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Students in this course will engage in advanced study of social perspectives on crime and deviance. A particular focus will be placed upon critical analyses of sociological theories, cultural understandings, and social policies around crime and deviance related to mass murder, terrorism, and serial killings.

This course is an in-depth examination of the importance of urban communities, with a focus on how urban spaces and places are created and create distinct cultural, institutional, and other social practices. Topics include the changing nature of community, social inequalities, social movements, policy and political power, and relationships between built environments and human behavior.

This course examines ways social inequalities matter in U.S. society and globally and the consequences of this for people's lives as well as the social and historical processes that have shaped our understandings of inequality.

This course takes a sociological approach to examining education, primarily within the United States.  Education is a key social institution that shapes our everyday experiences and opportunities.  This class will explore theories and concepts to understand the ways that political, organizational, and cultural contexts shape education.  We will examine the ways that race, class, gender, and ability impact student outcomes, as well as consider three different aspects of education: public education, private education, and higher education.  Theoretical and historical perspectives on schooling will provide context for today's experiences.  Inequalities, resources, practices, and policies and processes of change are particularly emphasized.

This course offers students an in-depth examination of the contributions of sociology in the field of cultural studies as it considers cultural products, ideas, and symbolic meanings and their relation to social behavior. Students will use a sociological lens to analyze culture as the product of complex social arrangements and processes.

Students undertake an intensive analysis of a specific topic in Sociology. Topics vary with the semester.

In this capstone course, students engage in original sociological research as they design and conduct research, interpret data, propose and evaluate social policy and practices. Students in this course also make connections between sociology and their desired careers. The course fulfills the advanced writing requirement.

This internship places students in a community organization so as to further their understanding of the social environment and facilitate their transition into a career.