Social Processes (SYP)

An introduction to the study of criminal behavior and crime in society, societies' reaction to crime and the criminal, and theories of causality and treatment.

Under the guidance and supervision of an instructor, one or more students develop a program of reading and possibly research.

Special Topics in the area of social processes.

This course examines access to reproductive health care and may include topics such as reproductive politics, the social construction of reproductive and sexual health, intersecting inequalities, the medicalization of reproductive processes, and the impacts of racism, colonialism, sexism, and poverty on reproduction and sexual health.

The course provides an understanding and analysis of the concepts, theories, and the actions/actors that inform the international development process. While the focus is sociological, it draws on other disciplines, in a holistic analysis of international development.

Presentations of sociological phenomena are explored through the use of film, including discussions of implicit and explicit messaging and potential effects of film on various aspects of social behavior.

A sociological analysis of leisure in historical context, its connection to social class, the conceptual distinction between leisure and work, and the relationship of leisure to gender, race, politics, age, culture and health.