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In preparation for their spring recreation internship, students participate in a comprehensive orientation. Students are introduced to the duties, responsibilities, and assignments they will complete throughout their 14-week internship. Students also investigate, assess, interview for, and secure an...

Discontinued as of Summer Semester 2025. A broad spectrum of the myths of South, Southeast and East Asia are studied, both as texts which have their own history and as expressions of cultural institutions. The myths of minority groups in Asia are included. This course is equivalent to ASIA 2260...

This course will investigate role of popular culture in everyday life from a variety of sociological perspectives. It will examine how 'popular' culture differs from other cultural forms, and the ways in which it is bound up with larger social and cultural processes.Prerequisite(s): A minimum "C-"...

Urban sociologists study the impacts and consequences of urbanization on individuals, groups, and the environment. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the study of contemporary urban environments from a sociological perspective. Students acquire the foundational knowledge, research...

Sociology provides tools to understand our own lives and society, as well as distant ones. Students are introduced to models and concepts sociologists use to think about society in terms of its maintenance and construction through everyday social interactions. Subjects that may be explored include...