SOCI602 INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY (3 sh)
An analysis of our highly industrialized and urbanized society, with emphasis upon the role of industry in influencing our American way of life, individually and collectively, and the nature of social change deriving from that industrialization and its concomitant urbanization.  Additional course work is required for graduate level.

SOCI604 SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (3 sh)
An exploration of basic research design and statistical inference, and the application of basic statistical techniques as utilized on sociological research.

SOCI628 SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR: CHANGING MALE AND FEMALE ROLES (3 sh)
During the past three decades the family as an institution has undergone drastic changes.  New gender role-expectations have emerged due to the technological developments, socio-political changes and the growing awareness of women's potentials.  This seminar course examines the changing roles and expectations of males and females in the society and explores their socialization, communication and adaptation processes. 

SOCI628 SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR:  
MODERNIZATION AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT (3 sh)
This is an inquiry into the processes of modernization and its impact on society.  The aim is to analyze the interaction between the forces of modernization with respect to urbanization, bureaucratization, re-organization of family structure, class structure, demographic change, mass education, secularization of belief system, change in personal values, and transformation of the entire culture and subcultures.

SOCI628 SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR:  THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION (3 sh)
Cross-cultural studies are incomplete without an analysis of systems of religion.  Science and technology have taken over a great many of the functions traditionally performed by religion.  This course is designed to analyze the function of religion, both as social institution and as an ideological construct by which persons in respective societies direct their lives.  It will include a survey of world systems of religion, which will constitute a basis for a comparative analysis.  The relationship between belief systems and the culture of the country or region will be examined.  The five major religions commonly included in courses are:  Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.  However, attention will be given to ancient and modern "sects" and "cults" as well. 

SOCI630 JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY (3 sh)
The course will use sociological and anthropological perspectives to understand Japanese culture and society.  The course will highlight various social institutions and cultural elements of the Japanese society, namely education, religion, popular culture, group dynamics, marriage and the family, and economy.  Through the multidisciplinary approach, the course will investigate both historical as well as contemporary issues concerning Japan.

SOCI654 SOCIAL CHANGE (3 sh)  
An inquiry into the nature of social change--its causes, processes, and consequences--and a critical examination of theories of social change and their applications to the comparative analysis of Western and Asian societies. 

July 2003