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• SOCY U325: Social Movements

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Characteristics, causes, and impacts of social and political movements in the modern world. Different types of movements, including the American civil rights movement, are examined from comparative, historical, and global perspectives. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U327: Population Dynamics

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Issues in measurement of the distribution and development of human population. Applies the analytical methods used in accounting for the effects of births, deaths and migrations. (Crosslisted with GEOG U340.) Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U328: Social Demography

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Selected theoretical orientations, methodological procedures and historical perspectives related to the social analysis and context of demographic change. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U329: Social Change

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Applies sociological lenses to current major social, cultural, economic, political, and global transformations, emphasizing their interrelationships. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U330: Social Inequality

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Theoretical perspectives and research on the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige in social life on a global, national, and local scale. Attention is given to the impact of globalization on social stratification. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U333: Race and Ethnic Relations

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Examines the basic concepts of race and ethnicity, relevant sociological theories, and their application to critical issues. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U335: Fat Studies

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  An interdisciplinary analysis of social attitudes toward fatness and fat people. Size is presented as a status marker, social identity, form of inequality, and site of feminist activism. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U337: Gender and Society

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  A sociological investigation of gender as a fundamental principle of social life. The interdependence of gender constructions and of societies' inequality structures across social institutions is explored. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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• SOCY U339: Women and Armed Conflict

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Women's lives in the context of armed conflict examined from comparative, historical and global perspectives.
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• SOCY U341: Sociology of Families

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Upstate

  
  Methods and theories used in the examination of intimate human relationships, including parenting, violence and abuse, and divorce and remarriage. Emphasizes the social factors that bring about change in family-related behaviors and create diversity in family forms. Prerequisite: SOCY U101.
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