Spring 2025 Course List
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology Cr 3
Introduces the fundamental concepts, principles, and methods of sociology, analyzes the influence of social and cultural factors upon human behavior, and evaluates the effect of group processes, social classes, stratification, and basic institutions in contemporary society. Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions requirement.
SOC 101-0001 MWF 10:00-10:50 AM Sarah Walton Jenness 100
SOC 101-0002 MWF 1:00 -1:50 PM Sarah Walton Murray 106
SOC 101-0190 Online Amy Blackstone Online
SOC 101-0400/0990 8 wk Karyn Sporer Online
CRJ 114 Survey of Criminal Justice Cr 3
This course is designed to provide an overview of the justice process and the criminal justice system in general. Concepts of crime, deviance and justice will be discussed. Individual rights in a democratic society will be explored, as well as the legal definitions of various crimes. The law enforcement, judicial, juvenile justice, and corrections subsystems will also be explored, and a number of reform proposals presented.
CRJ 114-0001 MWF 11:00 – 11:50 AM Aaron Nolan DPC 107
CRJ 214 Intro to Criminology Cr 3
The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May 2020 sparked nationwide uprisings and triggered many questions about the role of crime and the criminal legal system in the United States. This course will cover various issues and operations of crime and the criminal legal system in the United States through a sociological lens. Specifically, the course will provide general sociological overviews of crime, cops, courts, and corrections. Each section of the course will examine contemporary issues and theoretical understandings, while also acknowledging the historical context. As a sociological study of crime and criminal justice, the course will explore how social forces shape the way crime and the criminal legal system operates, with particular attention to the ways in which race, gender, and class intersect to influence the administration of justice. Additionally, the course will address the societal consequences of criminal justice policies on families and communities, including a focus on reentry following incarceration. This course concludes with discussions of alternatives to the criminal legal system.
CRJ 214-0001 TU-TH 5:00- 6:15 PM Aaron Nolan Barrows 126
CRJ 214-0002 M 9:00-11:50 AM Ebonie Epinger Online
CRJ 219 – Police & Society Cr 3
This course will provide students an overview of the history and evolution of the American police system. Topics will include the development and organization of law enforcement agencies, the role of police in society, core police functions, patterns of police-citizen relations, legal issues, and innovations in policing tactics. Students will learn how changes and trends in society affect police operations and will critically examine issues related to law enforcement.
CRJ-219-0001 TU/TH 2:00- 3:15 PM Aaron Nolan Barrows 125
SOC 240 Topics in Sociology Cr 3
Sociology of Sports-
Examines the role of social movements in processes of political and social change. Pays special attention to movement strategies and tactics, member recruitment, the dynamic interaction between activists and elites, and the mobilization of resources for movement sustainability.
SOC 240-0001 MW 9:00 -9:50AM Glenn Eichel Steven 365
F Online Online
Social Movements/Protest/Control
This course examines interactions between protest movements and social control institutions (e.g. police and law enforcement) from a sociological perspective. Students will learn about central theories, concepts, and debates that define the academic study of protest movements and social change. Contemporary and historical case studies may include civil rights and racial justice movements, environmental movements, and health-focused social movements. Cross-national comparative studies may also be considered.
SOC 240-0990 Online Mary Okin Online
SOC 310 Food Systems & Social Change Cr 3
This course investigates food systems as social institutions, considering both how they meet human needs and how they reflect and reproduce social and environmental inequalities. It focuses on systemic causes of and responses to food insecurity and malnutrition and considers critiques of food systems developed from perspectives of food democracy, food justice, and food sovereignty. Learning in this course concentrates on (1) understanding the historical and social contexts of food systems, (2) exploring values and positions involved in contemporary debates about food systems, and (3) gaining knowledge of food as an arena for practical, change-oriented activism.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and Junior or Senior; or with permission
SOC 310-0001 T/TH 2:00-3:15 PM Michael Haedicke Stevens 370
CRJ 324/SOC 324 Domestic Violence Cr 3
This class focuses on the extent, nature, causes, and consequences of domestic violence in the United States. Specifically, the course focuses on intimate partner violence, child abuse, child-to-parent abuse, elder abuse, and related topics. This course revolves around three themes: 1) gaining knowledge and insight about domestic violence, 2) understanding the social context of domestic violence, 3) evaluating criminal justice responses to domestic violence.
CRJ 324-001 TH 9:30-12:20PM Karyn Sporer Bennett 115
SOC 338 Race & Ethnicity Cr 3
Explores dominant/subordinate relations nationally and internationally with emphasis on socially defined racial and ethnic groups. Origins, nature, and consequences of racial/ethnic oppression and inequality; historical and social contexts of intergroup relations and conflicts; implications of changing racial/ethnic diversity.
Soc 338-0001 MW 1:00-1:50 PM Glenn Eichel Williams 206
F ONLINE CRJ 340 Intermediate Topics of CRJ – Food Systems and Social Change Cr 3
This course investigates food systems as social institutions, considering both how they meet human needs and how they reflect and reproduce social and environmental inequalities. It focuses on systemic causes of and responses to food insecurity and malnutrition and considers critiques of food systems developed from perspectives of food democracy, food justice, and food sovereignty. Learning in this course concentrates on (1) understanding the historical and social contexts of food systems, (2) exploring values and positions involved in contemporary debates about food systems, and (3) gaining knowledge of food as an arena for practical, change-oriented activism.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and Junior or Senior; or with permission
CRJ 340-0001 TU/TH 2:00 – 3:15 PM Michael Haedicke Stevens 370
SOC 360 Major Ideas in Sociology Cr 3
The sociological theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead and others. Developments in sociological theory as related to methodology, social issues, and current trends in contemporary sociology.
SOC 360-001 T/TH 3:30-4:45 PM Michael Haedicke Stevens 365
SOC 499 Senior Capstone Cr 3
Selected theoretical and empirical topics in Sociology. Serves as the capstone course for Sociology majors and will assume a knowledge of and will build upon, the material presented in the other required courses in the major. The intent of the course is to help students integrate their Sociology knowledge and to apply it in dealing with fundamental questions of social life and social theory
SOC 499-0001 M 3:30- 6:20 PM Sarah Walton Stevens 375