旨在启发学生如何看待他们的社会世界. Uses a sociological perspective: scientific study of human interaction and society, 强调群体对社会行为的影响. 包括对文化的系统考察, 社会化, 社会组织, 社会阶层, 比赛, 性别, 异常, 社会变迁与实证方法论. 这些内容区域贯穿于整个课程, particularly as they affect the lives of at least three of the following groups: African Americans, Latinx美国人, 亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民, 印第安人, 阿拉伯裔美国人和/或女性.

This course is an introduction and analysis of contemporary social problems from a sociological perspective. Major social problems will be analyzed by recognizing the role of power and ideology in the definition of social problems, 原因和后果, 建议解决方案的评估, 干预的方法. 关注现代美国社会.

美国种族和民族关系分析. 包括种族, 种族, 种族歧视, 偏见, 歧视和刻板印象, 以及群体间关系的理论和模式. Focus on: African Americans, Chicanx/Latinx, 亚裔美国人s, and 印第安人.

This course introduces students to the sociological analysis of 家庭 as an institution, 包括历史和最近的变化, 现在的性质(年代), 以及形成这些变化的社会文化和经济力量. Areas of focus in this course include the sociological perspective of the 家庭 including mate selection, 婚姻角色, 婚姻调适, 性调整, 繁殖, 抚养孩子, 婚姻解体, 以及现代工业社会中与家庭有关的问题.

This course introduces students to the fundamental elements of empirical research and the ways in which sociologists gather, 评估, 批判社会数据. 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. 重点将放在如何设计社会研究, 进行定性和定量分析. Includes attention to the nature of theory, hypotheses, variables, and ethics of research. Students in this course will apply both qualitative and quantitative analytic tools including logic and research design, 比如调查, 观察, 实验, 案例研究, 比较历史研究.

This course offers students a sociological analysis of the social construction of masculinity and femininity through history and cultures. Examines the debates on sex and 性别 and questions conventional 性别 assumptions and expectations. Students will have an opportunity to analyze the impact of economic and political change on 性别 expectations and practices. 在本课程中，学生将分析制度是如何形成的, 执行, 并产生基于性别和性的差异和不平等, and they will also focus on how individuals are socialized and how they “do” and practice 性别. 在本课程中, students will also examine how the concept of 性别 changes as it intersects with 比赛/种族, class, 和性. 另外, students are encouraged to incorporate their own 社会文化 background and experiences to explain and analyze the influence of 性别 on their lives.

Critical examination of the historical and socio-cultural experiences of African American, Latinx /, 亚裔美国人, 印第安人, 阿拉伯裔美国人, 以及太平洋岛民女性的女权主义视角. 这门课程将研究性别及其与种族的关系, 种族, 国籍, class, 性, 宗教, 以及其他不同和权力的体系. 本课程将考虑与种族主义如何, 资本主义, 父权制, 战争, sexual violence and other systems of power intersect to influence the lives of women of color in the United States, 因为它们可能与工作有关, 家庭, 政治, 身份, 电阻, 艺术表现. Students will also be introduced to Women’s Studies and the study of 性别 和性

This course is an introductory overview of the field of human 性. Human 性 in our contemporary society will be studied from the psychological, 生物, 社会文化, 从历史角度看. Emphasis on understanding the interrelationship of attitude and behavior as it relates to sexual well-being and sexual integrity. 学生们将被鼓励审视自己的态度, 值, and behaviors in the context of their moral compass and their culture and societal 值. Current sex norms and various aspects of interpersonal and individual 性调整 will be explored.

An examination of the experiences and perspectives of 亚裔美国人s from mid-1800's to the present. 主要议题将包括移民, 法律, 公民身份, 激进化, 殖民主义, 帝国主义, 战争, 家庭, 政治参与, 社会运动, 教育, 和就业. 为理解泛民族运动提供了一个比较的背景.