Course Search Results

• SOCY A350: Sociology Delinq Youth Behav

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: C or better in SOCY A101) An analysis of the philosophy, history, theories, and social patterns surrounding delinquent youth behavior from a sociological perspective as well as an evaluation of the methods and policies designed to prevent and control delinquency.
  ShareSOCY A350 - Sociology Delinq Youth Behav

• SOCY A353: Sociology of Crime

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) Analysis of the definitions, measurements, and social patterns surrounding criminal behavior from a sociological perspective. Classical and contemporary theories of crime causation and societal responses to crime, offenders, and victims.
  ShareSOCY A353 - Sociology of Crime

• SOCY A354: Crime: Myths & Misconceptions

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) Various myths and misconceptions surrounding crime and the criminal justice system, including the mythmakers, beneficiaries, and victims, are identified and critically examined as well as the functions and consequences of those myths and misconceptions.
  ShareSOCY A354 - Crime: Myths & Misconceptions

• SOCY A355: Minority Group Relations

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: C or better in SOCY A101) Theories, methods and substantive issues in the study of majority- minority group relations and social processes and cultural orientations associated with racial and ethnic differentiation.
  ShareSOCY A355 - Minority Group Relations

• SOCY A356: Sociology of Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) Analysis of law as a social institution from sociohistorical and sociocultural perspectives. Emphasis is placed on history, theories, and typologies of law as well as the relationships between law, social change, and social problems.
  ShareSOCY A356 - Sociology of Law

• SOCY A358: Sociology of Corrections

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) A sociological approach to the development and current issues in corrections. Traditional and contemporary philosophies underlying practices and procedures in institutional and community corrections are explored.
  ShareSOCY A358 - Sociology of Corrections

• SOCY A359: Police in Society

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) An overview of the development of police organizations and the role of police in society including police officer socialization, the problem of coercive power, and current issues in policing.
  ShareSOCY A359 - Police in Society

• SOCY A360: Sociology of Medicine & Health

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq:Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) Sociological approaches to medicine and health. An examination of the concepts of health and illness, the social epidemiology of disease, demographic and social factors affecting health, illness behavior, non- traditional medicine and healers, doctor-patient relations, the professionalization of medicine and social policy affecting health care.
  ShareSOCY A360 - Sociology of Medicine & Health

• SOCY A365: Sociology of Black Experience

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq: Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) Sociology of the Black Experience examines how African-American experiences in the United States are shaped by social patterns, focusing on a variety of social institutions (family, religion, education, and the media) with a scrutinizing analysis of the criminal legal system.
  ShareSOCY A365 - Sociology of Black Experience

• SOCY A370: Sociology of Mental Health

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  (Prereq:Grade of C or better in SOCY A101) Sociological approaches to the definition and treatment of mental disorders. An analysis of mental illness throughout history, public and professional conceptions of mental disorders, models of causes and cures, demographic factors in the distribution of mental disorders, labeling theory and psychiatry, the personal experience of mental hospitalization, and the community mental health movement.
  ShareSOCY A370 - Sociology of Mental Health