Proposed Schedule of Upcoming Courses
Spring 2025
Sociology
SOC 101 Foundations of Society - 7 sections
MW 9:00 Hass
MW 10:30; 12:00 Troia
TTH 12:00; 1:30 Faulk
TTh 1:30; 3:00 Mowery
SOC 211 Sociological Research Methods - MW 9:00 Faulk
SOC 221 Sociological Theory - MW 10:30 Payne
SOC 257 Sociology of Hip-Hop - TTh 9:00 Oware
SOC 279 Special Topics: Sociology of Families - TTh 10:30 Mowery
SOC 306 Social Change in Global Perspective - (NEW!) MW 12:00 noon Payne No Pre-reqs!
SOC 316 Race, Class, Schooling - MW 1:30 Richards
SOC 379 Special Topics: Sexualities and Pop Culture - (NEW!) MW 3:00 Troia No Pre-reqs!
SOC 401 Capstone seminar - Tues 1:30-4:00 Richards
Anthropology
ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - 7 sections
MW 9:00; 10:30; 12:00 Olayiwola
TTh 9:00; 10:30 Diaz Barriga
TTh 1:30; 3:00 Sweis
ANTH 290 Cultural Theory - TTh 3:00 Dorsey
ANTH 328 Anthropology of Human Rights - 2 sections MW 10:30 & 12:00 French
ANTH 340 Borders and Migration - TTh 12:00 Dorsey No Pre-reqs!
ANTH 379 SPECIAL TOPICS: Food and Culture (New!) TTh 1:30 Diaz-Barriga No Pre-reqs!
Art & Anthropology Mon 3:00-5:45 Dorsey No Pre-reqs!
ANTH 400 Capstone seminar - Wed 1:30-4:00 Sweis
New Courses -
ANTH 379 (21956) Food and Culture Miguel Diaz Barriga TTh 1:30 No Pre-reqs!
This class is about food, taste, good eating, manners, hunger, globalization, power, and more! We start our food journey by discussing anthropological theories on food and then move to a range of topics including the histories of corn and sugar, food activism, advertising, and farm to table initiatives. Students will keep a journal on their relationships with food as well as present on articles and research that pique their interest. The class may include cooking demonstrations, tastings, and field trips.
SOC 306 (22948) Social Change in Global Perspective Dr. Corey Payne MW 12:00 No Pre-reqs!
What does a shut-down automobile plant in Detroit have to do with a new iPhone factory in Bangalore? Why are US politicians so concerned about competing with China? Why does inequality seem to be rising everywhere? What explains the successive waves of world-spanning protests, wars, and crises in the twenty-first century? Is global cohesion, peace, and prosperity even possible? In this seminar, students will read foundational texts on global capitalism, examining where our current world system came from—and where it’s headed. Topics include colonialism and anti-colonial struggles, the development of ‘the West’ and underdevelopment of ‘the Rest,’ globalization and global commodity chains, transnational labor and social movements, the rise of East Asia, the social foundations of interstate conflict, and the climate crisis. Students will leave this class with the ability to think critically about how our social, political, and economic ties—as well as our most pressing challenges—extend beyond national borders.
SOC 379 (22962) Sexualities and Pop Culture Dr. Bailey Troia MW 3:00 No Pre-reqs!
What can we learn from studying how sexuality is portrayed through our favorite forms of pop culture? How can representations of sexuality in pop culture shape our daily lives? This course utilizes a sociological perspective to better understand how social norms about sexuality are produced and challenged through popular culture. We will examine how ideas about sexual (non-)conformity are portrayed through film, television, news media, advertising, and digital media. This course focuses on how sexuality intersects with gender, race, and class to shape how sexual identities, relationships, desires, and behaviors are represented through mainstream and alternative media over the past century.