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2017-2018 Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: Content may no longer be accurate.
Course Descriptions - ANTH, SOC
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology
ANTH 1000 SS/DV - Introduction to Anthropology Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Spring [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Summer [1st Blk, 2nd Blk, Full Sem Online]
Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present: our origins and the development of cultural behavior and biological attributes. This course examines what it means to be human, describing and explaining human differences and similarities throughout time and across the world.
ANTH 1020 LS/DV - Biological Anthropology Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Explores human origins, evolution, and contemporary biological diversity by examining genetics, the human fossil record, primatology, and human ecology from a biocultural perspective.
ANTH 1040 HU/DV - Language and Culture Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Explores the nature of human language and its role in sociocultural settings. Surveys a world sample of languages from the perspective of anthropological linguistics including language structure, social functions, geographical and historical variation, and cultural values.
ANTH 2010 SS/DV - Peoples and Cultures of the World Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Spring [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Summer [1st Blk, 2nd Blk]
A survey of cultures around the world, exploring their similarities and differences as observed by anthropologists.
ANTH 2030 SS - Principles of Archaeology Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Archaeology attempts to reconstruct prehistoric and early historic human life ways as well as long term cultural and biological evolutionary processes through the scientific study of material remains. This course focuses upon the history of archaeology, the ways in which archaeologists recover and analyze data, and the major theoretical perspectives used to interpret the past.
ANTH 2810 - Experimental Courses Credits: (1-6)
Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH 2920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, and Special Programs Credits: (1-6)
Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH 2950 - Elementary Anthropological Field Trip Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Summer [1st Blk]
Students will visit areas and events of anthropological interest. The course will include relevant lectures, readings, and exercises designed to maximize and evaluate the learning experience. Pre- and post-trip meetings for student preparation, feedback, and course evaluation will occur. When the course number is used, it will be accompanied by a specific title and authorized credit which will appear on the student’s transcript. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A maximum of three credit hours of Anthropology 2950 can be applied toward graduation.
ANTH 2990 - Special Topics in Anthropology Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
A course allowing examination of selected topics and current issues in Anthropology. When the course number is used, it will be accompanied by a specific title and authorized credit which will appear on the student’s transcript. Offerings of same title may not be repeated for credit toward graduation. May be repeated 6 times with a maximum of 18 credit hours.
ANTH 3100 - Prehistory of North America Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
A general survey course concerning the archaeology of North America and an interpretation of its prehistory. The course material spans the time of initial human occupation of the continent through the early historic period, and emphasizes the three major cultural stages (Paleo Indian, Archaic, and Formative) which characterize the archaeological record of North America.
ANTH 3200 - Archaeology of Early Civilizations Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
This course is designed to survey the broad range of early civilizations worldwide as they are known archaeologically, including the variety of ways and places in which they have arisen and the great diversity of peoples who created them. It examines highly complex societies in sub-Saharan and North Africa, native North and South America, East and South Asia, the Middle East, the Aegean and Celtic Europe, discussing in detail the diverse ways of life in these civilizations and how they shaped cultural forms, practices and ideas in the modern life of these regions today.
ANTH 3300 - Archaeological Field Techniques Credits: (3-6)
Typically taught:
Summer [2nd Blk]
Intensive field school involving archaeological excavation and/or survey, emphasizing modern field techniques, data recordation and recovery, map interpretation and production, and the proper conduct of problem-oriented archaeology. Prerequisite: ANTH 2030 , one upper division archaelogy course such as ANTH 3100 , 3200 , or 3400 , and consent of instructor. May be repeated up to 12 credit hours. Archaeology Track, Archaelogical Technician Associate’s Degree, and Archaeological Technician Certificate students must complete 6 credit hours.
ANTH 3400 - Archaeological Laboratory Techniques Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Emphasizes student analysis and write-up of an artifact assemblage from an archaeological site. Weekly lectures familiarize students with analyses of prehistoric and historic archaeological materials, as well as the production of text, figures, tables, maps, and bibliographies for technical reports. Prerequisite: ANTH 2030 , or consent of instructor.
ANTH 3500 - Advanced Cultural Anthropology Credits: (3)
The nature of culture, its structure and function in the variety of human activities. Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 or ANTH 2010 , or consent of instructor.
ANTH 3600 - Culture Area Studies Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Surveys selected societies in ethnographically different cultural areas of the world, such as Africa, Asia, North American Indians, Latin America, the Middle East, the Pacific, or the modern United States. When the number is used, it will be accompanied by a descriptive title and the credit authorized, which will appear on the student transcript. Offerings of same title may not be repeated for credit toward graduation. Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 or ANTH 2010 , or consent of instructor. May be repeated 6 times with a maximum of 18 credit hours.
ANTH 3700 - Sex Roles: Past, Present and Future Credits: (3)
An overview of the differences and similarities in human sex roles, cross-culturally and over time, with special emphasis on the influences of biology, socialization, and ecology in their origin, perpetuation, and change.
ANTH 3900 - Magic, Shamanism and Religion Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
A comparative study of the origins, development, and social functions of magic, shamanism, and religion within cultural systems around the world.
ANTH 4100 - Archaeological Method, Theory, and Cultural Resource Management Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
Explores means by which archaeological inferences are made to decipher the material record of past human behavior. Includes the history of recent archaeological thought from the beginnings of scientific archaeology (ca. 1960’s) through the profession of cultural resource management. Prerequisite: ANTH 2030 .
ANTH 4200 - Anthropological Theory Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Historical and theoretical development of the major anthropological schools of thought including 19th century evolutionism, historical particularism, social anthropology, symbolic analysis, neoevolutionism, and cultural ecology. Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 or consent of instructor.
ANTH 4300 - Anthropological Research Methods Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
Students will learn and apply the scientific methods of inquiry used in anthropological research. Required for majors and recommended for minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 or a 2000-level course; ANTH 4200 and SOC 3600 , or consent of instructor.
ANTH 4810 - Experimental Courses Credits: (1-3)
Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated twice with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH 4830 - Readings and/or Projects Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [Full Sem]
Individual readings and/or projects for anthropology students. (Maximum of 6 hours may be applied toward graduation.) Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 , permission of instructor and approval of program coordinator.
ANTH 4890 - Internship in Anthropology Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [Full Sem]
Anthropology majors may apply for internship opportunities that provide the student with both practical and research experiences. A student may complete a total up to 6 hours of internships for credit, with a maximum of 3 hours to be applied towards the Anthropology major. Prerequisite: 6 hours of upper-division anthropology courses, Anthropology major status, approval of Program Coordinator.
ANTH 4920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, and Special Programs Credits: (1-3)
Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.
ANTH 4950 - Advanced Anthropological Field Trip Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Summer [1st Blk]
Students will visit areas and events of anthropological interest. The course will include relevant lectures, readings, and exercises designed to maximize and evaluate the learning experience. Pre- and post-trip meetings for student preparation, feedback, and course evaluation will occur. When the course number is used, it will be accompanied by a specific title and authorized credit which will appear on the student’s transcript. A maximum of three credit hours of Anthropology 4950 can be applied toward graduation. Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 or ANTH 2030 and consent of instructor.
ANTH 4990 - Seminar in Anthropology Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
An advanced course allowing in-depth study of selected topics and current issues in Anthropology. When the course number is used, it will be accompanied by a specific title with the credit authorized, which will appear on the student’s transcript. Offerings of same title may not be repeated for credit toward graduation. Prerequisite: ANTH 1000 or consent of instructor. May be repeated 6 times with a maximum of 18 credit hours.
SOC 1010 SS/DV - Introduction to Sociology Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Spring [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Summer [1st Blk, Full Sem Online]
An introduction to the study of Sociology through the concepts and principles used to understand and evaluate society. It focuses on all aspects of society: culture; social interaction; institutions; group processes; deviance and social control; stratification, diversity, and inequality based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, etc.; and social stability and change.
SOC 1020 SS/DV - Social Problems Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Spring [Full Sem, Full Sem Online]
Summer [1st Blk, Full Sem Online]
A study of major social problems in contemporary society, including issues of age, gender, family, race, ethnicity, wealth and poverty, politics, education, public safety, health care, substance abuse, and environment. Special emphasis is given to these issues and their consequences for today’s global and diverse society.
SOC 2810 - Experimental Course Offerings Credits: (2-3)
May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
SOC 2920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, and Special Programs Credits: (1-3)
Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
SOC 3000 - Self and Society Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] odd years
Sociological Social Psychology is the study of individual, group, and social behavior through analysis of the relationship between individuals and social institutions. Individuals actively create social structure while they are simultaneously shaped by it. Students will analyze how social interaction, processes, roles, and statuses are created and maintained by individuals. Students will also analyze how these same processes, roles, and statuses shape their individual behavior. Social Psychological theories and methodologies are also addressed. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3010 - Social Inequality Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] odd years
The study of social stratification and inequality in the United States and globally. The course focuses on economic class and status groups, such as gender, race and ethnicity, age, sexuality, and physical ability. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3030 - Classical Sociological Theory Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
A study of the classical tradition of sociological thought in late 18th to early 20th century Europe and 19th to early 20th century U.S. The course introduces the main theories of Comte, Martineau, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, and others, including early theorists of gender and race. To be taken before SOC 4030 . Prerequisite: SOC 1010 .
SOC 3110 - Sociology of Family Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] odd years
Analyzes family arrangements and structure, changes in such arrangements over time, and contemporary issues facing families in our ever-changing world. Emphasis is placed on variations in family experiences with regard to race, gender, social class, and sexual orientation. Family, as it relates to other social institutions such as politics, religion, and the economy, is also explored.
SOC 3130 - Sociology of Gender Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] odd years
This course is an examination as to how and why communities create gender categories as well how gender influences individuals’ identities, behaviors, and life experiences. Students will study gender within a variety of contexts, such as the workplace, family, politics, athletics, education, health, media, and religion. Attention will also be given to sociological theories of gender, gender socialization, and the intersection of gender, race, class, and sexuality. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 or WGS 1500 or permission of instructor.
SOC 3250 - Deviance and Social Control Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] even years
Introduces the student to the various sociological concepts of deviance and social control. Deviance and social control are examined in their positive and negative forms. The benefits and contributions as well as the consequences and disruptions of these forms are considered in the context of the formal and informal socialization processes and the internalization of social norms. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3260 - Juvenile Delinquency Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] even years
Juvenile delinquency as a social phenomenon and its causes involving definitions, agencies of law enforcement, and the courts. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3270 - Criminology Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] odd years
Study of the nature, extent, causes, and treatment of crime. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3300 - Environment and Society Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] even years
An in-depth study of societal-environmental interactions including population, technology and organization impacts of human societies on the physical environment, and environmental impacts on human behavior and social organization.
SOC 3400 - Social Change Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] odd years
The factors which change society and how society changes, emphasizing technological innovations and its implications, social movements, and the role of individuals. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3410 - Sociology of Religion Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] even years
Examination of religion and religious activities globally from the theoretical perspectives of Sociology.
SOC 3420 - Sociology of Education Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] even years
Analysis of the structure and function of education as a central social institution in contemporary society.
SOC 3430 - Medicine and Healthcare in Society Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] odd years
Utilizes the Sociological perspective to explore the Institution of Medicine and the Medical Healthcare Delivery System; its function as a social institution and its capability, accessibility, and the related issues of providing Healthcare. The various organizational system structures, and their economic and political dimensions are also examined. Further emphasis is placed on the various professional roles, supporting roles, and patient behaviors. Additional focus is placed upon selected international comparisons, as well as medical research, ethical considerations, and international health issues.
SOC 3550 - Organizations in Society Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] odd years
Surveys the nature and structure of organizations in general and modern formal organizations and globalization in specific. How organizations work, function and affect contemporary society and individuals’ lives and behavior. Sociological theories about modern organizations and globalization will be examined. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 .
SOC 3600 - Social Statistics Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [1st Blk]
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques and the presentation of results. Prerequisite: MATH 1010 or equivalent.
SOC 3660 - Sociological Research Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [1st Blk]
Examines the scientific foundations of Sociology and methods of Sociological Research. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 3840 - Cities and Urban Life Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] even years
In-depth analysis of the urbanization, modernization, and development of the system of cities. The relationship between cities and culture, mental illness, and social problems are examined.
SOC 3850 - Race & Ethnicity Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] even years
Examines the social construction of race and ethnicity and the conditions of racial and ethnic groups in the United States and globally, based on statistical and ethnographic data. Includes a survey of theories of the origins, causes, and dynamics of ethnic and race relations.
SOC 4030 - Contemporary Sociological Theory Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
The works of major contemporary theorists (Mead, Parsons, Merton, Goffman, Garfinkel, etc.) and the emergence of current schools of sociological thought. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 and SOC 3030 .
SOC 4220 - Life in a Consumer Society Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] even years
Examination of consumption, consumerism, and the increasing commercialization of contemporary life. Students study the history of consumerism and advertising; explore how consumer culture influences their own consumption choices; and analyze the relationship between consumerism and social inequality.
SOC 4270 - Sociology of Law Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem] odd years
A study of the interchange between law and society, where society creates the law, yet law regulates society. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 1020 .
SOC 4410 - Sociology of Globalization Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] odd years
Study of economic, political, and cultural globalization in the late 20th and early 21st century. The course examines the history, theories and critiques of globalization, the key actors in global political-economy, the institutions and events that shape global processes, and globalization’s impact on local economies, politics, culture, and the natural environment.
SOC 4550 - Sociology of Work Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem] even years
Explores the relationship between work and social class, gender, technology, race, and ethnicity. Additionally, the nature of occupational subcultures is analyzed.
SOC 4810 - Experimental Course Offerings Credits: (2-3)
Individual courses offered on an experimental basis, identified by specific name and description. The specific title will appear on student’s transcript along with the authorized credit. May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
SOC 4830 - Readings and/or Projects Credits: (1-3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [Full Sem]
Individual readings and/or projects for sociology majors or minors. (Maximum of 5 hours applied toward graduation, 3 of which can be applied toward the sociology major or minor.) Prerequisite: SOC 1010 , senior standing, permission of instructor, approval of program coordinator. May be repeated 4 times up to 5 credit hours.
SOC 4890 - Internship Credits: (1-6)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [Full Sem]
Qualified juniors and seniors may apply for internships among federal, state and private agencies. Internships are anticipated to provide the student with both practical and research experiences. A student may complete up to 9 hours, but not more than 6 hours in any one type of internship. A maximum of 3 hours may be applied towards the sociological major or sociological minor. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 , junior or senior status, approval of program coordinator. May be repeated 8 times up to 9 credit hours.
SOC 4900 - Senior Capstone Course Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
A course designed to organize all of the knowledge that the student has gleaned from his/her major into an integrated whole. This course will help the student make relevant the knowledge that he/ she has learned. This will be accomplished by having the student write a senior thesis as well as attend lectures. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 , SOC 3030 , SOC 3600 , SOC 3660 , senior standing.
SOC 4920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, and Special Programs Credits: (1-3)
Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated 5 times up to 6 credit hours.
SOC 4990 - Seminar in Sociology Credits: (3)
Variable Title
Typically taught:
Spring [Full Sem]
An advanced course allowing in-depth study of selected topics in Sociology. When the course number is used, it will be accompanied by a specific title with the credit authorized, which will appear on the student transcript. Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or consent of instructor. May be repeated 3 times up to 9 credit hours. (Formerly Contemporary Issues.)
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