Credit: 0.5 credit, Spring Semester

Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of

instructor

Lab Fee: None

This course concentrates on the role of the group in society. Topics will include culture, socialization, gender issues, conformity and obedience, collective behavior and social movements, race and ethnicity, deviance and social control, and issues of social inequality. Students will apply sociological theories and principles to their own society as well as others around the world. The successful completion of one major project, either a research paper or a demonstration, will be required to pass the course.