system, adjustment patterns and changing lifestyles in old age, relevant societal issues, current trend, opportunities, and challenges. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101.

SOCI 3323Sociology of Popular Culture (3-0-3)
This course examines how popular culture reflects major characteristics of society and individuals at the same time that it influences that society and those individuals. The history and influence of music, humor, sports, movies and graffiti will be included.

SOCI 3330 (Cross listed as CRJU 3330) Social Deviance: (3-0-3)
Covers theoretical and empirical issues in the understanding and designations of deviant behavior; addresses the analysis or the social causes and consequences of deviance, conformity, and societal reactions. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101.

SOCI 3340Social Stratification (3-0-3)
An introduction to social stratification with a primary emphasis on theories of stratification and on an empirical examination of the American class structure. Includes historical-comparative material and addresses other dimensions of inequality such as race, ethnicity, sex, and age as they interact with social class. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101.

SOCI 3350Sociology of Organizations (3-0-3)
Sociological analysis of micro and macro structures and processes of formal/complex organizations. Emphasizes diversity of theory and research in the area of complex organizations; the internal functioning and structure of organizations; and external and macro processes which influence the structure and dynamics of complex organizations. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101.

SOCI 3360World Population and Development (3-0-3)
Basic introduction to theory and dynamics of such demographic processes as fertility, mortality, emigration and immigration, population composition, and density. Examines issues of growth and environmental problems, social problems, political and economic processes, world food supply, and sustainability. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101.

SOCI 3373Social Psychology (3-0-3)
Examines social interactions that relates people to each other in everyday life with special focus on symbolic communication. Exploration of how humans create and define experience. This model of symbolic interactionism is compared critically to other approaches for explaining human conduct. Prerequisite: SOCI 1101 or PSYC 1101.

SOCI 3375Sociology of Death, Grief, and Caring (3-0-3)
Examines the phenomenon of death as it relates to the social structure of selected cultures; the pattens of social interaction which surround and give meaning to various aspects of death, loss, grief, and caring; and the plans of action which individuals and societies develop to guide them as they confront death. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101.
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