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  • SOC 2190: Deviance and Conformity
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    This course focuses on the ways in which deviance is constructed and defined. Major sociological perspectives and theories will be applied in order to understand how they aid in the formation and development of social deviance. The role of social control will also be examined in terms of how it impacts the way in which deviance is understood in society. Every third semester.
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  • SOC 2320: Diversity in American Society
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    This course includes a critical analysis of cultural and identity diversity of the North American population using the perspective of the sociological imagination. The impact on social institutions such as family, education, economic and political life in the United States, and current research on the consequences and controversies surrounding immigration, racial, ethnic, and identity groups are addressed from the perspective of major socio-cultural theories.
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  • SOC 2500: Social Statistics
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    Basic statistical techniques such as frequency distributions and graphs, the normal curve, tests of significance, correlation, simple analysis of variance, and applications to sociocultural data and their interpretation. Credit not allowed in SOC 2500 after earned hours in any other statistics course.
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  • SOC 2999R: Group Studies
    1.00 - 9.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    On demand. Prerequisites: department head approval. Department may have additional prerequisite requirements.
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  • SOC 3000: Urban Sociology
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    Analysis of how urban areas grow and are spatially organized. Examination of the cultures, social stratification systems, and modes of governance in contemporary American cities. Emphasis on urban problems. Every third semester. Prerequisite: SOC 1510 with a minimum grade of C or department head approval.
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  • SOC 3050: Race and Ethnicity
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    Character and role of racial, religious, and ethnic minorities in the U.S.; the interplay of historical and current sociocultural processes on attitudes and behavior for both dominant and minority groups; minority-related social problems and their possibilities of solution. Prerequisites: SOC 1250 or SOC 1510 with a minimum grade of C or department head approval.
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  • SOC 3070: Gender and Society
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    Analysis of how ideas about gender are socially constructed and the importance of women-centered theories on this approach; the interplay of gender and various social structures including education, religion, politics, family, health, work and sexuality. Prerequisite: SOC 1510 with a minimum grade of C or department head approval. May be registered as WSTU 3070. Credit not allowed in both SOC 3070 and WSTU 3070.
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  • SOC 3130: Modern Social Theory
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    A systematic examination of the important theoretical schools of thought. Ideas that have important implications for the modern world will be emphasized. Topics include: structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, the critical school, neo-Marxian theory, feminist theory, identity theory, queer theory, postmodern theory, and metatheory. Every spring semester. Prerequisite: SOC 3120 or department head approval.
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  • SOC 3140: Research Methods
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    The nature of the scientific method and research as applied to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of social and cultural data. An introduction to selected basic techniques in research and the preparation of research proposals. Fall semester. Prerequisites: a statistics course (SOC 2500 recommended) and SOC 1510 or ANTH 1000 or ANTH 1200 or department head approval.
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  • SOC 3210: Criminology
    3.00 Credits
    The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

    The nature of crime, criminal statistics, causal factors, theories and procedures in prevention and treatment. Every third semester. Prerequisite: SOC 1510 with a minimum grade of C or department head approval.
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