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behavior: homicide, rape, property crime, family violence, corporate crime. For each, we will discuss what theory best explains it and what might be an appropriate strategy for controlling or eliminating it. Patricia Bergin SC 024 Gender and Society (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement This can be taken as part of the Womens Studies minor. This course explores the formation, experience and change of women and mens social lives in history. Its topics include (1) gendered differences in the organization of power, kinship, economic well-being, race, national identity, and ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and culture; (2) socialization into masculine and feminine social roles; (3) the impact of global economic and technological change on social constructions of gender; (4) gender, popular culture and the mass media; (5) gender equality and social justice. The Department SC 028 Love, Intimacy and Human Sexuality (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement May be taken as part of the Womens Studies minor. This course draws on sociological and anthropological sources included in theories of identity formation, marriage and family, and gender behavior. The course emphasizes analysis of intimate relations how they are sought, sustained, and fail. The course is structured around case studies, both clinical and from fiction and film, with special focus on the phenomenon of romantic love. The Department SC 030 Deviance and Social Control (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement May be taken as part of the Womens Studies minor. This course explores the social construction of boundaries between the normal and the so-called deviant. It examines the struggle between powerful forms of social control and what these exclude, silence, or marginalize. Of particular concern is the relationship between dominant forms of religious, legal, and medical social control and gendered, racialized and global economic structures of power. The course provides an in-depth historical analysis of theoretical perspectives used to explain, study and control deviance, as well as ethical-political inquiry into such matters as religious excess, crime, madness, corporate and governmental wrong-doing, and sexual subcultures that resist dominant social norms. Stephen J. Pfohl SC 038 Race, Class, and Gender (Fall: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement Offered Periodically Viewing race, class, gender, sexuality, and other identities as inseparable from discussions of inequality and power, this course will begin by discussing the social construction of these categories and how they are connected. We will then look at how these social identities shape and are also shaped by four general subject areas: (1) wealth and poverty, (2) education, (3) family, and (4) crime, law, and social policy. Although this course is separated into subject areas, we shall see that these areas greatly overlap and are mutually influenced by one other. Shawn McGuffey SC 039 African World Perspectives (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with BK 139 Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Offered Periodically The aim of this course is to provide a broad overview of how Africa has impacted the world and how the world has impacted upon Africa. The course is divided into six basic topic of units . Each unit deals with a major area of debate in the field of African studies. Zine Magubane SC 040 Global Sociology (Spring: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Offered Periodically This course introduces a variety of sociological theories and themes through examining the processes of globalization, social change, and the formation of the modern world. Topics covered include colonialism and the rise of the West, modernity and postmodernity, economic development, global inequality, race and gender, and social movements. Although we will examine a variety of national experiences, the course focuses particularly on Latin America and the Caribbean. Sarah Babb Leslie Salzinger SC 041 Race Relations (Fall/Spring: 3) Cross Listed with BK 151 Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Satisfies Social Science Core Requirement See course description in the African and African Diaspora Studies department. The Department SC 046 Technology and Society (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement In an accelerated global culture driven forward by dramatic developments in technology, no aspect of culture and society is left undisturbed. Electronic voting, digital communication technologies, and work-related technologies all raise new questions of ethics, privacy and social responsibility, and impact how individuals prepare for employment, structure their daily lives, and think about the future. This course is designed to enable students to focus on the experiential aspects of where technologies intersect with their lives. Ted Gaiser The Department SC 049 Social Problems (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement This course will examine the connection between popular myths, social scientific paradigms, and social policies related to various social problems such as war, poverty, environmental pollution, racial and gender discrimination, addiction, and crime. We will look for the reasons why so many private/public programs fail because of inappropriate myths and paradigms. We will also examine the usefulness of newly emerging and alternative interpretations and paradigms, particularly those that are based on a historical, cultural, and critical perspective. Ritchie Lowry Department 246 The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 ARTS AND SCIENCES

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