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General Description
 

What are Sociology and Anthropology?  These social science disciplines combine scientific and humanistic perspectives in the study of group life.  Using similar approaches, they differ in their focus.  Sociology studies social issues as experienced in contemporary society, including those of urban life, social class, social movements, health care, deviance, and family patterns and relationships.  Anthropology casts a wider net in studying tribal and peasant societies, especially as they have confronted the modern world, as well as the evolution of human forms and group life from those of non-human primates.

Combined in one major, the disciplines provide the student with a wide range of courses examining many aspects of social organization.  In addition to preparing students for graduate work in the respective disciplines themselves, the major provides a valuable liberal arts background for students interested in many different careers, all of which require a grounded understanding f the varieties of human experience and behavior, and the ways in which these may be interpreted.  Likely careers include:

  • Business and Industry
  • Community planning and social services
  • Criminology and the system of justice, including law
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Gerontology
  • Health Services
  • Human resources and personnel work
  • Market research
  • Public administration
  • Social work

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Major, Minor & Honors
 

NOTE: Be sure to check the current catalog for the most up-to-date information.
The major is housed in the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, and shares courses and faculty with the B.A. in Social Work.  It is among the majors offered for evening-only and weekend-only students as well as for students taking courses during the day; required courses are scheduled in all three time sessions.

Of the 35 credits (nine courses) that make up the major, four specific courses are required:
 

  • SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology

  • SOC 200 Sociological Theory

  • SOC 201 Sociological Research

  • ANT 201 Cultural Anthropology

Students then choose from among a wide range of course offerings in the two disciplines, Sociology and Anthropology, for the five courses needed to complete the major, so long as at least one is another course in Anthropology and three of the five courses are at the 300 or 400 level.

The Minor in Sociology requires the following courses:
SOC 100, SOC 200, SOC 201  and two other courses in Sociology.

To graduate with Honors in Sociology/Anthropology, a student must have a 3.5 grade point average in the major courses and complete an honors thesis or project under the supervision of a program faculty member.

Total Credits Required:  120

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Course Offerings
 

For more detailed course descriptions, please check the current CSI Catalog

Students can select courses devoted to a particular area of interest such as family, the community, social welfare, or social change.  In addition to the required courses, the following courses are regularly offered, drawing upon the expertise of both the full-time and several part-time faculty members.
 

ANT 202 Physical Anthropology
ANT 225 Multi-Cultural Literacy
ANT 365 Political Anthropology
ANT 390 Human Evolution
SOC 202 Gender, Race Ethnicity and Class
SOC 212 Criminology
SOC 225 Social Thought
SOC 230 Sociology of Women
SOC 240 Minority Groups
SOC 255 Sociology of the Arts
SOC 274 Social Welfare
SOC 278 Social Planning
SOC 292 The Individual in Society
SOC 240 Ethnicity and Immigration>
SOC 370 Urban Sociology
SOC 374 Mass Media in Modern Society
SOC 380 Sociology of Organizations
SOC 427 Sociology of Language

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 ANT 205 Native American Studies
ANT 350 Foraging Societies
ANT 370 Urban Anthropology
ANT 460 Personality and Culture
SOC 210 Sociology of Health and Medicine
SOC 220 Marriage and Family
SOC 226 Socialization of the Child
SOC 232 Sociology of Men
SOC 250 Sociology of Religion
SOC 260 Class Status and Power
SOC 275 Sociology of Education
SOC 280 Sociology and Politics
SOC 330 Women and Work
SOC 350 Psychosocial Aspects of Disability
SOC 372 Institutions of Control
SOC 376 Social Change SOC 410 Sociological Issues


 
 
   

Sociology/Anthropology Faculty
 

  • Roslyn Bologh, Professor of Sociology
     Sociological Theory, Political Economy, Gender, Social Change
  • Sondra Brandler, Associate Professor of Social Work and Coordinator, Social Work Program
     Human Development, Gerontology, Social Welfare, Group Work
  • Thomas Bucaro, Associate Professor of Social Work
     Technology, Complex Organizations, Urban Sociology
  • Sheying Chen, Professor of Sociology & Social Work and Department Chair
     Comparative Social Policies, Aging and Mental Health, Quantitative Analysis, Educational Administration
  • Kate Crehan, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator, Women's Studies Program
    Gender and Women Studies, Political Economic Anthropology, Development, Africa
  • David Goode, Professor of Sociology and Coordinator, Program in Developmental Disabilities; Developmental Disabilities, Qualitative Methods
  • Steve HarneyAssistant Professor of Sociology
  • Clara Melman, Associate Professor of Sociology
     Social Stratification, Sociology of Gender      
  • Lisa Jean MooreAssociate Professor of Sociology
  • Sonia Ragir, Professor of Anthropology
     Physical Anthropology, Evolution, Development of Language
  • Maria SeretiAssistant Professor of Sociology
  • Gerald Sider, Professor of Anthropology
     Native Americans, Political and Urban Anthropology
  • Phil Sigler, Associate Professor of Sociology
     Marriage and Family, Multi-media Pedagogy

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Last Update:09/13/2002 - wjo

 

 

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