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  • SOC 3110: Statistics for Social Sciences

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MAT 1010 or higher and University Advanced Standing. Introduces both descriptive and inferential statistics in social science research. Explores fundamental techniques to analyze quantitative data. Conducts statistical analysis by using statistical software. Teaches interpretations and writing of statistical reports.
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  • SOC 3400: Sociology of Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Examines religion from a sociological perspective. Analyzes religion as a social phenomenon. Discusses religious organizations, religion and politics, and religion and social class.
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  • SOC 3430: Sociology of Education

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Examines education systems in the U.S. and across the glove from sociological perspectives. Investigates educational trends and issues such as private vs. public systems, dropout rates, desegregation, student achievement/failure, and education policies. Discusses how the distribution of educational resources are affected by some social factors such as race, class, and gender. Examines the 'Hidden Curriculum' and education reform.
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  • SOC 3460: Political Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Explores the distribution of political power at national and international levels from various theoretical perspectives. Examines the power wielded by international media conglomerates and the influence of international institutions. Analyzes the relationship between the state and society in terms of social, cultural, economic, and political factors.
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  • SOC 3501: Social Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010G and University Advanced Standing. Examines individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social contexts. Analyzes human behaviors from a sociological perspective. Includes the history of sociological social psychology, perspectives and research methods in sociological social psychology, the social psychology of stratification, self and identity, socialization over the life course, social psychology of deviance, mental health and illness, social attitudes, sociology of emotions and relationships, and collective behavior.
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  • SOC 3510: Sociology of Work and Occupations

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a minimum C+ grade, SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Examines work and occupations in historical and contemporary contexts. Examines current employment patterns and trends, the nature of labor markets and jobs, the gendered arrangements of paid and unpaid work, the organization and management of work. Explores transformations in occupational settings resulting from changes in economy and labor market. Focuses on the macro level (the effects of advancements in technology, bureaucratization and unionization on the division of labor), the micro-level (job satisfaction and alienation), and on the interface between macro and micro levels (job prestige, rewards, effects of ethnicity, age, and other characteristics).
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  • SOC 3520: Environmental Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010G and ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher and University Advanced Standing. Explores in detail several different approaches to understanding the social causes of and solutions to environmental degradation. Discusses the development of a wide variety of theory-based critiques of various social institutions (e.g., economic, political, religious) and how these institutions' values can create and perpetuate unsustainable practices.
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  • SOC 3560: Sociology of Deviance

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher, SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Examines the strengths and weaknesses of several different definitions of deviance. Explains deviant behavior from a variety of theoretical perspectives and summarizes the existing data on several different forms of deviance, i.e., individual violations of social mores, street level crime, corporate crime, and crimes committed by nation states.
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  • SOC 3690: Internet Technology and Society

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1005), SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Traces the history of new media through a sociological approach. Utilizes sociological theories of new media and technological change, (internet, automation, digital turn, etc.) and their impact on identities and institutions. Refers to sociological theories to explain the pervasive presence of new media in society as well as our use of them.
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  • SOC 3700: Social Inequality

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 with a C+ or higher), SOC 1010G, and University Advanced Standing. Examines social stratification from a sociological perspective. Discusses social structure within American society. Analyzes how various resources are distributed unevenly based on gender, race, and social class.
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