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• SOC 364: Sociology of Aging

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An examination of the problems, adaptations, and contributions of the aging population. Prerequisite:    SOC 364 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100.
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• SOC 366: Gender, Labor and Globalization

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course uses sociological and women's and gender studies theories to understand, analyze, and present on domestic work, care work, sex work, and reproductive work as invisible and gendered labor that contributes to global economies. Through critical reading, writing, discussion, and speaking assignments, students will learn how to analyze and speak about how the experiences of international women workers change mainstream definitions of gender, labor, family, immigration, and globalization.
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• SOC 368: Violence, Systems, and Resistance

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will teach students how to recognize, understand, and resist three primary forms of power-based violence that are interrelated: (1) those perpetrated by individuals, e.g. sexual assault, partner violence, mass shootings; (2) those perpetrated by hate groups, e.g. lynching, bombing, violence against trans and non-binary people; and (3) those perpetrated by the state, e.g. war, police violence. Students will study multiple forms of violence to understand the root causes and dynamics of violence (how it happens); the effects on people, families, and communities (what is the cost); and personal, community, and national resistance methodologies (what can be done about it).
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• SOC 369: Social Movements

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An introduction to the study of social movements, both historical and contemporary. Prerequisite:    SOC 369 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100.
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• SOC 370: Social Problems

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Analysis of current social disorders: urban unrest, racial tension, poverty, addictions, crime, and mental illness. Prerequisite:    SOC 370 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100.
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• SOC 371: Applied Social Change

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Strategy and tactics of planning and guiding change in small and large-scale social systems. Prerequisite:    SOC 371 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100.
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• SOC 372: Globalization Across Societies and Cultures

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course draws from sociological and related theories to examine globalization as part of a larger historical process that is reshaping the global economic system and changing the role and power of nation states. We examine the mass migration of people in response to changing labor markets, the formation of new global diasporas, the emergence of a global cultural order marked by hybridity and creolization, and how globalization is experienced as a complex process in which people participate and respond in ways that shape, resist, absorb, or avoid globalization. Prerequisite:    SOC 372 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100 or permission of instructor.
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• SOC 383: The Digital Self

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A symbolic interactionist perspective on self development and self presentation in the digital age. Prerequisite:    SOC 383 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100.
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• SOC 401: Social Change

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Critique of the leading models of social order and change; analysis of major transformation in Western civilization. Prerequisite:    SOC 401 requires a prerequisite of SOC 100.
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• SOC 402: Sociology Internship

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  In an approved internship, students will gain practical experience and develop skills in professional roles while exploring potential workforce matches. Internships also provide opportunities to develop mentoring relationships, professional contacts, and they enhance student preparedness for a future in their area of interest. Prerequisite:    SOC 402 requires prerequisites of SOC 100, 80 credits earned, 9 credits in sociology beyond SOC 100, a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher, and a cumulative GPA in sociology courses of 3.0 or higher.
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