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Sociology CC |
SOCI 1 | Principles of Sociology | 3.00 Units | ||
Designed to illuminate the way students see their social world. Uses a sociological perspective: scientific study of human interaction and society, with emphasis on impact of groups on social behavior. Includes the systematic examination of culture, socialization, social organization, social class, race, gender, deviance, social change and empirical methodology. These content areas are woven throughout the fabric of the course, particularly as they affect the lives of at least three of the following groups: African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Middle Eastern Americans and/or women. | ||||
College: Chabot College | ||||
Division: Social Sciences | ||||
SOCI 2 | Social Problems | 3.00 Units | ||
Introduction to social problems common to modern industrial society, and the role of principal institutions in social organization and social disorganization. Includes crime, juvenile delinquency, divorce, drug addiction, aging, mental and population as well as other areas. Focus on modern American society. Strongly Recommended: SOCI 1 | ||||
College: Chabot College | ||||
Division: Social Sciences | ||||
SOCI 3 | Intro Race & Ethnic Relations | 3.00 Units | ||
Analysis of racial and ethnic relations in the United States. Includes race, ethnicity, prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping, as well as theories and patterns of intergroup relations. Focus on contemporary American minorities: African Americans, Chicano/Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. Strongly Recommended: SOCI 1 | ||||
College: Chabot College | ||||
Division: Social Sciences | ||||
SOCI 4 | Marriage & Family Relations | 3.00 Units | ||
Sociological perspective of the family including mate selection, marital roles, marital adjustment, sexual adjustment, reproduction, child rearing, marital dissolution, and problems associated with the family in modern industrial society. Emphasis on methodology of family investigation. | ||||
College: Chabot College | ||||
Division: Social Sciences | ||||
SOCI 5 | Intro to Social Res. Methods | 3.00 Units | ||
Introduction to the primary research methods used by social scientists with an emphasis on the research methodologies of sociology. This course employs an integrative approach which includes an understanding of theory, sociological paradigms and scientific logic as these apply to the methodologies used in conducting empirical research. Focus will be on how social research is designed, conducted and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Major sociological research studies will be critiqued. Prerequisite: Sociology 1 (completed with a grade of "C" or higher) | ||||
College: Chabot College | ||||
Division: Social Sciences | ||||
SOCI 6 | Introduction to Gender | 3.00 Units | ||
A sociological analysis of the social construction of masculinity and femininity through history and cultures. Examines the debates on sex and gender. Analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. Focuses macro analyses of how institutions shape gender and microanalyses of how individuals are socialized and how they "do" and practice gender. | ||||
College: Chabot College | ||||
Division: Social Sciences | ||||
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