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• SOCI 3150: Work and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course critically examines the historical, social, and cultural contexts that shape the lives of workers. It explores the historical nature and theories of work, the intersection of work in regard to class, race, ethnicity, and gender, inequality and work, and how work affects our families and personal lives.
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• SOCI 3200: Identity Self Soc Interaction

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will introduce students to the study of human social interaction at the micro level of social reality. Students will analyze the social construction of identity in everyday life. This course reviews theoretical and empirical research stemming from symbolic interactionist, constructionist, and ethnomethodological traditions.
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• SOCI 3220: Sociology of Death and Dying

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Provides an exploration of the sociological issues related to death, dying, and bereavement. Topics examined include: social definitions and attitudes, societal rituals and responses, and theoretical perspectives on death, dying, and bereavement. Societal and ethical concerns regarding end-of-life decisions will be addressed.
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• SOCI 3230: Politics of Poverty

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  What is the politics of poverty in the modern United States? How has economic hardship been debated in our politics and reflected in public policy? In what ways has popular culture perpetuated myths and framed our perceptions about poverty? This course examines poverty through the lens of politics, social and public policy, and popular culture, and is designed to provide context for the pivotal legislation, socio-political movements, and elections that have shaped the politics of poverty in America. To this end, policies such as AFDC, TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, and the ACA; social movements; and major presidencies, elections, and socio-political dynamics, will be considered.
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• SOCI 3240: Sociology of Victims

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will examine theory and research regarding victims of crime, which include intimate violence, stranger violence, sexual assault, workplace violence, and school violence. The victim-offender relationships, the process and consequences of victimization, community and institutional responses, and victim restitution will also be examined.
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• SOCI 3245: Sociology of Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course explores the ways in which society and its social structures shape the design and use of technology, and how technology influences cultural and social experience. Various technologies are examined in relation to the social contexts in which they develop. Sociological underpinnings of norms values, and inequalities are examined.
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• SOCI 3300: Social Movements

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students apply theoretical ideas to case studies to enhance knowledge and evaluate tactics and strategies of social movements. There is also focus on the ethical considerations of tactics and strategies as they relate to violence, nonviolence, and technology. Empirical case studies will explore how social movements emerge, grow and decline.
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• SOCI 3310: Power and Social Change

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Through the learning and application of theory at the macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis, this course examines the ways in which power encourages or discourages social change. There is a particular emphasis on popular education, globalization, the technology revolution, social media, and social movements.
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• SOCI 3340: Sociology Conflict Res

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Analyzes social conflict and introduces the dynamics of conflict resolution. Emphasizes examining theories and methods of active nonviolent conflict resolution in small group and large organizational settings. Includes violence, types of noncooperation, negotiation, adjudication, and mediation. Uses cross-cultural data extensively.
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• SOCI 3350: Charismatic Leaders

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Charismatic leaders emerge from social contexts like science, the military, art, economic/political systems, and religion. Charismatic leadership is rare, revolutionary, and unstable. Assess charismatic leaders' qualities, successes/failures at reaching their promised goals, and their relationship with their followers.
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