MORRIS COLLEGE CATALOG SOCIOLOGY SOC 101 Principles of Sociology (3) Principles of Sociology is an introduction to the concepts and methods of sociology. The course includes examination of diverse methods of socialization, group processes, major social institutions, and social change. SOC 300 Introduction to Gerontology (3) Introduction to Gerontology is an introduction to the areas of Biological, Psychological, and Sociological contributions to the field of Gerontology, with an emphasis on personal awareness of myths, problems, and solutions relating to the older person in America. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 301 Social Psychology (3) Social Psychology analyzes the interrelationship between society, culture, and personality. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of motivation, self perception, personality, crowds, groups and propaganda. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 302 Social Problems (3) Social Problems is a critical review of major social problems such as crime and juvenile delinquency, adolescent pregnancy, and drug abuse and their impact on diverse populations in American society. Open only to students who have earned at least 56 semester hours of college-level credits. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 303 Societal Responses to Aging (3) Societal Responses to Aging is a study of the ways in which aging, as a dimension of social organization, touches every life, every home, every community, and every relationship. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 307 Community Organization (3) Community Organization is a study of processes, integration, and change in the community and analysis and comparison of rural and urban communities with respect to structural features, communications processes, and basic institutions. The course examines changing roles of the local community in the total society. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 308 Political Sociology (3) Political Sociology is a study of various government institutions and the way in which their social structures operate to conform to various political philosophies (at the international level). Social forces that created various political systems are also a focus of study. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 309 Courtship, Marriage and Family (3) Courtship, Marriage and Family concerns mate selection: the meaning of love; engagement; and the physical, psychological and social adjustments in marriage; the past, present and future of marriage; and the analysis of the family institution as a background for the study of family interactions, family crises, and problems. Prerequisite: SOC 101 SOC 310 Cultural Anthropology (3) Cultural Anthropology focuses on the nature of culture and society and involves the study of a variety of cultures on different developmental levels, including social, economic, political, education, and religious systems and their interrelationships and
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