Overview
Description
Systematic analysis of the social factors related to conforming and deviant behavior. Focus on classical and contemporary theories of deviation.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
PSY 101SOC 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; PSY 101 OR SOC 101.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Other
Core
CO10, CO13
Related Courses
Cross Listed With SOC 464
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- integrate and synthesis knowledge gained from other Core courses, enabling them to analyze open-ended problems and complex issues in the area of social deviance and conformity.
- contrast and compare perspectives gained in this class with those from previous Core courses.
- critically analyze and demonstrate the impact of social location on the development of theoretical perspectives and suggestions for amelioration of social problems.
- analyze a range of topics in social deviance and suggest alternative theoretical approaches to both the understanding of the problem and responses to it from a range of theoretical perspectives.
- communicate the impact of race, class, gender and other inequities on the constructions of deviance.
- communicate the role of power and powerlessness in the deviance designations and impositions.
- apply their knowledge of systemic inequality in the everyday lives of people labeled deviant.