SOC 305: Contemporary Social Problems. An examination of social issues and conflicts of society from a sociological perspective. Prerequisite: SOC 203. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 312: Sociology of Poverty. Prerequisite: SOC 305. Investigation of the socio/cultural factors that contribute to poverty and deprivation in rural and urban settings. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 314: Demography. Examination of the factors that affect growth, size, composition, and distribution of human populations; the components of population change and their relationship to socio-cultural variables. Prerequisites: SOC 203 and SOC 300. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 320: Social Stratification. Study of systems of social ranking in societies. Attention is focused on social classes in American societies and the distribution of power, prestige, and privileges. Prerequisite: SOC 203 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 330: Sociology of Education. Focuses on education's role in creating and redressing inequality, and in shaping how we understand our place in society. Education form cross-national and historical perspectives, and education as a vehicle for examining and solving social problems. Prerequisites: SOC 203. Credits: 3 semester hours.

SOC 343: Juvenile Delinquency. The prerequisite may be taken concurrently. Study of the causes of delinquency as revealed through personal, family, and community situational conditions. Prerequisite: SOC 203. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 350: Urban Sociology. The prerequisite may be taken concurrently. Examination of social processes, including the emergence of leadership, the structure of authority, and the differentiation between and among urban institutions. Prerequisite: SOC 203. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 400: Internship. The internship offers experiential learning wherein students are assigned to research and agriculture extension mentors. The objective is to encourage careers in agriculture through direct experience. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 403/PSY 403: Social Psychology. A study of social and individual dynamics, social roles, attitude formation and change with emphasis on behavioral variation and social control. Prerequisite(s): PSY 200 and SOC 203, or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 405: Sociological Theory. The social, cultural, and intellectual foundations of sociological theory. Prerequisite: Junior classification in Sociology. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 423: Criminology. The latter prerequisite may be taken concurrently. A study of criminology from the classical schools to the present, with special units on the professional criminal and white collar crime. Prerequisite: SOC 203. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 428: Applied Sociology. Prerequisite: Junior classification in Sociology. Examination of a broad range of perspectives for the application of sociological principles and techniques to human environmental problems and conditions. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOC 430: Child Welfare Services. An historical analysis of child welfare as an institution and an in-depth study of programs, policies, practices and their impact on children, youth and families. Credit: 3 semester hours.