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An overview of the courses and consequences of urbanization in the United States, Western Europe and developing countries, integrating economic, geographical, political and sociological perspectives.

This course challenges students to re-examine their values about the diversity of marriages and families in America. The class consists of an overview of the processes of family formation, maintenance and dissolution.

The course relies on a variety of sociological perspectives to examine the role of popular culture in contemporary society, with a particular emphasis on mass media and its role as an agent of socialization. Students learn how to be critical consumers of media images.

An exploration of sex and the interactions among and between people and institutions that form the boundaries through which sexualities are understood in the United States.

This class examines how people and the social forces that impinge on them affect one another's thoughts, feelings and behavior. The class consists of an overview of major theories and research streams in micro-level sociological analysis, and explorations of various sub-fields in this area of sociology.

Demonstrates to students why social scientific research is a legitimate and profound way of knowing; helps students to understand how researchers move from concept to variable to measurement, and how data are collected, entered into the computer and analyzed.