SOC - 250 Sociology of Deviance

(3 s.h.)

Prerequisites: SOC - 110 Introduction to Sociology or SOC - 115 Social Problems
Sociology of Deviance examines the most relevant theories and research on prevalent, changing and emerging forms of deviance. The focus of analysis are social processes for labeling and defining conformity and nonconformity. Included in the course is an analysis of the response to counter-normative behaviors, including formal and informal sanctions of social control. Behaviors that often don’t violate laws, but are viewed or treated as wrong or immoral problems undergo change in history and can undergo normalization or criminalization. A survey of topics ranging from self-harm, hacktivism and to virtual kidnapping couched in the context of power and inequality.

Lecture Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 0
Clinical Hours: 0
Work Experience Hours: 0