Senior Lecturer J. Grigsby
Staff: K. Kuon (Administrative Assistant).

Internships and Field Research. The department encourages students to participate in community internships for academic credit under formal supervision by a member of the sociology faculty. Internships include human service organizations and government/policy offices. Students can enroll in SOC 385 , SOC 386 and SOC 450 . In addition, faculty work closely with students who conduct field research; many department majors present research papers at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research and at Union College’s Steinmetz Symposium.

Mini-term in Marine Studies. (Kaplan) Students visit and compare fishing communities and marine life in Bermuda, New England, and Newfoundland.

Community Service Mini-term. (Grigsby) A community-service based course held annually in December. See Description in course listing.

Programs

• Sociology, B.A.

• Sociology, B.A.

• Sociology Minor

Courses

• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 201 - Social Data Analysis
• SOC 202 - Social Problems, Policy and Pop Culture
• SOC 203 - Social Psychology
• SOC 204 - Social Construction of Deviance
• SOC 205 - Social Work and Human Services
• SOC 206 - Aging and Society
• SOC 212 - The American Family and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• SOC 222 - Schools and Societies
• SOC 223 - Sociology of Religion
• SOC 224 - Sociology of Community
• SOC 228 - Sociology of Medicine
• SOC 230 - African-Americans in Contemporary Society
• SOC 231 - Sex and Gender in American Society
• SOC 233 - Race, Class, and Gender in American Society
• SOC 240 - Political Sociology
• SOC 260 - Demography: Population and Society
• SOC 261 - Crime and Justice in Society
• SOC 270 - Social Movements, the Environment, and Society
• SOC 271 - Sociology of Disaster
• SOC 284 - Sociology of Women & Health
• SOC 285 - Food, Nutrition and Society
• SOC 290 - Personality, Media, and Society
• SOC 295H - Sociology Honors Ind Project 1
• SOC 296H - Sociology Honors Ind Project 2
• SOC 300 - Quantitative Methods of Social Research
• SOC 302 - Qualitative Social Research Methods
• SOC 305 - History of Sociological Thought
• SOC 340 - Inequality and Mobility: From Penthouse to Poorhouse
• SOC 346 - African American Women: Unheard Voices and Contemporary Lifestyles
• SOC 358T - Marine Policy and the Maritime Environment
• SOC 359 - Environmental Policy and Resource Management
• SOC 360 - Domestic Violence
• SOC 362 - Family and Community Services
• SOC 364 - Sex and Motherhood
• SOC 370 - Public Health Care Policy and Society
• SOC 372 - Comparative Health Care Systems
• SOC 374 - Mental Health and Society
• SOC 385 - Internship in the Delivery of Human Services
• SOC 387T - Community Service Miniterm
• SOC 450 - Environmental Services and Policy
• SOC 490 - Sociology Independent Study 1
• SOC 491 - Sociology Independent Study 2
• SOC 492 - Sociology Independent Study 3
• SOC 493 - Sociology Independent Study 4
• SOC 494 - Sociology Independent Study 5
• SOC 495 - Sociology Independent Study 6
• SOC 496 - Sociology Independent Study 7
• SOC 497 - Sociology Independent Study 8
• SOC 498 - Senior Thesis in Sociology
• SOC 499 - Senior Thesis in Sociology

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