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• SOCY 324: Live,Work, & Dying Behind Bars

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This class will examine how life is organized for those who are incarcerated in prison. The organization of friendships, love, sex, food, work, recreation, identity and other domains will be explored. We will also discuss the impact that working in prison has on physicians, nurses, dentists and correctional officers in terms of mental health, their relationships and the "courtesy stigma" associated with working inside prison with offenders.
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• SOCY 325: Deviance and Social Control

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This class examines how society defines non-criminal and criminal deviance and the social reactions to and consequences of these definitions. The class will give primacy to the experiences of those defined as deviant such as sex workers, those with mental illness, drug dealers and polyamorous families.
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• SOCY 326: African American Culture & Soc

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course examines the emergence of African American ethnicity and its contributions to contemporary American society. The course traces the movement of African peoples to North America, the emergence of African American culture, efforts to achieve equity and civil liberties in the United States.
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• SOCY 329: Special Topics in Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Occasional courses offered on subjects of interest to students and faculty that are not included in the regular course offerings.
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• SOCY 331: Society and the Individual

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A survey of the manifold ways in which social structure and personality interact. Among the topics covered will be socialization, attitude formation and change, cognition and perception and collective behavior. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• SOCY 332: Collective Behavior

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An examination of the theories and literature, both historical and contemporary, relevant to the more dramatic forms of human social behavior: panics, riots, revolutions and the like. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• SOCY 335: Aging and the Family

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  With increasing life expectancy and the enormous growth in the 65+ population, family as a social institution has experienced unprecedented changed. We will examine how the graying of the population has brought about fundamental changes in family relationships and structure. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• SOCY 336: Death and Dying

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Review of historical and contemporary perspectives on dying and death, including current American practices regarding death, as well as cross-cultural interpretations. Terminal illnesses, biomedical ethical issues, the legal aspects of dying, and the business of dying are discussed in addition to dying and grieving throughout the life cycle. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• SOCY 337: Prejudice

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course examines what prejudices are, how they are formed, the consequences they have and the social purposes they serve. Three types of prejudice are investigated: race, class and gender. In addition, the course explores the relationship between prejudice and discrimination and the conditions under which changes in prejudice occur. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• SOCY 339: Spec Topics in Soc Psyc

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An intensive examination of some special topic in social psychology. Formulation of the specific subject matter for the course will reflect both student and faculty interest. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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