Course Descriptions
SOC 300
Introductory Sociology
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); CSU Area D0; IGETC Area 4J
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is a study of human behavior in society, including social groups, culture, personality, social stratification, social change, collective behavior and social institutions.
SOC 301
Social Problems
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); CSU Area D0; IGETC Area 4J
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is a survey of social problems in American society. It will examine their causes and evaluate proposed solutions. A special emphasis will be placed on local issues.
SOC 305
Critical Thinking in the Social Sciences
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: ENGWR 300 or the equivalent
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); AA/AS Area II (b); CSU Area A3; CSU Area D7
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course examines the definitional and contextual nature of social issues. It develops a "critical thinking" approach which integrates interdisciplinary principles and incorporates a comparative framework utilizing literary criticism, logic, argumentation, and persuasion to analyze and compare the content and validity of social problems. This course specifically explores how the media and scientific community collect, interpret, and report social data. Combining critical thinking techniques with the sociological perspective will help students to question the "taken-for-granted" assumptions that surround social phenomena and influence human behavior.
SOC 310
Marriage and the Family
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGWR 101
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b); CSU Area E1
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course will examine the social, psychological, historical and economic factors relating to the changing family, marriage, remarriage and significant relationships. Exploration of the changing gender roles, the meaning of love and sexuality, dating, communication skills and parenting will also be included.
SOC 321
Race, Ethnicity and Inequality in the United States
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area D3; IGETC Area 4J
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is a social profile of major American minority groups. It examines the problems of minority assimilation into an "open" society and culture.
SOC 341
Sex and Gender in the U.S.
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); CSU Area D4; IGETC Area 4D
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course provides a study of the changing roles of women and men in the US. Theories of women's and men's gender role socialization, gender related inequalities, health and body issues, and a current examination of the women's and men's movements will be explored.
SOC 495
Independent Studies in Sociology
1-3 Units
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
See UC Limitations & Counselor
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
SOC 499
Experimental Offering in Sociology
.5-4 Units
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
See UC Limitations & Counselor
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB