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  • SOC 1010G: Intro to Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Introduces basic sociological concepts, including theories and research methods. Explores major sociological topics, such as culture, globalization, socialization, groups, organizations, social institutions, social change, and social inequality. Challenges students to think critically about social issues on global and local scales and reflect on their life experiences from a sociological perspective.
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  • SOC 1010H: Introduction to Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Introduces basic sociological concepts, including theories and research methods. Explores major sociological topics, such as culture, globalization, socialization, groups, organizations, social institutions, social change, and social inequality. Challenges students to think critically about social issues on global and local scales and reflect on their life experiences from a sociological perspective. Fulfills honor's requirement.
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  • SOC 1020: Modern Social Problems

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Identifies modern social problems in contemporary society through empirical observation and sociological analysis. Explores the causes and impacts of these societal issues from sociological perspectives.
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  • SOC 1070G: Multicultural Societies

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Examines the benefits and challenges of diversity in the United States. Explores history and life experiences of people from various racial and ethnic groups. Provides a forum for constructive interaction among people of different racial, ethnic, social, economic, and religious backgrounds.
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  • SOC 2370: Sociology of Gender

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1005 with a C+ or higher. Examines sociological perspectives on gender roles globally. Addresses the effect of social construction of gender roles in various cultures around the world. Investigates how roles have changed over time and the consequences of these changes to broader societal norms globally and in the United States.
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  • SOC 2600: Sociology of the Family

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Analyzes marriages and family issues from a sociological perspective. Teaches different theoretical perspectives regarding family issues, diversity of marriage and family styles, factors affecting marriage and family styles, and research findings on family matters. Examines the meaning of marriage and the family, variations in American family life, gender and family, intimacy, friendship, love, communication, power, and conflict, singlehood and cohabitation, parenthood, marriage and work, intimate violence, separation and divorce, single-parent families, remarriages, and blended families.
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  • SOC 2630G: Race and Minority Relations

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher. Studies ethnic and racial minority groups and the development of formal and informal relationships shared by these groups and the majority group. Explores the roles and origins of these groups and the concepts of prejudice, ethnic inequalities, current minority group movements, cross-cultural issues, economic, political, and educational aspects of majority-minority relations.
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  • SOC 2750R: Survey of Current Topics

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010G and ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1005 with a C+ grade or higher. Presents selected topics in Sociology. Approaches subjects from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Requires a project demonstrating competency in the specific topic. May be repeated with different topics for nine credits toward graduation.
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  • SOC 2830: Sexualities and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Explores the significant sociological theories of sexuality and society. Examines how sexualities function as a social institution and social structure shaping interpersonal and group dynamics. Investigates how sexualities, sexual behaviors, and attitudes are shaped by cultural and political context. Analyzes the personal and institutional consequences of different social constructions of sexualities. Investigates how sex and sexuality are socially constructed, experienced, regulated, and contested in society.
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  • SOC 3030: Social Research Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): PSY 3110 (statistics) with a C- or higher and University Advanced Standing. Teaches how to conduct social science research. Introduces different research methods in social sciences, including experiments, surveys, field research, and unobtrusive research. Covers the following topics: steps in scientific research, the ethics of social research, research design, the logic of sampling, and strengths and limitations of each type of data collection method.
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