SOCI 103 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Introduction to the wide variety of human societies and cultures. The basic building blocks of human societies, illustrated by examining western and non-western cultures. Economic structure, society and ecology, kinship and social organization, religion and cosmology, political organization, social inequality and stratification, gender roles, colonialism and exposure to advanced technological societies, and cultural autonomy and cultural survival.

SOCI 117X Law and Society (Political Science 117)

SOCI 162X Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences (Statistics 162)

SOCI 200X Community Organizing (Public Policy and Community Service 200)

SOCI 203X Appalachian Politics (Political Science 203)

SOCI 221 Cultures and Peoples
Characteristic cultural features, social organizations, and special problems associated with populations in different areas of the world. Varying focus from year to year, including East Asia, Native Americans, and African Americans.

SOCI 226 Marriage and Family
Comparative, historical, and contemporary analysis of European and American families. The interplay of economic, social, demographic, and legal forces on family formation, child-rearing, marriage, divorce, separation, fertility, patriarchy, and social definitions of gender in Europe from the Middle Ages to the end of the nineteenth century and in the United States from 1900.

SOCI 229 Social Demography
The study of population, its dynamics and composition, over time and across regions and nations. The role of the economy, disease, war, the state, and social variables such as ethnicity and income in shaping fertility, mortality, marriage, migration, and family formation. Effects of these demographic factors on economic, social, political, and military policy.

SOCI 240 Economy, State, and the Working Class
Interrelationships among economy and growth, the character of the state, and social classes since 1750. Industrialization, democracy, and the working class in England 1750-1850; state-directed industrial development, politics, and the working class in Prussia, 1850-1930; the working class and the Russian Revolution; and the American working class since 1900.

SOCI 241X Sources of Asian Tradition (Asian Studies 241)

SOCI 250X Politics and Public Policy (Public Policy and Community Service 250)

SOCI 260 Studies in Culture
Selected human societies, ancient and/or modern, in a specific region of the world. Variation from year to year in region, societies, and issues.

SOCI 270 Race and Ethnicity
The study of race and ethnicity in defining peoples and cultures; in delineating boundaries of social interaction and discourse; in establishing enduring patterns of interpersonal and institutional discrimination, prejudice, and persecution; and in creating sectional and national conflict. The history of race and ethnicity in the United States and elsewhere, as well as current research on the biological and social bases of race and ethnicity.

SOCI 300X Race, Class Gender, and Sexuality (Public Policy and Community Service 300)

SOCI 306X Practicum in Biblical Archaeology (Religion 306)

SOCI 320 State, Economy, and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Comparative study of the major economic, social, cultural, and political changes in late medieval and early modern Europe. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, the rise of absolutism, geopolitical realignments in the military balance of power, class formation, and the role of ideology and other cultural expressions in these changes.

SOCI 325 State, Economy, and Society in Early Modern and Modern Europe
Comparative historical analysis of political change as seen from a European perspective. State formation; the routes to German, Italian, and Spanish fascism, to Russian communism, and to French and British democracy; and social movements, social rebellion, and social revolutions in Europe from 1650 to World War II.

SOCI 330X Myth and Ritual, Fantasy and Folktale (Religion 330)

SOCI 334 Social Theory
Major schools of social science thought, with primary emphasis on sociology and anthropology. Ideas of significant theorists considered with reference to their lives and sociohistorical contexts. Prerequisites: 101 and junior status.

SOCI 335 Methods of Social Research
Approaches to organizing, analyzing, and interpreting social science data. Prerequisites: 101 and Statistics 161, 162, or 163.

SOCI 340 State and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Japan
Economic, political, social, and cultural change in Japan from the Kamakura Period (1185) to the Meiji Restoration (1868). Description and explanation of the fluctuating fortunes and constitution of successive military governments (bakufu), the changing social, economic, and political relations among the warrior class (bushi), the peasantry, the bakufu, merchants, and the imperial (kuge) aristocracy, and the transformations of world-views and cultural understandings of class. Comparisons to the medieval and early modern experiences of Europe.

SOCI 345 The Making of Modern Japan
Exploration of the “Japanese route” to the modern world from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Study of the interplay among economic, political, social, cultural, and geopolitical forces that led to the “making” of contemporary Japan.

SOCI 411X Research in Social Psychology (Psychology 411)

SOCI 445X Foundations of Education (Education 445)

SOCI 450 Seminar
Selected issues and problems; research implications of the work of representative researchers. Prerequisites: junior status and departmental permission.

SOCI 455 Seminar in Applied Social Research
Uses of sociology and anthropology in non-academic settings. Place of theory and methods in evaluation and problem solving. Normally taken in conjunction with an internship experience. Prerequisites: 334 and 335.

SOCI 460 Independent Study
Advanced study in a selected area of sociology or anthropology, under the supervision of a faculty member. Preparation of papers and reports. Prerequisites: junior status and departmental permission. One to four semester hours.

SOCI 470 and 471 Internship I and II
Applied research experience jointly supervised by the department and a professional in the field. Minimum 120 hours field work per unit of credit, plus on-campus assignments. Prerequisites: junior status; departmental permission; completion of 334 and 335. Pass-Fail only.

SOCI 490 Honors Thesis
Prerequisites: senior status, GPA of 3.5 in the major and 3.3 overall, and departmental permission. Three to six semester hours.