Summer 2012 Sociology Classes

The Sociology Department will be offering four courses through Extended Education this summer. Registration for Summer Session will begin March 5 and continues up to the first day of class on a space available basis. To guarantee yourself a place in class, early registration is recommended and encouraged.

Extended Education
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Stevenson Hall 1012, 707-664-2394
FAX: 707-664-2613
Email: extendeded@sonoma.edu


Classes Offered

SOCI 317: Emotions and Adult Life
4 units, class # 1139
12 mtgs: TWF, May 22-June 15, 8am-1pm
Instructor: Melinda Milligan
Emphasizes the social context and social development of emotional responses throughout adulthood. Analyzes the reciprocal relations between social definitions and subjective feelings in connection with life events. Addresses both basic emotions such as fear, anger, pleasure and excitement, and the more complex emotions such as love, jealousy, grief, sympathy, pride, shame and despair. Satisfies GE, category E (Integrated Person).

SOCI 326: Social Psychology
4 units, class # 1135
15 mtgs: M-Th, July 2-26, 8am-12pm
Instructor: Matthew Paolucci
Introduces relationships between self and society, including the formation and change of attitudes and values, interaction and interpersonal dynamics, and the cultural influences on them. Topics include symbolic interactionism, personal and social identities, motivation, prejudice and the consequences of ethnicity, class and gender. Crosslisted as PSY 326. Satisfies GE D1 (Individual and Society).

SOCI 431: Sociology of Religion
4 units, class # 1140
15 mtgs: M-F, July 23-Aug. 10, 1pm-5pm
Instructor: Jim Preston
Study of world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism), tribal beliefs, American sects and denominations. Theories of religious development, values, change, and effects on society. Satisfies GE, category C2 (Literature, Philosophies, Values).

SOCI 450: Punishments and Corrections
4 units, class #1080
15 mtgs: M-Th, Jul 2-Jul 26, 8:00am-12:00pm
Instructor: Eric Williams
A consideration of the problems created by pressures to punish and control criminals, the politics of control strategies, the use and misuse of probation and parole, the concept of correction, and alternatives to incarceration.