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SOC 060-The Games Seniors Play, 99 credits
Communication styles will be explored and students will learn more ways to relate to others. Students will learn how to enjoy themselves by avoiding psychological games that are negative in nature and not fun. The course is intended for senior students.
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SOC 085-Cultural Diversity, 5 credits
Examination of the social, historical, economic, and cultural factors that influence society's treatment of members of various racial and ethnic groups. It acquaints the student with an understanding of how social structures are organized in terms of minority-majority relations, for the advantage of some at the expense of others.
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SOC 101-Introduction to Sociology, 5 credits
Introduces the basic principles of social relationships, collective behavior, and human interaction. These principles are applied to the study of culture; race, gender, and class inequality; deviance; law; social institutions; and social change.
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SOC 107-Human Services Field Experience I, 1-3 credits
Provides a supervised experience in a social agency, school, health care facility, youth group, etc. in the local community. This course is part of WWCC's Human Services program. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SOC& 101 or PSYC& 100. Requires 30 hours per credit.
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SOC 108-Human Services Field Experience II, 1-3 credits
Provides a supervised experience in a social agency, school, health care facility, youth group, etc. in the local community. This course is part of WWCC's Human Services program. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SOC& 101 or PSYC& 100. Requires 30 hours per credit.
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SOC 109-Human Services Field Experience III, 1-3 credits
Provides a supervised experience in a social agency, school, health care facility, youth group, etc. in the local community. This course is part of WWCC's Human Services program. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SOC& 101 or PSYC& 100 Requires 30 hours per credit.
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SOC 110-Human Services Field Experience IV, 1-3 credits
Provides a supervised experience in a social agency, school, health care facility, youth group, etc. in the local community. This course is part of WWCC's Human Services program. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SOC 101& or PSYC& 100. Requires 30 hours per credit.
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SOC 150-Introduction to Social Work, 5 credits
Designed to help students understand the role of the social worker in today's society. Topics include quest presentations by community professionals, field trips, and volunteer experiences. Cultural, ethnic, and other diversity issues in the field of social work will be explored, as well as student perceptions and biases identified.
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SOC 160-Introduction to Human Geography, 5 credits
Analyzes human populations, cultures, activities and connections within the physical landscapes they live on are discussed. The study of the spatial variations among the human cultures and patterns of interaction between humans and the environment are introduced. Student may not earn credit for both SOC 160 and GEOG 160.
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SOC 201-Introduction to Social Problems, 5 credits
Examines a variety of global social problems (conditions or phenomena that adversely affect significant segments of the population) using sociological approaches to understand their complex dynamics. Interprets the effects of rapid globalization, with particular emphasis on impact on the United States. From a global perspective, this course examines war, over population, environmental degradation, poverty and wealth, unequal health care, race and gender inequality, and crime. In addition to examining problems, students explore possible solutions.
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SOC 204-Drugs and Society, 5 credits
Introduction to the many and varied drugs, and their related sociocultural history of use and abuse. The physiological and psychological study of symptoms and disease concepts. A review of chemical dependency and the nature of social control as expressed through treatment, rehabilitation, education, family structure, community, and other social responses. Recommended: READ 098.
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SOC 205-Racial and Ethnic Relations, 5 credits
Focuses on intergroup race and ethnic relations with a social-historical emphasis. Students explore how race and ethnic identities are developed; theoretical perspectives on assimilation and pluralism; prejudice and discrimination; the creation of subordinate groups; and historical and contemporary issues. Problems and possible solutions of majority-minority relations are examined.
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SOC 206-Social Gerontology and the Aging Revolution, 5 credits
Looks at the effects of the aging population of society, life/health insurance, retirement planning, and resources for the elderly, discussing the individual and group behaviors with respect to health and illness. Examination of medical professionals and their behaviors, with a look at the human behavioral responses to health, illness and the aging process. The distinction between culture and the process of death, dying and bereavement will be analyzed as it relates to the physical, mental and social changes in people as they age. Emphasis on the aging process itself. The institutional impact of the aging revolution.
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SOC 208-Sociology of Intimate and Family Relations, 5 credits
Provides a sociological understanding of the processes involved in family relations, household life and structures, and family problems. Emphasizes historical formations, social influences, and the diversity of families in the United States. Explores myths about family forms and features; the role of gender; divisions of labor within household; historical shifts; family privacy and government interventions; stereotypes; and the effect of social, economic, and political forces on the family. Also addresses the broader issues in the sociology of intimate relations beyond conventional marriages and families.
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SOC 209-Introduction to Neighborhood Development, 3 credits
Expose students to fundamentals of grassroots neighborhood organization work. Course will feature a weekly theme discussion with accompanying fieldwork.
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SOC 210-Contemporary Social Issues, 5 credits
Course for curious students who like to delve deeply into hot-topic current issues. The quarterly theme is determined in advance based on the results of recent student polling. Using valid sources and digital resources students explore sociological approaches to understanding diverse perspectives regarding key current issues. Examples of prospective hot topics include immigration policies, sustainability, corporate crime, prison industry, healthcare reform, war, social impact of climate change, globalization, social consequences of demographic changes (e.g. aging population), social movements, or other emerging and current social issues. Typically only one current issue, or perhaps two related ones, is closely examined each quarter. Contact the instructor for specific quarterly theme.
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SOC 212-Family Communication, 5 credits
Provides a framework for analyzing the family as a communication system. It examines the ways in which members of family systems interact to develop, sustain, and manage their relationships.
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SOC 215-Diversity Viewpoints, 5 credits
Interdisciplinary course that focuses on social behavior, cross-cultural communication, and cultural competence in community and society.
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SOC 220-Gender and Society, 5 credits
Gender is a central feature of social life. Enhances students' recognition of the pervasiveness and complexities of a sex and gender "system," predominately focusing on our own society. Gender is explored on three levels to include as a system of social relationships in which gender interacts with, and influences, institutional structures; as what people "do" in social interactions; and as an attribute by individuals for self identification. Student may not earn credit for both SOC 220 and WST 220.
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SOC 226-Community Leadership, 6 credits
The Sherwood Trust Community Leadership Program was established by the Ford Institute for Community in 2000, and is funded by the Ford Family Foundation. This structured 60-hour curriculum is offered to citizens in small town, such as Walla Walla. The objective is to cultivate community leadership skills with individuals from diverse backgrounds, from different economic and social sectors, and of diverse ages. An outcome of this program is for the class to identify a specific community project to be complete by the following winter quarter. This course is available to current participants in the Sherwood Trust Community Leadership Program.
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SOC 227-Community Leadership Service Project, 1 credit
The Sherwood Trust Community Leadership Program was established by the Ford Institute for Community in 2000, and is funded by the Ford Family Foundation. This 30-hours of community service learning component is the outgrowth of SOC 226. The objective is to cultivate community leadership skills with individuals from diverse backgrounds, from different economic and social sectors, and of diverse ages. An outcome of this program is for the class to identify a specific community project to be complete by the following winter quarter. This course is available to current participants in the Sherwood Trust Community Leadership Program.
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SOC 230-Medical Sociology, 5 credits
Medical Sociology will look at the relationship and interaction between the biological and social factors of health and illness. A concentration will be given to assessing health maintenance, correlations within the health care systems, individual well-being, real-perceived illnesses, and the notion of our medicalized body. Review how social stress, health behaviors, the environment, and the distribution of illnesses in the United States have impacted our health and health care system. A medical sociology concentration is helpful for students interested in nursing, health care administration, medical technology, social work, pre-medicine or pharmacy. Recommended: READ 098.
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SOC 250-Honors Seminar: The Globalization of Nothing, 2 credits
This honors seminar explores George Ritzers provocative discussion of important changes and paradoxes in contemporary social production and consumption, and its impact on the developed, as well as developing world. This seminar builds on Ritzer's highly acclaimed books, "The McDonaldization of Society" and "Enchanting a Disenchanted World", by exploring in-depth, Ritzer's latest book "The Globalization of Nothing."
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