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• SOC 3650: Sociology of Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Students develop an understanding of sociological issues in education. Though curriculum plays a role in student achievement, other factors affect this outcome. Students examine issues of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation related to educational outcomes.
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• SOC 3750: Sociology of Aging (DSS)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Examination of social context in which aging occurs, the social implications of aging, and attendant social policy issues. Considers both individual and societal aging, using an historical and global approach.
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  This course is a general education course.

• SOC 4010: Sociological Theory: Insights from Classical and Contemporary Perspectives (DSS)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course includes critical analysis of major theorists and schools of theory in sociology from the late nineteenth century through recent and current works. Authors are discussed in terms of their biography, methodological approach and major contributions to the field of sociology.
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• SOC 4350: People, Power, and the Political

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This seminar familiarizes students with theory and research in political sociology. It explores fundamental relationships between state institutions, political processes, and social structure. Topics include political inclusion and exclusion, political participation, social movements, and culture and political ideology.
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• SOC 4410: Race and Crime (CI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course examines one of the most divisive issues in criminal justice-racial and ethnic incarceration disparity in the United States-and examines the social and political reasons behind and consequences of disproportionate minority involvement in the criminal justice system.
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• SOC 4420: Law and Society (CI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course consists of a sociological analysis of the relationship between law and social control and social change, especially regarding law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
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• SOC 4600: Senior Research Capstone Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Students undertake sociological analysis from research question through hypotheses, research design, data collection, data analysis, and presentation. Synthesis of student training in critical thinking and substantive areas in sociology.
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• SOC 4620: Sociology of the Environment and Natural Resources (DSS)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Social aspects associated with the environment and natural resources. Topics include: environmental attitudes and perceptions, environmentalism as a social movement, resource scarcity and land use, and social change in resource-based communities.
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• SOC 4640: Managing Community Conflict (CI)

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course covers fundamental techniques in successful conflict management at the public/community scale with a skill-building focus. Process design, facilitation, negotiation, and collaborative problem solving are addressed. Several cases are drawn from the natural resource/inter-organizational conflict in the western U.S.
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• SOC 4720: Effective Community Engagement

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course uses service learning principles to teach about the practice of community development by first exposing students to theoretical concepts related to community development and then through personalized placement with an organization aligned with their career goals.
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