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• RSO 219: Introduction to Law and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examination of the contemporary significance of law in society. Origins of legal rights of Americans, including trial by jury, the First and Fifth Amendments, equal treatment under the law for minorities and for women. Special emphasis on the relationship of law to such contemporary social problems as censorship, the environment, domestic relations, product liability and consumer protection, the right to privacy, freedom of information, poverty law, and urban housing. (Social Science General Education Course).
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• RSO 230: Social Problems (W)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Application of the principles of sociology to an analysis of current social problems such as war, poverty, crime, racism, sexism, etc. Order and conflict theories of social problems and their suggested solutions. Prerequisite: None. (Social Science General Education Course). Prerequisite:    None
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• RSO 231: Urban & Suburban Social Trend (I)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  A sociological analysis of the modern metropolitan area, its patterns of organization and institutions, and the forces that produce distinctive urban and suburban cultures. (Information-Literacy Intensive Course) Prerequisite:    None
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• RSO 235: Computer Methods (I)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Basic data analysis and computer applications in the social sciences. The computer as a research tool: basic characteristics of high-speed computers and statistical computer programs generally available; intermediary language with which the researcher communicates with the computer. (Information Literacy Intensive Course). Prerequisite None.
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• RSO 300: Community Involvement

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Practicum. Agency placement required. Structured field experience involving work within a community organization or social work agency. Students will be directly responsible to the organization or agency under the general supervision of the instructor. Prerequisite: None.
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• RSO 301: Social Stratification (W,G)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Writing Intensive Course, Global Studies Intensive Course). Analysis of class, status, and power. Topics include: order versus conflict theories of stratification; social mobility; inequalities of race, class, and gender; and political behavior. Prerequisite:    RSO 201
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• RSO 303: Early Social Thought (W)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Writing Intensive Course). Pioneers in the field, their first conceptualization of sociology as a science, and the manner in which they laid the groundwork for classical theory. Works of such men as Comte, Durkheim, Spencer, Marx, and Weber. Offered: Spring Term. Prerequisite:    RSO 201
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• RSO 304: Intergroup Ethnic Relations (A)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (African-American Heritage Intensive Course). Analysis of majority-minority group relations with special reference to recent changes in American society. Intergroup harmony and conflict. Group and individual responses to racial and ethnic discrimination in employment, housing, education, health, justice, etc. Prerequisite:    RSO 201
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• RSO 310: Sociology Organ Dyn

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  The nature and forces of organized relationships. Special emphasis upon theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of community, industrial, and political organizations. Social change in modern society and its relationship to social development. Prerequisite: None.
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• RSO 312: Sociology Marriage and Family

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Cross cultural analysis of the family as a social and cultural institution. Origins of family as a social institution, and consideration of the evolutionary trajectory of family and its role in society. Contemporary and historical trends in marriage, co-habitation, parenting, childcare, domestic chores, public policy and the family. Prerequisite:    RSO 201
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