• SOC 3640: Social Inequality

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Focuses on the structure and consequences of unequal access to political,economic and social benefits in U.S. society and the world. This course critically examines institutional arrangements that perpetuate and are supported by inequality and stratification, as well as patterns of social mobility. Prerequisites: SOC 1000 and junior standing.
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• SOC 3880: Pol Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Study of political theory, political organization, political mobilization, the state, nation-building, national identity, post-nationalism, the relationship between the state and markets, historic formation of the nation-state and the changing role of the state in a global context. Prerequisites: SOC 1000 and 3700 and junior standing.
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• SOC 3910: Global Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Global Sociology explores how humans shape and are shaped by globalization processes. Globalization creates inherent risks, such as increased inequality and violence, but also opportunities for greater democracy and a stronger global civil society. This course examines social, cultural, institutional, and economic factors and their effects on societies around the world. Cross listed with INST 3910. Prerequisites: SOC 1000 or ANTH 1200 or INST 2350.
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• SOC 3950: Environmental Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Explores how ecology, technology, politics, economics, and culture intersect. By analyzing key contemporary environmental debates, students will develop an understanding of sociological analyses, and the impact of social life on our environment, as well as the effect of the environment on social life. Topics covered include: the environmental movement; sustainable development; developing nations and their environment; capitalism and technology; and environmental justice. Prerequisite: SOC 1000.
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• SOC 4020: Sociology of Work

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines social organization of work--especially in response to change in technology, demands for equal opportunity, size and goals of firms and desires for meaningful work. Historically and comparatively analyzes work-life experiences shaping of labor markets and role of collective action. Explores impact of the labor process on distribution of society's material and symbolic rewards. Dual listed with SOC 5560. Prerequisite: SOC 1000, MGT 3210 or ECON 1010.
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• SOC 4075: Culture, Identity, & Place

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course explores how lived experiences, sociocultural relations, and connections to place shape the constructs of individual and collective identities. Students will develop a conscious awareness of place by critically engaging with the Manito diaspora, Indigenous ways of knowing, Anglo-Texan working-class culture, Mexican-American borderlands, and Black rural and urban experience. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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• SOC 4160: Sociology of Aging

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  The process of aging from the individual to the societal level is the focus of the course. Consequences of this process such as the increase in the number of elderly, retirement and health are examined for the major social institutions, the relationships between these institutions and American society as a whole. Dual listed with SOC 5160. Prerequisite: 6 hours of sociology (including SOC 1000) and at least junior standing.
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• SOC 4350: Sociology of Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A consideration of sociological concepts such as inequality, stratification, social control and social change in an analysis of the law and legal institutions. Topics include: the role of the police, lawyers, judges, and juries; race, sex, age, and sexuality discrimination and civil rights; free speech, and toxic torts. Cross listed with CRMJ 4350; dual listed with SOC 5350. Prerequisites: SOC 1000 and upper division status.
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• SOC 4370: Global Pol Economy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the interaction of politics and the economy at the global level. Evaluates how political and economic decisions of one country or groups of countries affect social institutions and life circumstances in others. Assesses the causes and consequences of globalization as rooted in political economy. Prerequisites: SOC 1000 and junior standing or SOC 3000.
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• SOC 4440: Deviance and Social Control

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  In-depth examination of theory and research on the social construction and social control of deviance. Dual listed with SOC 5440. Prerequisites: 9 credit hours of SOC courses and upper division standing.
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