Sociology

Students gain an awareness of the relationship between individual experience and the wider society. This course promotes scientific examination of social institutions such as marriage, family, religion, education, health care, and political systems. Cultural assumptions regarding social stratification, gender, race, deviancy, and the environment are also discussed.

Students will apply sociological concepts and methods to the analysis of current social problems in the United States, including family and community disorganization, delinquency and crime, mental illness, and intergroup relations.

This course introduces the concept of culture and cultural processes. It examines perceptions of race, gender, and ethnicity and compares human adaptation across cultures and through time in terms of subsistence methods, social and political organization, economics, stratification, marriage and family structure, religion, kinship, and language.

This course provides an overview to the profession of social work. students will be exposed to the history of the social work profession/ understand the values, ethics, and philosophy of the social work profession; develop a basic understanding of current social work issues; and a general understanding of social work practices.