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The Department of Sociology is committed to creating a supportive environment for student centered learning and achievement. Our students are exposed to all aspects of sociology and acquire sociological perspectives and the techniques for studying society. They learn to critically examine the value assumptions of our institutions and social practices, including the values and practices of our discipline itself. This reflexive stance is an essential element of sociological understanding. Our students will learn how sociology has been used to solve problems for clients, foundations, agencies, and the community, and has contributed to social policy formulation and policy analysis. They will learn how sociologists engage in dialog and engagement with different publics in the civil society. Through their education, our students will understand that sociology and civil society are interdependent, both flourishing in an open and democratic discourse on the issues and crises of modernity.
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Are you interested in art, activism, and social movements?
Enroll in Artivism Social Movements!
SOC 496ASM, examines the role visual arts, music, performance, and literature have played in social movements in the U.S. from the early twentieth century to the present. Throughout the semester, we examine some of the major processes at work in the formation and growth of social movements, paying particular attention to how art has been used by activists fighting for social change.
SOC 496ASM, MoWe 1:00pm-2:15pm with Dr. Karen Morgaine
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