Many Sociology courses will help you fulfill your theme requirements......

 "Perspectives from the Outside" Theme:

SOC 250 Perspectives on Madness.
Focus is on the social construction of madness. Compares the different ways madness has been defined and treated throughout history and in different cultures. Relationship between those labeled mad, those who label, and the sociocultural context will be examined. Part of Perspectives from the Outside theme. Three credits. Offered fall semester.

SOC 385 Social Class Inequality. 
Focus on the historical, socioeconomic, and political construction of class inequality in the United States from a critical perspective. Includes attention to cultural and global context. Part of Perspectives from the Outside theme. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Three credits. Offered fall and winter semesters.

SOC 333 Sociology of The Civil Rights Movement. 
This course applies multiple sociological models of social movements to the American Civil Rights Movement from 1940--1970s. Part of Civil Rights Theme. Three credits. Offered fall semester.

"Creativity" Theme:

SOC 346 Sociology of Art. 
Explores the ways that public debates over art, aesthetics, and taste mask fundamental conflicts of culture, class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Examines controversies over the public funding of historical and contemporary cultural projects as well as the fluid boundaries between the taste for ``high'' and ``popular'' culture. Part of the Creativity Theme. Three credits. Offered winter semester.

"Health, Illness, and Healing" Theme:

SOC 356 Sociology of Health Care. 
An analysis of the social facets of health and disease, the social functions of health organizations, the relationship of health care delivery to other social systems, the social behavior of health care providers and consumers, and international patterns of health services. Race, class, and gender issues are examined. Part of Health, Illness, and Healing theme. Three credits. Offered fall and winter semesters.

"Religion" Theme:

SOC 357 Sociology of Religion.
Critically analyzes religion as an institutional structure and belief system and explores the relationship of religion to social change and organization. Emphasis on religion in the contemporary United States; includes attention to non-Western influences. Part of Perception theme. Three credits. Offered winter semester.

"Society and Media" Theme:

SOC 366 Sociology of Media. 
Critically examines the production and consumption of mass media. The roles that mass media play in shaping values, ideology, and human interaction will be studied through examination of the economic and social organization of the mass media, media content, and the ways audiences interact with media. Part of Society and the Media theme. Three credits. Offered fall semester.

"Gender and Identity" Theme:

SOC 375 Perspectives on Masculinity. 
Discusses and analyzes social and political perspectives on men and the men's movements. Engages students to look critically at men and sports, sexuality, work, and friendship. Part of Gender and Identity theme. Three credits. Offered winter semester.

"Gender, Society, and Culture" Theme:

379 Love, Sex, and Gender. 
Considers the way in which ideas and values are socially constructed and contextually grounded. Focus on the historical, socioeconomic, psychological, and political construction of love, sex, and gender in the United States. A comparative aspect is also provided. Part of Gender, Society, and Culture theme. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Three credits. Offered fall and winter semesters.

"American Mosaic" Theme:

SOC 381 Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality. 
Studies the meaning of difference in contemporary society. Focus on the interplay of structure and agency in relation to class, race, gender, and sexuality regarding life opportunity, privilege, and inequality. Fulfills U.S. Diversity requirement. Part of American Mosaic theme. Prerequisite: 201 or 280. Three credits. Offered fall and winter semesters.

SS/WGS 351 Family & Gender in the Developing World.
A comparative examination of the impact of development on families and gender roles in third world countries. Will include consideration of general issues (e.g., factors affecting family reproduction decisions, women in the formal and informal labor force, etc.) and in-depth study of gender and family in one or more countries. Part of the New Third World theme. Three credits. Offered winter semester.

Death and Dying" Theme:

SS 381 Death and Dying.
Considers the way in which ideas and values are socially constructed and contextually grounded. Specific focus on the historical, socioeconomic, psychological, and political construction of death and dying in the United States. A comparative aspect is also provided. Part of Death and Dying theme. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Three credits. Offered summer and winter semesters.