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  • SOC 3573: Refugees

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will cover the issues of refugees on three specific areas ' human rights, health and crime. Human rights issues will be related to social and political analysis of colonization, war and displacement. Health related topics would be health concerns among refugees, the impact of displacement on health, and culturally appropriate care for refugees. The crime part will involve violence against refugees, the belief that refugees increase crime in a resettlement country, human trafficking and refugees and refugees and criminal law. Geographically, this course will focus on refugee groups in Asia (e.g. Myanmar, Bhutan, Vietnam, Cambodia), Latin America (e.g. El Salvador, Venezuela), the Middle East (e.g. Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan) and Africa (e.g. Congo, Somalia). The receiving countries/region will include North America (the US and Canada), European Union, Asia (e.g. Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand), and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand). There will be guest speakers who will address community implications for refugee resettlements and other topics.
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  • SOC 3574: Crime and Inequality

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course provides an overview of the many dimensions of social inequality and how it relates to law, crime, and justice. It is comprised of 4 encompassing modules we will work through on Canvas across the semester. Each reading in this course has been carefully selected and addresses topics related to social stratification and inequality (Module 1) and different correlates of inequality in crime, law, punishment, and/or the justice system (Modules 2-4). Many of these authors and articles are provocative and are included to help you critically analyze the criminal justice system and to help you formulate your own opinions. You are by no means expected to agree with all the articles, but you should be able to explain the authors' points of view and provide evidence as to why you agree or disagree.My hope is that these readings will help us to better understand the context of current events' for example, the widespread protests in response to the homicide of George Floyd in May 2020. What racial- and class- disparities underlie our criminal justice system? How/why do we continue to see racial inequality in the criminal justice system, decades after the Civil Rights Movement?
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  • SOC 3575: Criminal Courts

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Criminal courts are a fundamental component of the Criminal Justice System. This course provides an overview of how criminal courts function in our society. Students will learn about the history and sources of law that influence our society, the organization of our court system, and be introduced to how actors within the Courtroom Work Group collaborate. Students will also learn about the extensive pre-trial process. Issues during trials and the post-trial process will also be discussed, including jury selection, expert witnesses and forensic evidence, jury deliberations, sentencing, and wrongful convictions.
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  • SOC 3576: Corrections

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Critical Topics in Corrections
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  • SOC 3610: Special Topics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    No course description available.
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  • SOC 3650: Population & Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Not only is the overall world population growing, the composition of the earth's population is constantly changing. These changes exert powerful influences on society, impacting the well-being of people in many ways. For example, population growth and population change influence economic development, the natural environment, health care, and other important social phenomenon. This creates a need for studying and understanding population dynamics. This course is devoted to the study of demographic processes, their causes, and their consequences. We will review population trends across time and across cultures, learn how to empirically measure changes in the population, and discuss how these trends impact society, policy, and culture.
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    General Education Course

  • SOC 3653: Global Population Probs

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course explores the social psychological and social structural impacts of historical, contemporary, and projected global population problems at regional, national, and local levels. Lectures first introduce students to basic demographic models of fertility, mortality, and migration, and then quickly move on to investigate specific demographic-related problems in areas such as gender inequality, international migration, crime, public health, urbanization, poverty, and the human environment. Students learn how to utilize social demographic resources available on the internet at national population data centers in societies around the world to interactively develop a series of mini-research projects.
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  • SOC 3671: Medical Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course introduces students to the field of medical sociology through lectures and discussions of major concepts, theories, and issues relating to the causes and consequences of health and illness. Three general areas are covered: the convergence of social science and medicine, health and illness behavior, and mainstream and alternative medical care. Examples of topics covered are conception of health, social stress and health, doctor-patient relationship, complementary and alternative medicine, and issues in the U.S. health care delivery system.
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  • SOC 3673: Social Epidemiology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    What are the major public health problems in our country and across the globe today? How do illnesses spread so quickly across a population? Why is life expectancy higher in some countries than others? Can public health policies and medical technologies control or reduce the spread of illness? Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related outcomes in population. Epidemiology is also defined as the application of statistical analyses to the control of health problems and the formation of public health interventions. Students will use real-life data to explore how epidemiologists measure morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy across a population. They will examine the various types of research methods that epidemiologists use and discover how to statistically identify the risk factors or cause of a disease.
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    General Education Course

  • SOC 3720: Env. Health Disparities

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will focus on inequalities (or disparities) in illnesses associated with environmental hazards, be they physical, chemical or biological agents in air, water, soil or food. The health consequences of environmental hazards are generally underappreciated and inadequately recognized. According to World Health Organization estimates, more people die each year worldwide from air pollution alone than from HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Health disparities occur when groups of people systematically face obstacles that adversely affect their health based on their race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or sex/gender identity (among others characteristics historically linked to social and spatial exclusion). The elimination of environmental health disparities requires attention to environmental hazards and social conditions; it necessitates an interdisciplinary perspective.
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