forces and males' micro-level experiences across the
life-span is emphasized.

Sociology: Social Organization
SYO 3410 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
A sociological perspective on psychosocial distress,
mental illness, the mentally ill, and those who care for
them. Social correlates of and societal responses to
mental illness.
SYO 3534 Poverty.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The social, cultural, economic, political, and psycho-
logical implications of being poor. Sources of poverty
in the structure and operation of society: conse-
quences of poverty for society. Current and feasible
policies for easing the problem. Survey of the contem-
porary United States with references to its past and to
other nations both developed and underdeveloped. (I)
SYO 4102 American Families.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The impact of rapid social changes upon families:
racial, class, and ethnic variations. The liberation of
women and changing family roles. Alternative life
styles and the future's families.
SYO 4130 Comparative Family Systems.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
An intercultural and historical analysis of the family.
Emphasizes development of the Western family. U.S.
kinship system within the historical and intercultural
context. (I)
SYO 4180 Work and Family.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Focuses on the overlapping worlds of work and fami-
ly. It examines both the nature of the links that exist
between the two major social institutions as well as
the issues and problems that result from the juxtaposi-
tion of individuals' work and family responsibilities.
It emphasizes female labor force participation.
SYO 4200 Sociology of Religion.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The sociological perspective on religions; their ideolo-
gies and rituals. Social aspects of the religious, and
religious aspects of the social. Organized religions,
and religions "outside the sacred walls." (I, S)
SYO 4300 Political Sociology.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Political behavior and governmental institutions, sur-
veyed through such core sociological concepts as
power, ideology, values, communication, personality,
organization, class and class conflict. Some U.S.
emphasis, but primarily a cross-national survey.
SYO 4370 Occupations and Professions.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Work as a human activity. Occupations and profes-
sions as mediators between individuals and society.
The occupational world. Work and its organization in
relation to power, deviance, health, aging and other
social phenomena.
SYO 4400 Medical Sociology.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Effects of group characteristics in the causation, ame-
lioration, and prevention of mental and physical ill-
ness and social influences in medical education, medi-
cal practice, and hospital administration.
SYO 4530 Social Inequality.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
The unequal distribution among individuals and
groups of wealth, power, and prestige; the effect of
class systems upon society; the effect of class member-
ship in individuals; social mobility. (I)
SYO 4540 Organizations.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 12 hours of sociology or equivalent
foundations in education administration, industrial and
systems engineering, management, or political science.

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SOIL AND WATER SCIENCES


The behavior of individuals and systems in formal
organizations; bureaucratic models; government, hos-
pital, church, school, industry, etc., as manifestation of
a common principle.
SYO 4551 World Problems.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: Senior standing.
Regularities and differences among societies.
Relationships and problems in the world system. (I)

Sociology: Social Processes
SYP 3000 Society and the Individual.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Relation of the individual to the social environment
with special reference to person perception, self for-
mation, self disclosure, attitude formation and change,
and group structure and processes. Social forces that
shape the lives of individuals, and how individuals
adjust to modern society. (S)
SYP 3510 Deviance.
 Credits: 3
An introduction to the sociology of deviance. Special
emphasis on the definition of deviance, types of
deviant behavior such as suicide, drugs and alcohol
abuse, sexual deviance, deviant subcultures, violence,
etc.; differential labeling and institutional processing,
implications of social control. (S)
SYP 3542 Comparative Legal Institutions.
 Credits: 3
Comparative and historical aspects of legal processes,
institutions, social control, and dispute resolution in
society.
SYP 4001 Personality and Social Structure.
 Credits: 3
The impact of social structure upon the statuses and
roles of individual human beings. Personality devel-
opment, role behavior, adult socialization, self image,
and self evaluation; and the effects of assigning per-
sons to different social positions.
SYP 4060 The Sociology of Human Sexuality.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Social sources and social consequences of ideas con-
cerning human sexuality as they emerge from socio-
logical study of Western and non-Western thought.
SYP 4300 Collective Behavior and Social
Movements.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Panic, riot, crowd, mob, fad, fashion, audience, public
and public opinion as mass behavior. Reform, protest,
cult, revolution and other movements. Individual and
societal implications.
SYP 4440 Development and Social Change.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Cultural, social, and demographic causes and conse-
quences of change and development. Modernization,
ependency, ideology, and conflict.
SYP 4520 Criminology;
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Nature and causes of crime, criminality, and criminal
careers. Research in crime and delinquency.
Sociological analysis of criminal law, criminal justice,
rehabilitation, punishment, prevention, and deterrence.
SYP 4530 Juvenile Delinquency.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: SYG 2000.
Causes and explanations of juvenile delinquency and
youth crime. Types of delinquents, sociological analy-
sis of the juvenile justice system, treatment, and pre-
vention.
SYP 4540 Sociology of Law.
 Credits: 3
Law in simple and complex societies. Role of social
factors information and implementation of civil and
criminal law. Effect of law on social change, social
control, and social institutions.


SYP 4550 Alcohol, Drugs, and Society.
 Credits: 3
 Overview of alcohol and drug use and abuse in mod-
 ern society. Emphasis on social characteristics, social
 processes, policy, and programs in socially accepted
 and deviant use.
 SYP 4730 Sociology of Aging and Life Course.
 Credits: 3,
Social and personal conditions of post-retirement
years; family and housing patterns, income, leisure,
health, group processes, and evaluation of institution-
al care for the aged. (I)
SYP 4731 Aging, Self and Community.
 Credits: 3
The relationship between the aging, self and commu-
nal subcultures. Consideration of the place of images
of aging and the life course in self-definition, intergen-
erational contact, and institutionalization. (I)
SYP 4740 Sociology of Death and Survivorship.
 Credits: 3
The sociological dimensions of death, bereavement,
and widowhood; ritualistic customs and behavior
associated with death on both intra- and cross-cultural
bases; contemporary issues associated with death-
related phenomena; social and environmental factors
affecting survivor adaptation.

SSocial Sciences-Interdisciplinary
SSI 4601 Masterpieces in Social Science 1.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: Advanced standing and some work
 in the social sciences.
 Reading of pre-twentieth century classics in eco-
 nomics, history, political science, sociology and cul-
 tural anthropology.
 SSI4602 Masterpieces in Social Science 2.
 Credits: 4; Prereq: Advanced standing and some work
 in social sciences.
 Reading of twentieth century classics in economics,
 history, political science, sociology, and cultural
 anthropology.

 GRADUATE COURSES
 Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for graduate
 course listings.






 INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 1992-93
O'Connor, G.A., Chair; Brown, R.B.; Collins, M.E.;
Comerford, N.B.; Graetz, D.A.; Hanlon, E.A.; Harris,
W.G.; Hornsby, A.G.; Hubbell, D.H.; Johnston, C.T.;
Kidder, G.; Mansell, R.S.; McNeal, B.L.; Nkedi-Kizza,
P.; Popenoe, H.L.; Rao, P.S.C.; Reddy, K.R., Rhue,
R.D.JSartain, J.B.; Sylvia, D.M.
SOS 3022 General Soils. F, S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: CHM 2040.
Fundamentals of soil science emphasizing the physi-
cal, chemical, and biological properties of soils in rela-
tion to plant growth and environmental uses. (P)
SOS 3022L General Soils Lab. F, S.
 Credits: 1; Coreq: SOS 3022.
 SOS 3215C Agriculture and Environmental Quality.
 S,SS.
 Credits: 3
Analysis of effects of agriculture on environmental
quality; topics include agricultural sources of non-
point pollution (fertilizers, pesticides), land applica-
tion o municipal sewage, utilization of wetlands,
management of agricultural organic wastes, utiliza-
tion of wastes for fertilizer and as sources of energy,