SOCIOLOGY
Graduate Courses
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
