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Thanks for organizing and fundraising for the new GenJ Summer Camp. I'm excited to see this new summer camp launch this June!
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Thanks for organizing and fundraising for the new GenJ Summer Camp. I'm excited to see this new summer camp launch this June!
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Theresa's courses at LSC
Subject
Course Number
Title/Description
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1111
Introduction to Sociology This course involves both an explanation of and active practice in using the sociological imagination to examine the world around us. It introduces Sociology as a discipline and sociological ways of understanding human social interaction and processes such as socialization, deviance, culture/society, and social change. This class teaches the use of Sociology in class via small-group exercises and the use of computers to explore questions about the social world. MnTC goal areas: (5) History and the Social and Behavior Sciences, and (7A) Human Diversity. (Prerequisites: College-level reading) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1114
Criminal Justice in Society This course will explore the development of the U.S. criminal justice system, focusing both on the social values which form the basis for this institution and on the particular institutional arrangements through which society aspires to foster responsible behavior among its citizens. It will examine the broad ideals of justice and the underlying assumptions about the personal rights and obligations that come with membership in a society. It will analyze the workings of the criminal justice system within the context of a free society characterized by broad human diversity. The course meets the Elective A Learning Outcome of the Minnesota State Sociology Transfer Pathway. MTC goal areas: (5) History and Social and Behavioral Sciences and (9) Ethic and Civic Responsibility. (Prerequisites: College-level reading) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1125
Social Deviance This course examines how societies come to define social deviance as well as how societies influence their members to conform. It explores social and behavioral science research addressing the question: Is anything inherently deviant? The course prepares students to take their places as global citizens, respecting the enormous diversity of what is considered socially acceptable behavior. In this class, students explore the various theories of deviance, comparatively analyze their own and other societies' responses to deviance, and consider the role that social deviance plays in widespread social change in today's world. MTC goal areas: (5) History and Social and Behavior Sciences and (8) Global Perspective. (Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1130
Juvenile Delinquency This course will explore the concepts of childhood and delinquency and their social construction. Students will examine the measurement of delinquent behavior along with competing theories of delinquency. The course addresses the relationship between delinquency and various influences such as gender, family, peers, schools, and media. It examines the intersection of social institutions as they both facilitate and attempt to control delinquency. Finally, students will evaluate programs for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, and examine the development and operation of the juvenile justice system in the United States. MTC goal areas (5) History and Social and Behavior Sciences and (9) Ethical and Civic Responsibilities (Prerequisites: College-level reading) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1155
Human Sexuality This course is an introduction to human sexuality as a social behavior in a social context, influenced by both biology and culture. The course will examine cross-cultural sexual variation; sexual anatomy and functioning; sexual coercion, commercialization, and issues related to gender identity; sexual orientation; sexual health; variations in sexual behavior within a culture; and sexual abuse. MnTC goal areas: (5) History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and (7A) Human Diversity. (Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 1170
Drugs and Society This course uses sociology to analyze the varied responses of societies around the world to substances, from socially accepted substances like caffeine to tolerated substances like alcohol and nicotine all the way to more controversial substances like marijuana and heroin. The course will examine the ways in which these substances have been defined and regulated historically and cross-culturally. Major themes will include public drug policy, drug countercultures, social movements for prohibition, legalization and reform, harm reduction approaches, subcultural drug use within a society, and, finally, wars on drugs. MTC goal areas: (5) History and Social and Behavioral Sciences and (8) Global Perspective. (Prerequisites: None) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 2103
Body Culture This course explores the ways social forces and culture shape the human body as well as the way the human body is experienced. Because bodies can significantly influence our opportunities, abilities, and experiences, this course will examine the human body as a source of power, repression, and subjugation, a medium for expression, and an entity that can be controlled. This course will examine the meanings attached to the body and particular body parts, and the ways in which we experience our own bodies in contemporary society. This course will consider aspects such as body size, race/ethnicity, sex/gender, and physical ability, along with the ways in which individuals may choose (or be forced to participate in) body modification through exercise, illness, eating disorders, plastic surgery, piercing, tattooing, and other methods. MnTC goal areas: (5) History and Social and Behavioral Sciences and (7A) Human Diversity. (Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 2120
Social Problems This course uses the topic of social problems to teach sociological concepts and processes coupled with civic responsibility. It examines a range of social problems and the diverse views of the common good that affect our perceptions of these problems. It encourages students to understand their own and others' positions and to define social justice in light of those positions. MTC goal areas: (5) History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences and (9) Ethic and Civic Responsibility. This course meets the Elective A Learning Outcome of the Minnesota State Sociology Transfer Pathway. (Prerequisites: College-level reading) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 2123
People and the Environment This course examines the relationship of people to their environment from a social and behavioral science perspective. It explores the impact of socio-cultural systems on the bio-physical environment and focuses on alternative solutions to the environmental challenges causes by individual social behaviors and broader societal policies. MTC goal areas: (5) History & Social and Behavioral Sciences and (10) People and the Environment. (Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing and SOC1111) (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
Subject: SOC
Course Number: 2127
Race, Power, and Justice This course is a sociological examination of race, ethnicity, and structural racism in the United States. It will examine ways in which historical and contemporary structures of racism systemically shape complex social, political, economic, and environmental inequities. It will explore the sociohistorical origins of race and will provide a social history of relations between dominant and minority groups in the U.S. In its coverage of intergroup relations, the course will analyze how patterns of racial and ethnic inequality have been created and maintained by social institutions. This will involve analysis of dynamics related to housing, jobs, schools, family, media, and the criminal justice system. The course will also cover social justice efforts to counteract the impact and existence of systemic racism, including the study of various social movements. MnTC goal areas: (5) History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and (7B) Race/Power/Justice. (3 hrs lec/0 hrs lab/0 hrs OJT)
