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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Digastric [Nerve] Trigeminal nerve and Facial nerve [Function] hyoid and mandible movement [Group]
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Head and neck anatomy
Group
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Stylohyoid [Nerve] Facial nerve [Function] elevates hyoid [Group]
oral cavity floor
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Head and neck anatomy
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Mylohyoid [Nerve] Trigeminal nerve, [Function] hyoid and mandible movement [Group]
oral cavity floor
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Head and neck anatomy
Group
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Geniohyoid [Nerve] Cervical nerve C-1 [Function] hyoid, tongue, and mandible movement [Group]
oral cavity floor
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Head and neck anatomy
Group
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Sternocleidomastoid [Nerve] Accessory nerve [Function] nodding and turning [Group]
move head
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Head and neck anatomy
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Semispinalis [Nerve] dorsal rami of cervical nerves [Function] extends head, supports turning [Group]
move head
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Head and neck anatomy
Group
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Splenius capitis [Nerve] dorsal rami of middle and lower cervical nerves [Function] extend head, supports turning [Group]
move head
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Head and neck anatomy
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719537bd_Head_and_neck_anatomy__Group
[Name] Longissimus capitus [Nerve] dorsal rami of middle and lower cervical nerves [Function] extends head, supports turning [Group]
move head
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Head and neck anatomy
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6729ed0b_CPANTS___PDL_Audio__metric
[remedy] This distribution does not declare the minimum perl version in META.yml. If you are using Build.PL define the {requires}{perl} = VERSION field. If you are using MakeMaker (Makefile.PL) you should upgrade ExtUtils::MakeMaker to 6.48 and use MIN_PERL_VERSION parameter. Perl::MinimumVersion can help you determine which version of Perl your module needs. [metric]
meta yml declares perl version
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CPANTS - PDL-Audio
metric
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/PDL-Audio
6/1438042981576.7_20150728002301-00182-ip-10-236-191-2_57052834_1.json
6729ed0b_CPANTS___PDL_Audio__metric
[remedy] There is more than one .pm file in the base dir, or the .pm files are not in lib/ directory. Move your *.pm files in a directory named 'lib'. The directory structure should look like 'lib/Your/Module.pm' for a module named 'Your::Module'. If you need to provide additional files, e.g. for testing, that should not be considered for Kwalitee, then you should look at the 'provides' map in META.yml to limit the files scanned; or use the 'no_index' map to exclude parts of the distribution. [metric]
proper libs
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CPANTS - PDL-Audio
metric
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/PDL-Audio
6/1438042981576.7_20150728002301-00182-ip-10-236-191-2_57052834_1.json
6729ed0b_CPANTS___PDL_Audio__metric
[remedy] This distribution does not have a license defined in META.yml. Define the license if you are using in Build.PL. If you are using MakeMaker (Makefile.PL) you should upgrade to ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.31. [metric]
meta yml has license
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CPANTS - PDL-Audio
metric
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/PDL-Audio
6/1438042981576.7_20150728002301-00182-ip-10-236-191-2_57052834_1.json
6729ed0b_CPANTS___PDL_Audio__metric
[remedy] Does not have license information in any of its source files, or the information is not recognized by Software::License Add =head1 LICENSE and/or the proper text of the well-known license to the main module in your code. [metric]
has known license in source file
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CPANTS - PDL-Audio
metric
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/PDL-Audio
6/1438042981576.7_20150728002301-00182-ip-10-236-191-2_57052834_1.json
6729ed0b_CPANTS___PDL_Audio__metric
[remedy] This distribution does not 'use warnings;' (or its equivalents) in all of its modules. Note that this is not about that your modules actually warn when something bad happens. It's bad if nobody can tell if a module warns or not, without reading the source code of your favorite module that actually enforces warnings. In other words, it's bad if someone feels the need to add 'use warnings' to your modules. Add 'use warnings' (or its equivalents) to all modules (this will require perl > 5.6), or convince us that your favorite module is well-known enough and people can easily see the modules warn when something bad happens. [metric]
use warnings
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CPANTS - PDL-Audio
metric
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/PDL-Audio
6/1438042981576.7_20150728002301-00182-ip-10-236-191-2_57052834_1.json
6729ed0b_CPANTS___PDL_Audio__metric
[remedy] This distribution is not required by another distribution by another author. Convince / force / bribe another CPAN author to use this distribution. [metric]
is prereq
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CPANTS - PDL-Audio
metric
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/PDL-Audio
6/1438042981576.7_20150728002301-00182-ip-10-236-191-2_57052834_1.json
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[Comment] Name of file, no path. Must be unique within topic [Key]
name
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[Comment] Same as RCS revision [Key]
version
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7f212b17___TWikiMetaData___TWiki___DENX__Key
[Comment] Full path file was loaded from [Key]
path
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size
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(r1.14) TWikiMetaData < TWiki < DENX
Key
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[Comment] integer, unx time, seconds since start 1970 [Key]
date
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[Comment] the REMOTE_USER, not WikiName [Key]
user
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(r1.14) TWikiMetaData < TWiki < DENX
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7f212b17___TWikiMetaData___TWiki___DENX__Key
[Comment] As supplied when file uploaded [Key]
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC001 [New number] SOCY1001 [Description] This course conveys a sense of the history of sociology and introduces students to the most essential concepts, ideas, theories, and methods of the discipline. Special topics may include interaction in everyday life, sociology of the family, gender roles, race and ethnic relations, and the sociology of work, among others. We will deal with fundamental questions about what it means to be a human being living in a society at a given moment in history. SOCY1001.01 is reserved for majors and minors. Note that Introductory Sociology is taught by different instructors; check each instructor’s syllabus for a more exact description. [Title]
Introductory Sociology
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC081 [New number] SOCY1002 [Description] This course is designed to present the fundamentals of sociology to an audience of future healthcare professionals. Attention is given both to micro-level (interpersonal) and macro-level (organizational) behavior. One of the major goals of the course is to enable students to ground themselves and their families sociologically, by examining their own community and social class origins. It will highlight issues of interest to healthcare professionals, along with sociological concepts that appear on the MCAT exam. [Title]
Intro to Sociology for Healthcare Professions
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC003 [New number] SOCY1003 [Description] This course introduces students to the main themes, methods, and intellectual traditions of cultural anthropology. We will explore concepts of culture, human origins, food procurement, marriage and the family, gender, political organization, social stratification, and globalization. [Title]
Introductory Anthropology
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC005 [New number] SOCY1005 [Description] Sociology points us beyond scientific issues to the social roots of contemporary ecological problems, as well as to the justice questions this circumstance entails. This course provides the foundation for an informed, critical approach to contemporary environmental issues in society. We cover the distinctive dimensions of modern ecological challenges, the role of economic systems, the history of the U.S. environmental movement, environmental justice, the role of culture and religion in shaping a society's environmental ethic, environmental issues abroad and in the global context, and the relationship between democracy and ecology. Throughout students learn a cross-section of sociological modes of analysis. [Title]
Planet in Peril: Environmental Issues & Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
6/1438042987135.9_20150728002307-00066-ip-10-236-191-2_323244987_0.json
820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC020 [New number] SOCY1020 [Description] In this class we will identify and move beyond stereotypes about the poor to look at contemporary lives of those who live at, below, and slightly above the poverty line. We will build understanding of the complexities of low-income lives, the realities of living with minimal resources and the experience of families as they draw on governmental, non-profit and other social supports to supplement those of their needs that cannot be met through their own income. Throughout this class we will consider variations in experience as marked by race, ethnicity, gender, ability, parenting status, and immigration and language issues. [Title]
Poverty in America
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC021 [New number] SOCY1021 [Description] Consumer culture has become a central focus of US, and global society. After a debt-driven consumption boom, economic collapse has caused consumers to pull back on spending. In this course we look at the history, present and future of consumer culture, addressing questions such as: why and how did consumer culture emerge? How does it reflect and reproduce social inequalities of race, class and gender? What is the role of advertising and marketing? How is consumption affecting climate change, bio-diversity and ecological systems? Readings include Veblen, Bourdieu, Holt, Friedan, McKibben, and Frank. [Title]
The Question of Consumer Society: Shop 'Til You Drop
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC024 [New number] SOCY1024 [Description] This course explores the formation, experience, and change of women's and men's social lives in history. Topics include (1) gendered differences in the organization of power, kinship, economic well-being, race, national identity, and ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and culture; (2) socialization into masculine and feminine social roles; (3) the impact of global economic and technological change on social constructions of gender; (4) gender, popular culture, and the mass media; (5) gender equality and social justice. [Title]
Gender and Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC025 [New number] SOCY1025 [Description] The twenty-first century opened with combined crises of climate, bio-diversity, and eco-system collapse. While it is not often recognized, human disruption of eco-systems is an old story, and environmental historians have identified major human impacts over the last 500 years. This course combines contemporary analyses of how humans are altering the planet with the historical record and explores both the familiar and the novel in the realm of ecological challenges. Topics include climate change, de-forestation, water shortages, the spread of disease, limits to growth, the global consumer culture, food systems, and culture and values. [Title]
People and Nature: The History and Future of Human Impacts on the Planet
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC026 [New number] SOCY1026 [Description] This is a discussion group that is taken along with SOCY1021: Consumer Society/Shop 'Til You Drop. [Title]
Consumer Society Discussion Group
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC124 [New number] SOCY1027 [Description] Climate crisis and ecological overshoot have become humanity's most pressing challenges. Despite the contemporary nature of these problems, human disruption of the natural environment is not new. Environmental historians have identified major human alterations in ecosystems over the last 500 years. This course combines historical and contemporary perspectives to explore both the familiar and the novel as we study forests, climate, agriculture, water, and toxic pollution. We devote substantial attention to solutions and what will be necessary to achieve a sustainable future. [Title]
Eco-Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC029 [New number] SOCY1029 [Description] Discussion group for SOCY1025 People and Nature [Title]
People and Nature Discussion Group
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC030 [New number] SOCY1030 [Description] This course explores the social construction of boundaries between the "normal" and the so-called "deviant." It examines the struggle between powerful forms of social control and what these exclude, silence, or marginalize. Of particular concern is the relationship between dominant forms of religious, legal, and medical social control and gendered, racialized and global economic structures of power. The course provides an in-depth historical analysis of theoretical perspectives used to explain, study and control deviance, as well as ethical-political inquiry into such matters as religious excess, crime, madness, corporate and governmental wrong-doing, and sexual subcultures that resist dominant social norms. [Title]
Deviance and Social Control
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC031 [New number] SOCY1031 [Description] Where do contemporary environmental problems come from? Why is it so hard to resolve serious global environmental issues? Are environmental problems really social problems? This course will compel students to explore these questions, to devise answers to them, and to learn how to understand environmental problems with sociological analytical tools and methods. Students will explore the historical origins of the contemporary world, revisit the social and environmental changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the World Wars, and the liberalization of capitalism, and, through first-hand research, ponder how globalization might be the start of a new environmental transformation for society. [Title]
Society and Environmental Transformations
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC036 [New number] SOCY1036 [Description] The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociology while exploring Latin American societies. The course will start with a general presentation of both sociology and Latin America. We will discuss what sociology is, and the different ways of studying societies. We will take some time to study the birth of modern Latin American nations. Relying on this historical background, we will explore Latin American societies through sociological concepts such as race, gender, social violence, religion, sports, and culture. Finally, we will pay attention to US-LA relations and the fact of Latino people living in the United States. [Title]
Introduction to Latin American Societies
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC038 [New number] SOCY1038 [Description] Viewing race, class, gender, sexuality, and other identities as inseparable from discussions of inequality and power, this course will begin by discussing the social construction of these categories and how they are connected. We will then look at how these social identities shape and are also shaped by four general subject areas: (1) wealth and poverty, (2) education, (3) family, and (4) crime, law, and social policy. Although this course is separated into subject areas, we shall see that these areas greatly overlap and are mutually influenced by one other. [Title]
Race, Class, and Gender
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC039 [New number] SOCY1039 [Description] The aim of this course is to provide a broad overview of how Africa has impacted the world and how the world has impacted upon Africa. The course is divided into six basic topic of "units". Each unit deals with a major area of debate in the field of African studies. [Title]
African World Perspectives
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC040 [New number] SOCY1040 [Description] This course introduces a variety of sociological theories and themes through examining the processes of globalization, social change, and the formation of the modern world. Topics covered include colonialism and the rise of the West, economic development, global inequality, race and gender, and social movements. Although we will examine a variety of national experiences, the course focuses particularly on the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. [Title]
Global Sociology
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
6/1438042987135.9_20150728002307-00066-ip-10-236-191-2_323244987_0.json
820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC042 [New number] SOCY1042 [Description] Discussion group for SOCY1042, Global Sociology [Title]
Global Sociology Discussion Group
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC043 [New number] SOCY1043 [Description] In 1896, distinguished scholar W.E.B. DuBois became convinced that the experience of Africans in the Americas was so distinctive that it was imperative to study Black people in order to understand power dynamics at all levels of society. This course will study those power dynamics. While paying particular attention to the many ways that racial power dynamics have impacted all people of African descent in the United States, this course does not assume a uniform Black experience. We shall see that gender, class, and sexuality greatly shape the differing experiences of African-Americans. [Title]
Introduction to African-American Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC045 [New number] SOCY1045 [Description] A survey of the African continent and the Diaspora that would include geography, history, politics, economics and literature. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to specific historical, cultural, social and political topics related to Africa and the African Diaspora. Because the scope of the course is so vast, we will explore important issues and themes to give students a desire to further pursue more specific classes in African and African Diaspora Studies. Boston College faculty members will be invited to lecture in their area of expertise specific to Africa and the Diaspora throughout the semester. [Title]
Introduction to African Diaspora Studies
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC046 [New number] SOCY1046 [Description] In an accelerated global culture driven forward by dramatic developments in technology, no aspect of culture and society is left undisturbed. Electronic voting, digital communication technologies, and work-related technologies all raise new questions of ethics, privacy and social responsibility, and impact how individuals prepare for employment, structure their daily lives, and think about the future. This course is designed to enable students to focus on the experiential aspects of where technologies intersect with their lives. Through readings, projects and class discussion, we explore social, cultural, and political issues as they pertain to technological transformations. [Title]
Technology and Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC049 [New number] SOCY1049 [Description] This course is an exploration of different sociological approaches to the study of social problems and social trends in contemporary society. It examines the linkages between social structures/institutions, culture and human experience. The course emphasizes theoretical research issues, especially how, and to what degree, the understanding of social problems are a direct result of the processes used to define social problems as well as the research methods and procedures used to investigate them. Students will learn to critique popular discourses from a critical sociological perspective and will be encouraged to form their own opinions and critiques. [Title]
Social Problems
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC058 [New number] SOCY1058 [Description] In recent years, U.S. public policy has focused on strengthening the nuclear family as a primary strategy for reducing poverty and improving the lives of America's youth. It is often assumed that this type of family is healthy, financially independent, heterosexual, violence-free, normative, and grounded in historical tradition. This course examines these assumptions sociologically while considering systemic variations in race/ethnicity, class, gender, ability, and sexual orientation within and among American families. [Title]
Sociology of the Family
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC059 [New number] SOCY1059 [Description] How does religion relate to social change? This course analyzes the role of religious organizations, movements, and ideals in social reforms, movements, and revolutions. We begin broadly by contrasting classic and recent sociological theories of religion, and then examine the social roots of prophetic religion, the globalization of religious concern, and the modern context of secularism. With this background we examine the religious dimensions of recent social change regarding homosexuality, immigration, and economic inequality. We also consider how social change shapes contemporary religion, especially the growth of new spiritual practices and the reform of religious boundaries. [Title]
Religion, Faith, and Social Change
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC067 [New number] SOCY1067 [Description] This course will examine the relationship between education and society through the lens of sociology. Students will develop competency around sociological theories and methods that will allow them to deconstruct some of the perennial questions in education, such as: What is the function of schooling in modern society? Can education be relied upon to facilitate social mobility, or does it create social reproduction? How have changing definitions of childhood and family coexisted alongside education in U.S. society? Should everyone go to college? How will digital media and technological change influence institutional change in education? [Title]
Sociology of Education
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC072 [New number] SOCY1072 [Description] This course examines class inequity in American society. It not only describes how the rich, the poor, and the middle classes live, but also how they relate to one another. Topics include the strategies used by the rich for maintaining the status quo, the hopes cherished by the middle class for improving their position, and the obstacles that keep the poor in their place. Students can choose between readings that emphasize the dynamics of inequality as they are enacted by men or women, and by people of color or Caucasians. [Title]
Inequality in America
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC073 [New number] SOCY1073 [Description] An introduction to the Political Economy this course will introduce students to theories, concepts and tools for studying relations between states and markets that affects the structure of power relationships. Taking a global approach we will examine the different forms of state repression, the consequences of a neoliberal and decentralized global market, and its affects on individual people/workers. This course is motivated by three inter-related questions: (1) What is the appropriate role of the government in the economy? (2) How should states govern its citizens? (3) What is the role of individuals who make up civil society? [Title]
States, Markets, and Bodies
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC076 [New number] SOCY1076 [Description] This course is dedicated to investigating popular culture and its role in American society and abroad. We'll be looking at a variety of sociological perspectives to examine the role of media and popular culture in everyday life, with a particular emphasis on mass media, the relationship between cultural consumption and social status, and the social significance of leisure activities from sports to shopping. We will explore definitions of "popular culture," as well as those who create it and consume it. We'll look at gender, race and ethnicity as they are expressed in mainstream popular culture and subculture. [Title]
Sociology of Popular Culture
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC078 [New number] SOCY1078 [Description] The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This course will consider this whole-person definition across the human life course using a range of sociological principles and perspectives. Major topics will include the structure of health care systems in the United States and globally, doctor-patient interaction, social and cultural influences on health and disease, and social disparities in the distribution of health and quality health care. [Title]
Sociology of Health and Illness
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC084 [New number] SOCY1084 [Description] The purpose of this course is to increase the understanding of how the mass communication system operates in American society, and how and why media products take the form that they do. It focuses on the production of news, advertising and entertainment. We will examine how various media industries are organized and how such organization is sometimes transformed by regulation, competition, and/or technology. We will focus on media content and investigate factors that promote stability, change, and diversity. We will address the consumers of mass media products and how they utilize and are affected by media content. [Title]
Mass Media in American Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC087 [New number] SOCY1087 [Description] Societies around the world are shaped by a politically diverse array of social movements: the environmentalist movement, the global women's movement, the civil rights movement in the U.S., and the fundamentalist movement to name just a few. This course examines the influence of social movements on policy and culture in the United States and beyond. It provides an introduction to the theoretical literature on social movements and to the specifics of several key movements which we will study more in depth as well as pragmatic discussion about how students can participate in social change through social movements. [Title]
Social Movements
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
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820b047c_gy_Department___Boston_College__Title
[Level] Core [Old number] SC089 [New number] SOCY1089 [Description] This course covers Western cultural pressures on women be super-slender. We analyze biological, sociological, and feminist perspectives on the body especially with regard to issues of beauty and body image and sexuality. We analyze how race, ethnicity and class intersect to create differences among womens relationship to their bodies. In what way do biological perspectives illuminate as well as cloud understanding of women's relationship to their bodies? We explore mass-mediated pressures on women's bodies through films, women's magazine, reality TV, and social networking sites. We examine the plastic surgery industry and the growing trend toward "designer bodies." [Title]
Women and the Body
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC092 [New number] SOCY1092 [Description] We analyze issues of war and peace before and after the Cold War, focusing on U.S. wars, largely in the Third World. In the first part of the course, we explore core theories of the roots of war. In the second part, we focus on the Cold War era, examining Vietnam, El Salvador, and other U.S. conflicts. In the third part, we focus on more recent wars: Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the "war on terrorism" as well as conflicts such as Rwanda and Sudan. The fourth section explores the United Nations, social activism among students, and other routes to peace. [Title]
Peace or War: United States/3rd World
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC093 [New number] SOCY1093 [Description] This course is an introductory level examination of social change, viewed from a theoretical, historical, and contemporary perspective. Significant trends in the United States are analyzed within a world wide context. These issues include the following: the decline of community, the impact of technology, the globalization of the economy, the persistence of inequality, the rise of new social movements, and the end of the Cold War. A critical examination of one's role as worker, consumer, family member, and citizen is encouraged. [Title]
Comparative Social Change
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC094 [New number] SOCY1094 [Description] The end of the Cold War has not ended the threat of war or of violent conflicts within a society. Some conflicts that were dormant have now flared up. Problems of large-scale, violent conflicts unfortunately remain central in the modern world. The probability of nuclear proliferation and the use of poison gas make such conflicts even more scary. The purpose of this course is to increase your understanding of the conditions under which social conflicts tend to become violent and how they can be resolved non-violently. [Title]
Social Conflict
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC096 [New number] SOCY1096 [Description] "Age doesn’t matter unless you’re a cheese," quipped actress Billie Burke (the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz). Nevertheless, age does matter within societies. This class will cover specific topics in four general areas of sociological study: roles and relationships (e.g., within the family), inequalities (e.g., ageism), institutions (e.g., health care), and social change (e.g., the aging of the population). By the end of the course, you will have acquired a new approach to thinking about how you and others age in the social world and the ways in which age is portrayed in the media. [Title]
Aging and Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Core [Old number] SC097 [New number] SOCY1097 [Description] The course presents an overview of the major issues, themes, and controversies in the death and dying literature. Historical, cultural, political, economic, and psychological aspects are considered, but the emphasis is on sociological dimensions and perspectives. Among the issues to be considered are the following: historical trends in attitudes toward death, cross-cultural and historical perspectives on death, the development of children's understanding of death, health care for the dying, hospice, patient-caregiver relationship, the social role of the dying patient, funeral practices, bereavement, truth-telling and the terminal patient, suicide, suicide bombers, genocide, homicide, the death penalty, near-death experiences, and social immortality. [Title]
Death and Dying
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC148 [New number] SOCY1148 [Description] A broad-based overview of the role of language choice plays in the construction of national and cultural identity in the Middle East. We will examine the role of Modern Standard Arabic (or Fus-ha) in the elaboration of Arab Nationalism, and the role of local dialects in the conceptualization of competing national identities and territorial nationalisms. In particular, and in addition to Arab Nationalism and Zionism, we will examine the ideas of Greater Syria, the Egyptian Pharaonic idea, Lebanonism, Mesopotamianism, and the Canaanite movement in Israel. [Title]
Language, Memory and Identity in the Middle East
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC150 [New number] SOCY1150 [Description] A broad-based overview of the role of language choice plays in the construction of national and cultural identity in the Middle East. We will examine the role of Modern Standard Arabic (or Fus-ha) in the elaboration of Arab Nationalism, and the role of local dialects in the conceptualization of competing national identities and territorial nationalisms. In particular, and in addition to Arab Nationalism and Zionism, we will examine the ideas of Greater Syria, the Egyptian Pharaonic idea, Lebanonism, Mesopotamianism, and the Canaanite movement in Israel. [Title]
States and Minorities in the Middle East
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Complex Problems Core [Old number] New [New number] SOCY1501 [Description] Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. Decisive and swift action to mitigate carbon emissions is needed in order to prevent catastrophic events and unhealthy environments for future generations. Societies worldwide will need to adapt to a new environmental reality. However, the causes, effects, and costs of climate change are not equally distributed, which raises questions about responsibility and justice. This course will encourage critical engagement with and personal reflection on these important issues, covering the science behind climate change, the use of different energy sources and their impact on carbon emissions, and the different roles of governments, businesses, religious communities, and individuals for enacting (and preventing) ambitious solutions to climate change. [Title]
Global Implications of Climate Change
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Complex Problems Core [Old number] New [New number] SOCY1503 [Description] This course explores pressing problems of modern race and gender-based violence across the globe, including domestic violence, youth gangs, police violence, sexual assault, and genocide. Using both historical and sociological perspectives, we will examine the roots of such violence, the ways in which it has been expressed, the meanings attached to it, and its implications for society--particularly for racial/ethnic minorities, women, and LGBT people. The lab for the course will involve students in collaborative work with local anti-violence projects and organizations in the Boston area. [Title]
Understanding the Social Contexts of Violence
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Core [Old number] New [New number] SOCY1702 [Description] This course explores the central role our bodies play in our perceptions of ourselves, our social roles, and our relationships with others. We will investigate the physiological, psychosocial, and cultural impact of body changes in normal growth and development (including pregnancy and aging) as well as in illness, trauma and disability. Topics may include obesity, pain, the lived experience of chronic illness, the effects of trauma, and end of life issues. The moral and emotional aspects of empathy and caregiving—both for ourselves and for others—will be explored. We will pay particular attention to the perspectives of patients and caregivers (including nurses, family members, social workers and doctors) as well as the supporting research from nursing and other health disciplines. [Title]
The Body in Sickness and Health
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Major [Old number] SC200 [New number] SOCY2200 [Description] This course is an introduction to statistics, with some emphasis is on the SPSS statistical software. Statistical issues covered include measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, probability and sampling, hypothesis testing, measures of correlation, simple regression, and one-way analysis of variance. [Title]
Statistics
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Major [Old number] SC210 [New number] SOCY2210 [Description] This course acquaints students with the range of research methods used in sociological work. We cover the philosophical assumptions which underlie a scientific approach to the study of social life, and consider the interplay of data method and theory. In addition to presentation of specific techniques, we will also consider questions surrounding the politics and ethics of research in the social sciences. [Title]
Research Methods
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Major [Old number] SC211 [New number] SOCY2211 [Description] Discussion group for SOCY2210 [Title]
Research Methods Discussion Group
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Major [Old number] SC215 [New number] SOCY2215 [Description] This course reviews the major lines of classical to contemporary sociological theory. The classical writers emphasized are Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. Twentieth-century authors highlighted include Mills, Dahrendorf, and Parsons. More contemporary figures, including Collins, Bourdieu, Foucault, and Giddens, are presented in the context of their intellectual forebears. [Title]
Social Theory
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC225 [New number] SOCY2225 [Description] This introductory course offers both an overview and a foundation for understanding the various movements that make up what has come to be called the feminist movement in the U.S. Because systems of privilege and disadvantage shape women's and men's identities and social positions in multiple and unique ways, Introduction to Feminisms analyzes gender from an interdisciplinary approach and applies numerous academic disciplinary methods to the study of gender, including history, literature, psychology, and sociology, and explores women's and men's experiences within various cultural contexts, including socioeconomic class, race and ethnicity, religion and spirituality, nations of citizenship, origin and generation. [Title]
Introduction to Feminisms
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC250 [New number] SOCY2250 [Description] This course develops an interdisciplinary approach to the study of war and conflict and investigates alternatives to their resolution in contemporary global society. The course is organized along multidisciplinary lines, with faculty members from various academic departments responsible for each topic of discussion. This interdisciplinary approach demonstrates the varied and complex perspectives on the causes of war and conflict and attempts to develop, out of the resources of these respective disciplines, intelligent insights into the resolution of conflicts, and the development of alternatives to war. [Title]
Perspectives on War, Aggression and Conflict Resolution
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC254 [New number] SOCY2254 [Description] CRP is a two-semester program (SOCY2254 and SOCY2255) offering leadership, research, and public policy training for students interested in working with communities of color. In Fall, students in SOCY2254 learn the process of community-based research and its methodologies, and begin to design a proposal for an independent study for Spring. In Spring, students sign up for SOCY2255 in conjunction with a Readings and Research to conduct their projects. The Spring seminar complements the R&R serving as a forum for students to discuss their research and continue to develop their oral presentation skills. [Title]
Community Service Research Seminar
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC255 [New number] SOCY2255 [Description] CRP is a two-semester program (SOCY2254 and SOCY2255) offering leadership, research, and public policy training for students interested in working with Latino, Asian American and/or African Diaspora communities. In Fall, students in SOCY2254 learn the process of community-based research and its methodologies, and begin to design a proposal for an independent study for Spring. In Spring, students sign up for SOCY2255 in conjunction with a Readings and Research to conduct their projects. The Spring seminar complements the R&R serving as a forum for students to discuss their research and continue to develop their oral presentation skills. [Title]
Advanced Community Service Research Seminar II
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC275 [New number] SOCY2275 [Description] Folk theory holds that ethnic consciousness is "caused" by language differences. But ethnic differences can't reduce to Chomskyan unconscious mental grammar; and the public dimension including standardization, pragmatics and verbal art, itself manipulates linguistic structure. We will consider: one-to-one correspondence of languages/ethnicities (Italy since Dante); one-to-many (Slavic Balkans) and the converse (Southern Nigeria). Some sociologists reduce ethnicity to self-interested nationalist elites (poets, politicians), but there are intervening historical variables(missionaries, orthographies). In the Afrocaribbean, language death "detached civilizations from ethnicities which brought them" (Bastide) and new ethnic language emerged in poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson. [Title]
Language and Ethnicity
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (lower level) [Old number] SC280 [New number] SOCY2280 [Description] An overview of ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity among peoples of the Balkans (Albanians, Bosnians, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Macedonians, Romanians, Serbs, Slovenes, Jews, Turks, and gypsies [Roma]). It is a study of what constitutes the various parameters of identity: linguistic typologies, religious diversity (Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Islam, and Judaism), culture, and social class. An analysis of the origins of nationalism, the emergence of nation-states, and contemporary nationalism as a source of instability and war in the Balkans will be considered. [Title]
Social and National Identity in the Balkans
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC303 [New number] SOCY3303 [Description] This course explores the social construction of race through the lens of whiteness. By examining whiteness as both a race and historical system of privilege, students will gain a deeper understanding of the persistence of racism. We will examine the distribution of privilege within American society at both the interpersonal and institutional levels; as well as consider how whiteness operates within the social constructs of class and gender. Through writing and in-class group discussion, students will examine their own identities and consider how consciously or unconsciously they are affected by these processes, as well as consider strategies for challenging racism. [Title]
Social Construction of Whiteness
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC304 [New number] SOCY3304 [Description] This course will examine how racial and ethnic groups have been stereotyped in popular culture and how these stereotypes have changed over time. The course will look at stereotypes of Africans, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans, Asians, and European Americans. Students will also explore theoretical questions on the relationship between culture, politics, and ideology. [Title]
Race, Ethnicity and Popular Culture
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC305 [New number] SOCY3305 [Description] Are you prepared to balance doing well in life and doing good in the world? I will argue that to answers life's challenges, you need good questions - those that reveal the intersection of biography and history, showing how personal choices are shaped by and mold societal forces. Good questions, in turn are connected to good answers: ones that allow you to act productively while respecting the fact that most knowledge is incomplete, ambiguous and, often, contested. In this course, we will use tools for individual self-assessment, group dynamics, and organizational impact to help build an effective life. [Title]
Capstone: Doing Well and Doing Good
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] New [New number] SOCY3308 [Description] This course will examine issues of crime and punishment in America. Much of the class will be spent learning about the rapid prison growth that created a system keeping over two million people behind bars. We will read sociological research on "mass incarceration" that emphasizes the connections between prisons and broader social inequalities. We will also develop a more grounded understanding by reading the work of people directly involved in the system: whether as prisoners, people from the communities most affected by prisons, or researchers on the ground. [Title]
Crime and Punishment in America
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] New [New number] SOCY3309 [Description] This course will enable students to develop sociologically informed, globally situated, and politically meaningful definitions of crime, punishment, and social justice by surveying international social movements and initiatives seeking criminal justice reform. At the conclusion of the course students will be expected to envision and articulate a criminal justice innovation of their own. [Title]
Restoration and Resistance: International Innovations in Criminal Justice
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC310 [New number] SOCY3310 [Description] Crime and social justice is considered not as distinct, but indivisible constructs produced through specific knowable institutional/personal practices. Course allows students to analyze perspectives on the process through which laws and criminal justice institutions have been/continue to be constructed; situate crime study within a "power reflexive" framework, while being attentive to the operation of race, class, and gender as features of contemporary social relations/institutions; discuss contemporary intellectual and practical efforts challenging existing conceptual and political structures relating to crime and social justice; and imagine/articulate institutions paralleling the vision of social justice developed throughout the course. [Title]
Studies in Crime and Social Justice
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC311 [New number] SOCY3311 [Description] What are the roles and responsibilities of individuals in addressing inequality in our society? This course will engage with several bodies of literature, including social movement, service learning, feminist, and critical race studies to better understand the dilemmas facing those working for social change. Drawing on case studies, personal accounts, and research, students explore various historical and contemporary forms of "service" and "activism" as well as reflect upon their own personal experiences with these various social change efforts. We will also explore the influence that various forms of privilege can have on building collaborative relationships that promote structural social change. [Title]
Diversity, Community, and Service
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] New [New number] SOCY3314 [Description] Psychiatric disorders are commonly viewed through a purely biomedical and/or a psychological framework. In this course, we will apply a sociological imagination to the topic and interrogate the ways in which mental illness, often seen as a supremely private "personal trouble, is also a "public issue." We will read the works of both classic and contemporary scholars, but we will also use memoirs and films to sensitize us to the experience of mental illness itself. We will explore mental illness as a social construction, stigma, labeling theory, as well as issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality in mental illness. [Title]
Mental Illness and Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC317 [New number] SOCY3317 [Description] Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and search engines like Google, have become indispensable in our daily lives. Much of what we do on these sites generates large amounts of data: what we search for, what we "like," whom we "follow." Marketers, journalists, and researchers analyze these data for many different purposes and interests. In this course, we will use a sociological perspective to examine what these new forms of data are, how they are produced through our actions online, and how these data are then used, sometimes in questionable ways. [Title]
Social Media and Social Research
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC342 [New number] SOCY3342 [Description] Liberalism was a major political influence in most of the new Latin American republics during the 19th century. During most of the 20th century, the church stood itself against modernity and fought against progressive and liberal positions. However, during the Sixties, a very important renewal in theology took place in the church. This renewal had political consequences in Latin America, where wide portions of the faithful and clergy supported progressive theology. The seminar will study the progressive theological ideas and their impact in Latin America. We will frame this discussion in the debate about secularization and modernity in the continent. [Title]
Faith and Conflict: Religion and social change in Latin America
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC343 [New number] SOCY3343 [Description] We examine philanthropy as a way of thinking, feeling, and acting in biography and society. A foundation has provided $10,000 for students to learn how to contribute grants wisely to people and causes they care about. In addition, we will study philanthropy's history; spiritual, philosophical, and sociological meaning; current and emerging patterns; motivations; implications for fund-raising, and effect of methodology on findings. [Title]
Practice of Philanthropy (The Meaning and Practice of Philanthropy in Biography and Society)
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC346 [New number] SOCY3346 [Description] This course examines challenges and controversies associated with the unequal distribution of environmental hazards across communities. Students will explore the social, industrial, and government forces that create inequitable burdens of environmental pollution as well as movements to reduce such burdens. While a majority of the course will focus on the United States, readings will include cases from around the world. Students will be expected to actively contribute to class discussions and to complete a pilot research project on the environmental justice implications of an area of everyday consumption such as food, clothing, cleaning, transportation, or technology. [Title]
Environmental Justice
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC347 [New number] SOCY3347 [Description] It is no exaggeration to state that the industrialization project that originated in England led to some of the most significant transformations in socio-ecological conditions in human history. In many ways, the Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of the age of globalization. This was a tumultuous time, involving dramatic changes in social and economic relations, as well as relationships between societies and their surrounding environment. The global environmental problems facing societies today – global climate change, ozone layer depletion, biodiversity loss, water scarcity – are all tied to the industrialization project in one form or another. This course will explore globalization though an environmental history approach by focusing on the origins and consequences of the English Industrial Revolution. We use an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from environmental sociology, ecology, and history in order to understand some of the major changes that occurred with the Industrial Revolution. [Title]
Environmental History of Globalization
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC348 [New number] SOCY3348 [Description] This course provides an overview of environmental problems and issues through the lens of various perspectives in social and environmental theory. Topics will include: economic globalization and the environment; social causes and consequences of global climate destabilization; population growth and over-consumption; the promise and limits of technological solutions to environmental problems; links between poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation; and competing visions of an ecologically-sustainable society. The contributions and limits of existing sociological theories in understanding environmental issues will be an important theme throughout. [Title]
Environmental Sociology
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC349 [New number] SOCY3349 [Description] This course explores how ecology, technology, politics, economics, and culture intersect. By analyzing key contemporary environmental debates, students develop skills necessary for investigating any sophisticated social issue. Topics we cover: the environmental movement (is it effective?); the sustainable development debate (the tension between environmental protection and the plight of developing nations); capitalism and technology (friends or foes of the environment?); global warming (where science, economics, and politics collide). We employ a range of materials, including participant accounts, media coverage, movies, and sociological analyses. This course can build on but does not require prior coursework in environmental studies or environmental sociology. [Title]
Environmental Studies: Selected Topics
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC350 [New number] SOCY3350 [Description] Race has been a controversial topic for the largely White and affluent environmental movement. In this course we will examine how this racial bias has arisen and what many are doing to promote more diverse and equitable strategies for sustainability. Using a historical and sociological perspective we will cover key modes of environmental thought coming from African American, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous communities. Themes include the legacy of slavery and its effect on participation in the environmental movement, the role of racialized modes of thought such as hip hop, and the environmental justice movement. [Title]
Black and Green: Race and Urban Ecology
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] New [New number] SOCY3358 [Description] This course uses sport to understand gender relations in a society. The course examines the ways that gender and intersections of race, class, sexuality are produced by and within relations of power, and how normative definitions of gender and its intersections underpin normative practices in sport, health, and physical cultural contexts. Drawing on feminist scholarship, this course provides a critical insight into the history of gender relations, and how gender is used to reproduce and resist inequalities in sport, health, and physical culture. [Title]
Gender and Sports
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC359 [New number] SOCY3359 [Description] This course provides a critical entry point into the sociology of sport in American society that examines the sociological role of sport in the making of American society and culture, as well as the reverse. The purpose of the course is to better understand sport as a social institution, and to analyze the dynamic interplay of economic, political, social and other forces within which forms of sport and physical activity have been developed, implemented and contested in America. [Title]
Sports in American Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC360 [New number] SOCY3360 [Description] This course considers the social implications of the roles of animals in human societies. We will examine human-animal interactions in historical context and also contemporary social constructions of animals and the human/animal boundary. We will consider several human-animal interactions, such as the use of animals in commerce, scientific research, and pet-keeping, and the implications of such practices on human society. We will also examine links between animal cruelty and human-on-human violence, and how the abuse of animals may reflect or even contribute to systems of oppression and inequality. Finally, this course will explore shifting attitudes, norms, and practices toward animals. [Title]
Animals and Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC361 [New number] SOCY3361 [Description] This course will examine the links between family and work, both paid and unpaid. Social changes of the last few decades radically transformed the nature of work-family balance in the United States. We will consider these historical shifts as well as examine the contemporary patterns, asking: How do people manage multiple responsibilities of work and family and what are the consequences of different arrangements? How do the challenges of balancing work and family vary by gender, race, social class, and age? And how can policymakers, employers, and communities make this balancing act easier? [Title]
Family and Work
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC362 [New number] SOCY3362 [Description] This course is an introduction to sociolinguistics, that is, to the study of language in its social context. We will examine a number of classic issues in sociolinguistics including the varieties of language associated with social class, ethnicity, and locale, bilingualism, pidgin and creole languages, proposals about the relationship of language, thought, and culture, and the structure and role of discourse in different cultures. The course concludes by investigating several sociolinguistic issues of contemporary interest including language and gender, the "U.S. English" controversy, and language and public policy. [Title]
Language in Society
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC363 [New number] SOCY3363 [Description] From warning off paupers to getting welfare mothers to work, this course provides an overview of social attitudes, national debates and public policies toward low-income families and their communities. Readings examine relationships between poverty and race, gender, families with children and the low-wage job market. We will consider images and language describing the poor and how these may influence public opinion and social investment. Student research will explore and compare contemporary costs of living, wage levels, and family care needs in middle-class and low-income families. [Title]
Poor Law to Working Poor
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC367 [New number] SOCY3367 [Description] This seminar provides the intellectual underpinnings for an immersion trip to Israel/Palestine in January. Students in this course must commit to the trip and, upon their return, to a project that uses the knowledge they gained in Israel/Palestine. The seminar will include a review of the Israeli and Palestinian history, an analysis of the contested theological claims to the land, and an examination of conflict resolving strategies focusing on cross-border groups operating in Israel/Palestine (e.g. Prime, Combatants for Peace, Parents Circle). Finally, we will consider possible economic futures for the area under both one and two state scenarios. [Title]
Social Justice in Israel/Palestine
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] New [New number] SOCY3368 [Description] This course will examine constructions of masculinity and sexuality in Western society from a critical cultural perspective. We will consider the ways in which cultural narratives about "acceptable" masculine behaviors and attitudes catalyze social conflicts, reinforce established power hierarchies, and organize the modes of being available to people of different gender identities and sexual orientations. We will also evaluate the liberatory potential of emergent discourses and practices that seek to cultivate greater acceptance of diversity, and promote social healing. There will be a concentrated focus on popular cultural forms (especially television, film, music, sports, and social media) that are particularly influential to contemporary men and boys. [Title]
Masculinity, Sexuality, and Difference
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] SC369 [New number] SOCY3369 [Description] This course will explore contemporary constructions of gender and sexuality in American culture. How are female and male sexualities enacted and reflected in current social trends? What are the common representations of masculinity, femininity, and male and female bodies in mainstream media and in politics? Students will apply a critical and sociologically informed lens to illuminate and analyze the gendered, raced, and classed aspects of contemporary cultural phenomena, including the increasing availability and prevalence of pornography; the sexualization of fashion; cosmetic surgery and other body-work practices; and patterns of social, romantic, and sexual interaction between women and men. [Title]
Masculinity, Femininity, and Sexuality
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Sociology Department - Boston College
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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[Level] Undergrad elective (upper level) [Old number] New Course [New number] SOCY3370 [Description] This course explores interactions between gender, health and inequality. Viewing gender (and race, class, sexuality and other identities as inseparable) and as inextricably linked to discussions of health and inequality, this course will discuss social constructions of these categories and how they are connected. For example, what does health even mean and who decides? Are unequal health outcomes due to life chances or life choices? How do we understand nature/nurture debates? While emphasis will be given to sociological approaches, health will be explored holistically and theories will be integrative (e.g. including psychology, biology and epigenetics). Applied topics range from mental and physical paradigms of health, alongside environmental and contested illnesses in a “post-natural” world. [Title]
Gender, Health, and Inequality
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Sociology Department - Boston College
Title
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/courses/CourseDescriptions.html
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