Genesee Course Catalog
Official Course Information
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Sociology Courses:
| SOC101 - Introductory Sociology |
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3 Catalog Description: Studies social patterns affecting the structure and functioning of group life such as cultural values, deviance, class structure, and social change. Examines methods and perspectives sociologists employ, and the ways group forces influence the individual in society. Prerequisite or corequisite: REA101 or having met the College's reading competency. full catalog description » |
| SOC102 - Social Problems |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines social problems such as racism, inequality, sexism, delinquency, deviancy, urban growth, over-population, and global stratification. Studies social problems and their sources, theoretical approaches to the study and potential resolution of social problems. Prerequisite: SOC101. full catalog description » |
| SOC103 - Marriage and the Family |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines patterns of marriage, family, and intimate relationships from a variety of perspectives. Emphasizes functions and alternative structures of American marriage and family patterns. Explores problems and potential adjustments confronting marriage and family within the context of social change. Prerequisite: SOC101. full catalog description » |
| SOC115 - Crime and Delinquency |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines juvenile delinquency and crime in contemporary society. Presents nature and extent of delinquency and crime, theories of causation and control, types of delinquency and criminality, and the basics of the criminal justice system. Prerequisite: SOC101. full catalog description » |
| SOC204 - Human Diversity |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines the definition of human diversity in American culture, including ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, poverty, and religion. Identifies the misinformation that perpetuates the exclusion of diverse groups from mainstream opportunities, and differentiates covert acts, institutional policies, and ideologies that promote the exclusion of diverse groups. Provides an awareness of the student's own diversity and how their feelings and worldviews might differ from other diverse groups, and how those differences may influence behaviors positively and/or negatively. Three class hours. Prerequisites: None. full catalog description » |
| SOC240 - Women and Social Action |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines the cultural definition and societal forces that influence the position of women in society. Studies women who have made a difference, recognizing their courage, accomplishments, ideas, and actions. Focuses on the role of social action in promoting change within society. full catalog description » |