This course serves as an introduction to the criminal justice system and its relationship to crime in American society. Topics such as social control, law enforcement and the public’s perception of crime, punishment, rehabilitation, criminal courts, law and political power in decision-making will be examined.
3.0 Credits

This seminar is required of all criminal justice studies majors with sophomore standing. Students will learn academic and non-academic skills needed to succeed in their profession. Ethical issues of the profession will be stressed. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course in their sophomore year. (P: Sophomore status or higher – criminal justice studies majors or permission of instructor)
1.0 Credits

Corrections in America will provide the student with both the rudimentary understanding of the history of corrections and more importantly the evolution of punishment in America. Along with these two underlying goals, the student will also be offered numerous topics regarding various correctional issues and how they directly affect the larger social fabric of society.
3.0 Credits

This course deals with the history and social issues surrounding law enforcement in American society. Some topics to be examined are the role and function of police, the nature of police organizations and police work, the stress that police officers may experience, and the patterns of police- community relations.
3.0 Credits

The social causes, control, punishment and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders in American society will be examined in this course. Theories of delinquency will be discussed and there will be an analysis of the criminal justice system in its handling of juvenile offenders. (P: Two of the following courses: CJS 101, SOC 121, or SOC 141, and one upper level SOC or CJS course numbered 261 or higher, or permission of instructor)
3.0 Credits

An overview of the history and theory of victimology in which patterns of victimization are analyzed, with emphasis on types of victims and of crimes. The aim is to identify and apply appropriate preventative measures and responses to victimization. Discussion covers the interaction between victims of crime and the system of criminal justice in terms of the role of the victim and the services that the victim is offered. (P: Two of the following courses: CJS 101, SOC 121, or SOC 141, and one upper level CJS course – CJS 221 or higher – or permission of instructor.)
3.0 Credits

This course will introduce students to the law of capital punishment: including the rules and procedures which govern who is, and is not, subject to the death penalty and the principles and measures the law invokes to distinguish death-worthy cases from cases where the sanction of death would itself by unlawful. It also examines the social and political factors that influence the death penalty, including the impact of racism, poverty and shoddy lawyering on capital punishment. (P: POSC 300 or CJS 101 or permission of the instructor).
3.0 Credits

An introduction to the field with a focus on the individual in society, this course analyzes the forms and processes of social interaction in everyday life. Topics include culture and socialization in the family, the peer group and the school; the dynamics of small groups and large organizations; deviance and social control; inequalities of race, ethnicity, age and gender; and an introduction to the methods of social research.
3.0 Credits

An introduction to the field with a focus on human societies, this course presents an overview of societal development from the hunting-gathering period to the post-industrial era. The course focuses upon institutions and the processes of urbanization, stratification, demographic growth, and social change.
3.0 Credits

A course designed for majors and non-majors providing an overview of contemporary social problems which involve individual problems, problems of inequality and global concerns. Each problem presented and discussed will be viewed from several theoretical perspectives. Sample topics: crime, delinquency, discrimination, poverty, aging.
3.0 Credits

This seminar is required of all sociology majors with sophomore standing. Students will learn academic and non-academic skills needed to succeed in their profession. Ethical issues of the profession will be stressed. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course in their sophomore year. (P: Sophomore status or higher – sociology majors or permission of instructor)
1.0 Credits

An overview of human physical and cultural evolution through the evidence of archaeological and ethnological research. The course examines the variety of ways humans have adapted, and adapt to, physical and social environments in prehistoric and contemporary settings.
3.0 Credits

An introduction to statistical methods as applied to the social and behavioral sciences. The theory and application of descriptive and inferential statistics will be addressed. Descriptive topics include data classification, frequency distributions, graphing, as well as measures of central tendency, variability and distribution shape, inferential topics include correlation, linear regression, chi square tests, t-tests and ANOVA. Confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, significance levels, type I error and type II error will be discussed. (P: MATH 125.)
3.0 Credits

The Sociology of Leadership explores the many facets of leadership - leadership as a trait, an ability, a skill, a behavior, and a relationship. Students will also be introduced to the different types of leaders as well as the different leadership styles. In addition to studying identified leaders, students will also explore their own leadership style through a number of exercises.
3.0 Credits

Considers the social dimensions of health and illness. Some topics considered are social factors and health, the sick role, utilization of health services, the variety of health care practitioners, cross-cultural comparisons of health care delivery systems, economics of health care and ethical issues in health care. (P: SOC 121 or 141 is recommended)
3.0 Credits