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• SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  An introduction to the science of sociology, including a discussion of sociological theory and method, social structure, culture, and socialization. Also emphasized are social stratification, race, ethnicity, and gender. Social institutions and their change dynamics are examined.
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• SOC 117: Understanding Chemical Dependency

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This is an introductory level course to the field of drug and alcohol studies. Students will acquire a knowledge of the effects and composition of the most frequently abused drugs. Then the study will acquaint the student with the four perspectives currently utilized in the field: the biophysical model; the model from psychology, The Biophysical Model, The Model from Psychology, The Spiritual Paradigm and the Theories of Sociology. Prerequisite:    Eligibility for ENG 101L   
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• SOC 118P: Drug and Alcohol Clinical Practicum

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is a Drug and Alcohol Clinical Practicum, which affords the student the ability to practice what they have learned in class. Students are assigned to work in any of a number of clinical settings, depending on their inclinations and scheduling exigencies. Field work is complemented by lectures in Ethics and HIV/AIDS and other blood borne infections. Prerequisite:    SOC 117  Corequisite:    PSY 230 
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• SOC 160: Introduction to Women's Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course provides an overview of the field of Women's Studies to include historical to current work in: research, socialization, education, work, families, diversity and differences, language, culture, politics, laws, religion, and medical/biological issues.
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• SOC 201: Sociology of the Family

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is a study of the family and its institutional aspects. Empirical science is applied to childhood development, courtship, marriage, parenthood, bereavement, and divorce. Cultural, class, religious, ethnic, and racial differences are analyzed. Prerequisite:    SOC 101   
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• SOC 208: Urban Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is a broad survey of the origins and development of urban, suburban, and metropolitan settlements, with particular emphasis on the emergence and transformation of U.S. cities. Urban, suburban, metropolitan social problems and public policy issues are covered. Prerequisite:    SOC 101   
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• SOC 210: The Sociology of Sexual Behavior

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is a study of sex in its varied social contexts. The course emphasizes the values, bases, and constraints of sex in contemporary society, contrasting them with traditional perspectives. Topics include cross-cultural comparisons, sexual scripts and human sexual response, growing up sexually, love and sex, sex in committed and non-committed contexts, sexual variations, and sex and the law. Students examine their own attitudes and values about sexuality in the post-sexual revolution social environment.
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• SOC 211: Racial and Ethnic Minorities

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course will investigate the construction of the social categories of race and ethnicity. Discussion will revolve around the history, process and effects of these constructions. A major focus will be on interracial and interethnic relations in the United States.
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• SOC 212: Social Problems

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  A study of problems of inequality, problems of the global setting, problems of the life cycle, problems caused by violating social norms and other related issues. Discussed are underlying processes, the interpretation of statistics and social policies that address these social problems. Prerequisite:    SOC 101   
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• SOC 213: Sociology of Health and Illness

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course will identify issues of health and the health care system of the United States. Topics of rising health care costs, the under and uninsured will be presented. Cultural concepts of illness and suffering as they relate to societal structure will be presented.
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