DAVID B. BARKER, Ph.D. Program Director
FACULTY: Associate Professor: David B. Barker, Lecturers: Parris Baker, Richard
W. Moodey, Retired Professor: M. Jude
Kirkpatrick.
Sociology is a scientific discipline devoted to the study of society and social behavior. Students studying in sociology are introduced to a wide range of research strategies and social theories, thereby enabling them to comprehend the existing social sciences literature.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
SOCI 110: Basic Sociology
An introduction to sociology, its perspective, methods, theories, and selected substantive areas. Recommended prerequisite for all courses in sociology.
3 credits, Spring, Fall
SOCI 111: Introduction to Anthropology
This course is designed for freshmen and it presents the field of general anthropology and its essentials. It is the study of Man, culture and his society.
3 credits
SOCI 120: Individual, Culture, and Society
This course introduces students to conceptual and practical means for recognizing the roles of social structure, culture, and the individual (social self) as contributing elements of diversity.
Prerequisite: Occupational Therapy major or permission of instructor.
3 credits, Spring
SOCI 210: Deviant Behavior
An analysis of behavior considered deviant by public consensus. Structural, labeling and conflict perspectives on deviance are examined.
3 credits
SOCI 211: Social Psychology
Examines the relationship between social settings and cognitive, affective and behavioral processes. Includes the study of group dynamics.
Strongly recommended prerequisite: PSYC 111
3 credits, Spring, Fall
SOCI 230: Minority Groups
The study of ethnic and racial relations in American society. The social psychology of prejudice and stereotyping is presented to explain the process of perceiving groups other than one’s own.
3 credits
SOCI 292: Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology has a distinctive contribution to make: to show how each part of human life, language, politics, economics, family life, religion fit into a way of life as a whole.
3 credits
SOCI 351: Statistics for the Social Sciences
An introduction to descriptive and inductive statistics. Topics covered include: tests of means and proportions, contingency tables, analysis of variance, and regression analysis.
3 credits, Annual, Fall, Spring
SOCI 352: Methods in Social Research
How to design research through the stages of conceptualization, theory construction, and measurement.
Prerequisite: SOCI 351
3 credits, Annual, Spring
SOCI 390-394: Supervised Readings and Special Topics in Sociology
3 credits
SOCI 395-399: Independent Study