980 Sociology

980:022. Criminal Justice System -- 3 hrs.
Genesis, transformation, and day-to-day operation of criminal justice within our society; emphasis on interrelationships between specific stages in the crime-control process and the differences between U.S. and other criminal justice systems. Prerequisites: 980:058; sophomore standing. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:045. American Racial and Ethnic Minorities -- 3 hrs.
Survey of several American minorities, including Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, and Native Americans. Multi-disciplinary study of these groups with particular emphasis on geographic origins, linguistic traditions, and current modes of economic subsistence. Introduction to folkways and mores of each group. (Same as 450:045 and 900:045.) (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:058. Principles of Sociology -- 3 hrs.
Scientific approach to analysis and understanding of culture, human groups and institutions, personality, self, and social control. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:060. Social Problems -- 3 hrs.
Analysis of nature and range of social problems arising in modern industrial society. Consideration given to conditions creating them and methods by which society seeks to cope with them. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:070. Psychology and Law -- 3 hrs.
Addresses social psychological issues which deal specifically with the legal system. Topics covered include role of the psychologist as expert witness, eyewitness identification, repressed and false memories, the insanity defense, jury decision-making and lie detection and confessions. Prerequisite: 400:008. (Same as 400:070.) (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:080. Statistics for Social Research -- 4 hrs.
Levels of measurement, frequency distributions, graphic representations, measures of average, measures of dispersion, cross-tabulation and measures of association, Pearson correlation, bivariate regression analysis, probability and hypothesis testing, inferences involving single sample and two samples, and analysis of variance. Instruction in and emphasis on use of statistical package for performing most computations, including homework assignments. Prerequisite: completion of mathematics requirement for the Liberal Arts Core. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:100(g). Social Psychology -- 3 hrs.
Analysis of how people's thoughts, feelings, actions, and identities are influenced by social processes, interactions, and structures. Special attention to how people acquire, construct, and negotiate identities and how they are influenced by social realities of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation in these processes. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:102. Conflict Resolution -- 3 hrs.
Survey of social science theory and research in conflict resolution with emphasis on development of less destructive modes of problem solving in social formations. (Same as 450:102 and 990:102.) (Variable)

980:105. The Family -- 3 hrs.
Institutional aspects of family life. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall)

980:108. Research Methods in Social Relations -- 3 hrs.
Introduction to basic research methods used in social research. Conceptualization and operationalization of research problems. Examination of various research designs used to collect data. Introduction to sampling, instrumentation, data processing, data analysis, and report production. Prerequisite: 980:080. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:111. The Rural Community -- 3 hrs.
Rural peoples; their communities and social institutions; relationship between country and city; the tide of social change, its problems and promises; and world-wide perspective with special emphasis on United States. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing or consent of instructor. (Variable)

980:112. White Collar Crime -- 3 hrs.
Examination of theoretical definition, social impact, and changing relationship between current technological advancements and society's ability to both detect and punish white collar criminals. (Offered Fall)

980:116(g). Correctional Treatment: Theory and Practice -- 3 hrs.
Examination of evolution and development of correctional treatment in United States, with special attention to description and evaluation of programs in juvenile and adult corrections. Alternatives to rehabilitative ideal; students are expected to develop other treatment models. Prerequisites: 980:126; 980:127; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:117. Community Corrections — 3 hrs.
Overview of sanctioning alternatives to imprisonment, including traditional probation and parole practices, as well as intermediate sanctions such as boot camps, electronic monitoring, fines, and intensive supervision. Sentencing will be discussed, as it influences probation/parole populations, as will the duties and responsibilities of probation and parole officers. Prerequisites: 980:022; 980:058; 980:126. (Variable)

980:119(g). Victimology -- 3 hrs.
Sociological investigation of institutional, economic, family, and personal victimization in American society with special attention to causes and processes of exploitation. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:121(g). Mental Deviance and Mental Health Institutions -- 3 hrs.
Study of social factors associated with mental illness; its onset, the organizational context of its care and treatment, and its effects on various societal institutions. Prerequisites: 980:060; junior standing. (Same as 450:121g.) (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:122(g). Youth Gangs -- 3 hrs.
Origins and development of youth gangs in United States. Topics include recent emergence of gangs, especially in Iowa, relationship between drugs and violence and gang activity, and creation of social policy to prevent and control gang activity. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Spring)

980:123(g). Social Deviance and Control -- 3 hrs.
Causes and consequences of socially-disapproved behavior; role of social control agencies in recruitment of deviant identities, management of and reaction to deviance; dynamics of labeling processes, and examination of social meaning of non-normative behavior. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:124(g). The Sociology of Policing -- 3 hrs.
Sociological investigation of evolution and structure of policing in United States society, with special attention to conflicts and imperatives which define police officers' roles and character of police work. Prerequisites: 980:022; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:125(g). Social Gerontology -- 3 hrs.
Personal, interpersonal, and societal factors in the human aging process; emphasis on family, community, and governmental responsibility in defining and resolving problems of the aged in modern industrial society. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Spring)

980:126(g). Corrections and Punishment -- 3 hrs.
Punishment and correction in modern society, changing relationship between organization of society and handling of criminal offenders; emphasis on character and functions of contemporary conditions, and alternative response to crime. Prerequisites: 980:022; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:127. Juvenile Delinquency -- 3 hrs.
Types of juvenile delinquents, causes of delinquent behavior, social institutions and their effect upon delinquency, prevention, and control of delinquent behavior. Prerequisite: 980:022 or 980:060. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:128(g). The Sociology of Law -- 3 hrs.
Sociological analysis of judicial and jury decision making, legal structures, legislation, power, beliefs, conflict, and social change. Examination of criminal, civil, and public law. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:129(g). Comparative Criminology -- 3 hrs.
Examination of criminology theory and practice in cross-cultural perspective. Prerequisites: 980:080; 980:123 or 980:127; junior standing. (Variable)

980:130(g). Minority Group Relations -- 3 hrs.
Study of interpersonal and social relations of minority groups within the larger American society, with special reference to Black-White relations. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Same as 450:163g.) (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:131(g). Women and the Criminal Justice System -- 3 hrs.
Sociological analysis of women as victims, offenders, practitioners, and professionals in the criminal justice system. Examination of changing perceptions and behaviors of women in United States and other countries in relation to role expectations of women in criminal justice system. Prerequisites: 980:022; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:132(g). Juvenile Justice -- 3 hrs.
Examination of history, philosophies, and structure of juvenile justice system. Discussion of issues confronting legislators, the judiciary, and juvenile justice personnel in context of the need to provide treatment and protection of individual rights and liberty. Prerequisites: 980:022; 980:127; or consent of instructor; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:135(g). Social Stratification -- 3 hrs.
Origin, development, and characteristics of social class and caste systems. Indices of class position, interaction between classes, social mobility, and theories of stratification. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:138(g). Sociology of the Mass Media and Popular Culture -- 3 hrs.
Social and economic constraints affecting production of variety of media and types of popular culture. Social use patterns and media effects on individuals and their social worlds. Special attention to portrayals of deviance. Prerequisites: 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Variable)

980:144(g). Population Studies -- 3 hrs.
Comparative study of population composition, growth, and major trends throughout the world with respect to fertility, migration, and mortality. Introduction to techniques of population analysis, theories of population change, and problems of population policies. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:145(g). Research Experience in Sociology -- 1-3 hrs.
Research participation and/or independent supervised research. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisites: 15 hours in sociology including 980:080 and 980:108; junior standing; consent of instructor. (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer)

980:148(g). Environmental Sociology -- 3 hrs.
Examination of issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation from socio-ecological perspective. Emphasis on interaction between these problems and patterns of social organization, and impacts of these problems on quality of life. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:150(g). Sociology of Conflict -- 3 hrs.
Past and current theories of human aggression, and competition; rational and nonrational conflict; and mass and individual violence. Special attention to social determinants of conflict. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:151(g). Crime and Social Inequality -- 3 hrs.
Introduction and review of major issues and concepts in the study of crime; classical and positivist; discussion of psychological and sociological theories of criminal behavior, and recent empirical research on crime, in relationship to social inequality, particularly issues of social class, and racial/ethnic relations. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:152. Crime and Community — 3 hrs.
Exploration of the connection between community characteristics and crime. Students are presented with theories that address why some neighborhoods have concentrated crime and learn about what scholars, organizers, police, and politicians can do to reduce crime. Prerequisite: 980:127. (Variable)

980:156(g). Social Movements -- 3 hrs.
Sociological and sociopsychological conceptualizations of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of modern social movements. Emphasis on reformist, utopian, nativistic, and totalitarian organizations. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:160(g). Social Data Analysis -- 3 hrs.
Intermediate methods of analysis using standing computer software program packages; descriptive and inferential statistics with controlled relationships, multivariate analysis, and scale analysis techniques. Primary orientation to survey data in social sciences. Prerequisites: 980:080 or equivalent; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:161(g). Multivariate Techniques for Social and Behavioral Research -- 3 hrs.
Principles of path analysis, model testing, and problems in path analysis and causal inference; introduction to factor analysis (exploratory and confirmatory), standard operating procedure for interpretation of factors; cluster analysis; and discriminant analysis. Prerequisites: 980:160; junior standing. (Variable)

980:162(g). Politics, Law and Culture: Cross-Cultural Perspectives -- 3 hrs.
Comparative approach to study of politics and law in socio-cultural contexts. Consideration of political and legal institutions, systems, and processes based on case studies from selected cultures. Focus on traditional cultures. Prerequisites: 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 990:162g.) (Variable)

980:164(g). Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Education -- 3 hrs.
Survey of education in selected cultures. Distinction made between process of education and schooling, and examination and comparison of these processes in pre-industrial, colonial/neocolonial and industrial societies. Prerequisites: 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 990:164g.) (Variable)

980:165(g). Survey Research Methods -- 3 hrs.
Introduction and application of methods used in survey research and public opinion polling. Emphasis on survey sampling, index and scale construction, questionnaire design, pre-testing, and report production. Prerequisites: 980:108; junior standing. (Same as 900:165g.) (Offered odd Springs)

980:167(g). Development of Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 3 hrs.
Evolutionary, biological, psychological, cognitive, social, and cultural theories of gender development. Examples from Western and non-Western societies are reviewed in order to inform and transform theory. Prerequisites: 400:008 or 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 400:167g and 990:167g.) (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer)

980:168(g). Culture, Disease, and Healing -- 3 hrs.
Cross-cultural consideration of cultural, biological, and ecological factors in disease and health; disease and evolution, folk healers, non-Western medical systems, and health care systems in the U.S. Prerequisites: 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 990:168g.) (Variable)

980:169(g). Drug Use and Abuse in Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 3 hrs.
Biocultural approach to use of alcohol, hallucinogens, marijuana, opium, and other drugs in selected societies. Topics include relationships between drug-induced states and deviant behavior, socio-cultural factors and addictive states, criminalization of drug use in U.S., and implications of cross-cultural perspective for prevention and treatment of drug abuse. Prerequisites: 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 990:169g.) (Variable)

980:170(g). The Development of Social Theories -- 3 hrs.
Summary and critical appraisal of growth of sociological thought; historical consideration of social philosophy; introduction of leading sociological thinkers and their theories of society. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:171(g). Theories of Sex and Gender -- 3 hrs.
Survey of theoretical approaches to study of sex and gender. Classical, structural, neo-Freudian, Marxist feminist, and radical approaches. Topics include work, family, religion, and sexuality. Prerequisites: 900:020 or 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Offered Spring)

980:172(g). Sociology of Religion -- 3 hrs.
Examination of social bases of religious institutions; factors in religious evolution and change; comparative analysis of religious organizations and religious behavior; functions of religion in the social structure. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Offered Fall)

980:173(g). Alienation -- 3 hrs.
Exegesis of concept of alienation as conceived by Hegel, Marx, and current sociologists; emphasis on industrialism, division of labor and its relationship to social reification, mystification, and objectification. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:175(g). Theory and Criminal Justice -- 3 hrs.
Analysis of crime and its effect upon society; examination of theoretical models undergirding prevention and control of criminal behavior; and model-building exercises on justice system. Prerequisites: 980:127; senior standing or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:176(g). Social Change -- 3 hrs.
Nature of social change and its implications for personality and society. Prerequisites: 980:058; junior standing. (Variable)

980:177. Language and Culture -- 3 hrs.
Examination of how language use shapes and expresses cultural identity. Implications of linguistic diversity of world view, gender and ethnic identity, education, and cross-cultural communication. Prerequisite: 400:008 or 980:058 or 990:011. (Same as 400:177 and 990:177.) (Offered Fall)

980:178(g). Qualitative Research Methods -- 3 hrs.
Development and application of qualitative descriptive and analytic methods used in social science research. Prerequisites: 980:058 or 990:011; junior standing. (Same as 990:178g). (Offered Fall)

980:180(g). Seminar in Sociology -- 1-3 hrs.
Selected topics; opportunity to correlate previous course work and knowledge in field of sociology. Topic indicated in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisites: 15 hours in sociology or consent of instructor; junior standing. (Variable)

980:181(g). Seminar in Criminology -- 3 hrs.
Selected topics; opportunity to focus previous course work and knowledge on a special issue in criminology. Topic indicated in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisites: 15 hours in criminology; junior standing. (Offered Fall and Spring)

980:184(g). Theory and Practice in Applied Settings -- 1-6 hrs.
Experiential learning in sociology or criminology. Requires prior consultation with instructor. Offered on credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisites: 12 hours in sociology or criminology; junior standing. (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer)

980:189(g). Readings in Sociology -- 1-3 hrs.
May be repeated only with consent of department. Prerequisites: 9 hours in sociology; junior standing; consent of department. (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer)

980:193. Internship Seminar — 1 hr.
Process seminar designed to focus upon and maximize student learning from their internship experiences and aid in their development of professional practices. May be repeated for a maximum of two hours credit. Corerequisite: 310:195 or 410:168 or 980:184. (Same as 310:193 and 410:193.) (Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer)

980:198. Independent Study
(Variable)

980:200. Contemporary Sociology Theory -- 3 hrs.
Description and analysis of main currents in contemporary sociological thought; principal sociological theorists; major themes, schools, trends, issues, and debates in theory. Prerequisite: 980:170. Open to seniors with consent of department head. (Offered Spring)

980:201. Advanced Research Methodology -- 3 hrs.
Relationship between theory and research, grand methodology; logic and philosophy of sociology; science and sociology; theory construction, formal models, explanation, prediction, and cause; value freedom, objectivity, and ideology. Prerequisite: 980:108. Open to seniors with consent of department head. (Offered Spring)

980:260. Quantitative Analysis — 3 hrs.
Familiarizes students with the process of: (1) forming research questions guided by theory; (2) quantitatively assess the validity of the research question; (3) interpret the results; and (4) present the research question and results in a research paper. The objective in doing this is to make students aware of how to do quantitative research and present it in a scholarly manner. Aimed for students in graduate school who desire to work in a research setting or with data. Can serve as a vehicle for the thesis. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall)

980:278. Qualitative Research: Data Collection and Analysis — 3 hrs.
Expands on the material covered in 980:178 and 990:178. Continues to introduce students to varied qualitative methods through lectures and activities. Requires more analysis of previous qualitative research and requires that graduate students prepare a research article based on their findings as the final paper for the class. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. (Offered Fall)

980:280. Seminar in Sociology -- 3 hrs.
Topics include: Sociological Theory, Deviant Behavior, Social Psychology, Social Stratification, Population, Sociological Research, Sociology of Religion, and others. Topic indicated in Schedule of Classes. Advanced course in specific scheduled area will be considered a prerequisite to that seminar. Enrollment in different topics is not limited, but student should not enroll in two seminars on same topic. (Variable)

980:285. Individual Readings -- 1-3 hrs.
(Variable)

980:297. Practicum.
(Variable)

980:299. Research.
(Variable)