Note: Helps students explore research and data that illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to the topics covered. It provides a research orientation to the basic principles of sociology.
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• Developing a sociological perspective
• Doing sociological research
• Culture
• Socialization
• Social interaction and social structure
• Groups and organizations
• Deviance
• Crime and criminal justice
• Social class and social stratification
• Global stratification
• Race and ethnicity
• Gender
• Sexuality
• Age and aging
• Families
• Education
• Religion
• Economy and work
• Government and politics
• Health care
• Population, urbanization, and the environment
• Collective behavior and social movements
• Social change in global perspective.

What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life...? It's a question most of us consider only hypothetically-opting instead to "do what we have to do" to earn a living. But in the critically acclaimed bestseller "The Monk and the Riddle", entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real. The book's timeless advice - to make work pay not just in cash, but in experience, satisfaction, and joy - will be embraced by anyone who wants success to come not just from what they do, but from who they are.At once a fictional tale of Komisar's encounters with a would-be entrepreneur and a personal account of how Komisar found meaning not in work's rewards but in work itself, the book illustrates what's wrong with the mainstream thinking that we should sacrifice our lives to make a living. Described by Fortune.com as "part personal essay, part fictional narrative and part meditation on the nature of work and life," "The Monk and the Riddle" is essential reading on the art of creating a life while making a living. 'Belongs in a category by itself...The best thing I've read all year' - "San Francisco Examiner". 'A timely book' - "USA Today". 'A self-help manual and business fable rolled into one' - "The Times, London".

Overview: A History of Women in America integrates the stories of women in America into the national narrative of American history. By weaving women's lives into the heart of the country's narratives, readers will see women where they were, rather than having them appear as appendages to events controlled largely by men. Coryell and Faires use accessible language, telling stories that will attract beginning scholars to the field of history. Major ethnic groups are incorporated, from Native American and African women who appear earliest in the text, to the major immigrant groups, such as Hispanic, Latina, Chicana, and Asian women, who occupy increasingly larger roles throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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• The American legal system
• The First Amendment: the meaning of freedom
• The First Amendment: contemporary problems
• Libel: establishing a case
• Libel: proof of fault
• Libel: defenses and damages
• Invasion of privacy: appropriation and intrusion
• Invasion of privacy: publication of private information and false light
• Gathering information: records and meetings
• Protection of news sources/contempt power
• Free press-fair trial: trial-level remedies and restrictive orders
• Free press-fair trial: closed judicial proceedings
• Regulation of obscene and other erotic material
• Copyright
• Regulation of advertising
• Telecommunication regulation
• Glossary.