Sociology (SOCL)

SOCL 2015 - Introduction to Sociology (3 Credit Hours)

This course is designed to help the uninformed student to come to a realization of the role that sociology can play in his or her everyday life. We will look at the forces and practices that create our world socially and examine some of the reasons why and how individuals, groups and even governments do what they do. This course is designed for Louisiana Transfer Degree students.

Prerequisite(s): None

(3/0/3)

SOCL 2120 - Social Problems (3 Credit Hours)

A course designed to provide an examination of the major social problems in society with an emphasis on how these problems are interrelated and the role of society in their creation and perpetuation.

Prerequisite(s): SOCL 2015

(3/0/3)

SOCL 2220 - Marriage and Family (3 Credit Hours)

This course interweaves social science and the humanities to examine diverse family forms. Major emphasis is placed on a macrostructural analysis of families, both historically and in the present. We will examine how families and family members are affected by differences in race, gender, social class, sexuality, and global locations. In turn, special attention will be given to transnational families and the feminization of migration to illustrate how the global is increasingly local today.

Prerequisite(s): None

(3/0/3)

SOCL 2420 - Stratification and Inequality (3 Credit Hours)

We will address how stratification has developed to its present state in the U.S. and question why members of certain groups advance while others do not. Stratification refers to systematic social inequality in the access of opportunities, resources, and rewards. It involves the uneven distribution of people across social categories based upon achieved and ascribed characteristics. Human societies differ greatly in the extent of stratification present within them. This course focuses on social stratification in the United States.

Prerequisite(s): None

(3/0/3)