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SOC 490 Section 01 - #6983
Medicine or Magic? Health and Healing in Latin America
Barnes / T-Th / 12:30-1:45 pm / PSY-203
This course explores the historical and cultural roots of traditional (indigenous), biomedical and alternative paradigms of health and medicine in Latin America including curanderismo, voodoo, spirit and religious healing and homeopathy. The course examines the co-evolution of these often-competing forms of medicine, using a mixture of written texts and visual images to show how and why patients from different social backgrounds mix and match different types of healers for various kinds of illnesses. Finally, the course links population health inequities to processes of globalization, and outlines the current Latin American health care crisis in relation to health policies and health reform.
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SOC 490 Section 02 - #9232
Sociology of Education
McEneaney / T-Th / 3:30-4:45 pm / PSY-203
This course considers the ways in which schools can both maintain the existing social order and act as agents of social change. Theoretical and historical perspectives will be discussed, and serve as the foundation for consideration of topics including stratification (e.g., resource inequality, tracking, life-course outcomes), schools as organizations (e.g, informal/hidden curriculum, bureaucratization, teaching as a profession, school reform), and student subcultures (e.g., resistance, peer group socialization). As much as possible, examples will be drawn from international cases and from urban educational settings in the U.S.
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SOC 492 Section 01 - #6965
Sociology of Youth
Flacks / M-W / 3:30-4:45 pm / PSY-203
Young people are "the future," but do we really understand them? This course will examine the stage of life known as "youth" in all its complexity. By providing an in-depth understanding of youth and young people, the course also will offer students a unique and incisive view of American society itself. We will explore a wide array of topics from the historical emergence of the concept of "youth," to the recurring efforts by society to treat young people as "problems," to the growth of youth cultures and subcultures, to the potential of young people to radically change society. If you are planning a career working with youths (e.g., education, law enforcement, social services, etc.) or simply want to learn more about this fascinating subject, this course is for you.
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SOC 493 Section 01 - #9234
Sociology of Southeast Asian Health
Nou / T-Th / 12:30-1:45 pm / LA3-109
This course examines health issues in Southeast Asian societies from a sociological perspective. The issues will
cover gender differences in health and illness, mental health, traditional paradigms of health and medicine,
varying roles of medical professionals (social workers, nurses, and doctors) and systems of healthcare delivery.
The sociological factors which influence these issues also will be explored, including indigenous beliefs and practices concerning medical issues, conflicts between indigenous and Western biomedicine healthcare delivery systems, and factors contributing to unequal distributions of illness and treatment. Finally, the course links these sociological factors to patterns of illness and treatment among Southeast Asian immigrant populations in the United States.
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SOC 494 Section 01 - #9235
Sociology of Immigration
Zentgraf / T-Th / 12:30-1:45 pm / PSY-236
This course focuses on historical and contemporary immigration to the United States. It examines the causes and consequences of immigration, the forces and events that propel migrants to move, the patterns of economic adaptation and political incorporation, the role of social institutions in immigrant adaptation, and the process by which immigrants become ethnics.
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