The diverse social and cultural manifestations of gender located within an economic, social, and political context. Case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Course will not be offered on a regular basis.

The organization of work and occupational processes, such as the emergence of temporary and contract work, the decline of manufacturing jobs and the rise of the service sector, and the impact of technology on the structure of work and the experiences of workers.

Course will not be offered on a regular basis.

Special topics in deviance and responses to deviance, with an emphasis on theoretical perspectives.

Course will not be offered on a regular basis. 

The status, roles, and demographic aspects of the aging population and its relationship with social institutions.
Course will not be offered on a regular basis.

Special topics in social psychology for advanced undergraduates.

Course will not be offered on a regular basis. 

The nature of law, and the ways the legal system reflects its broader social context.

Every Year - Scheduling unknown.

Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.

Research conducted under the direction of a faculty member; includes a review of the literature, data collection and analysis, and interpretation of research findings.

Non-traditional format: Weekly meetings arranged between instructor and student.

Every Year - Fall Spring Summer. 

Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.

Research conducted under the direction of a faculty member, including a review of the literature, data collection and analysis, and interpretation of research findings.

Non-traditional format: Weekly meetings arranged between instructor and student.

Every Year - Fall Spring Summer. 

Individual research in the major or a closely related field.

Non-traditional format: Students will meet with faculty members on a regular basis.

Every Year - Fall Spring Summer.

Case studies of art, music, literature, rituals and ceremony, food, dress, and other cultural objects. Topics include the dimensions of cultural objects; structuralist, postmodern, functionalist and semiotic perspectives; and basic issues such as consensus and diversity, ideology, collective memory and tradition, religion, social solidarity, conflict, and change.