SOCL/CRIM206: Juvenile Justice
Credits 3Studies theoretical and applied concepts of prevention; treatment and control of juvenile delinquency; and recent legislative and philosophical decisions.
Sociology
Courses
SOCL/PSYC204 : Social Psychology
Credits 3Examines the social environment and its relationship to students and their behavior. Topics include social roles, group process and aggression.
SOCL/PSYC207: Introduction to Gerontology
Credits 3Examines the physiological, psychological and social aspects of aging. Topics include cognitive and personality adaptations, sensory and other health changes, and social and community relationships.
SOCL101: Principles of Sociology
Credits 3Primary concepts, terminology and methods of investigation used in sociology. Includes analysis of social stratification, various types of groups, social class, social change, deviancy, population growth and development of human resources. Meets General Education requirement for Diversity and Social Science.
SOCL120: Sociology of Gender
Credits 3Explores the social construction of gender, traditional and post-modern gender roles, impact of changing expectations for men and women in social settings such as family, work, political arenas, women’s and men’s social activist movements and the psychosocial effects of inequality of the sexes in American and globally.
SOCL200: Contemporary Social Problems
Credits 3Examination of contemporary social problems such as the operation of bureaucracy, family disorganization, poverty, and social deviancies of drug addiction, alcoholism and suicide. Also examines minority group conflicts in a pluralistic society with implications for community action and social planning.
SOCL202: Marriage and the Family
Credits 3Nature and functions of the family from a sociology perspective. Courtship and marriage systems in the United States, the dynamics of pair interaction before and after marriage, influence of the family in individual social development and family interaction.
SOCL203: Social Inequality and Intergroup Relations
Credits 3Focus on sociological theories and concepts to describe and explain interactions between groups in our multicultural society. Exploration of social, political, and economic dynamics inherent in conditions of social inequality within a framework that incorporates concepts and consequences of race, immigration status, social class, gender, age, religion, different ability, and sexuality. Analysis of the myriad challenges faced by our society as our American culture continues to diversify through changing ideologies, immigration, and globalization.
SOCL221: Environmental Sociology: Nature, Culture, and Society
Credits 3Course explores historical, cross-cultural and contemporary beliefs and practices of people in relationship to the natural environment as well as some current debates in our own society about environmental challenges. As part of the course, students will explore the nature-society relationship in the southern shore region of New Jersey (or other ecological region) and the cultural beliefs and actions in relation to important local ecological systems - seashore, pinelands, farmlands and urban-suburban green space (or alternate regional ecological system).