Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty
Hillary Crane, Ph.D.
Robert Gardner, Ph.D. (Chair)
Amy Orr, Ph.D.
Jeff Peterson, Ph.D.
Leslie Walker, Ph.D. (Instructional Associate)
anthropology Museum Coordinator
Leslie Walker, Ph.D.
Sociology is the historical, comparative study of society, including social relations, institutions, and practices. To possess a sociological imagination is to see the strange in the familiar – to analyze the taken-for-granted, common sense understanding of our social worlds. The department emphasizes social research methods and social theory as core building blocks of the sociological enterprise. The department has several areas of expertise, such as: race and ethnicity; political sociology (social movements, rural and urban society); environmental sociology; community; and sociology of education. The core concepts of inequality and stratification (in the United States and from a global perspective) are emphasized across the curriculum.
Social Work/Human Services Track: Sociology is a great major for those who want to pursue a career in social work or other human services professions. Our graduates can be found in a wide range of human service career areas, including, but not limited to, social work, counseling, public health, social policy, social services, education, health care, criminology, victim’s services, and law enforcement. This track allows students to cater the sociology curriculum to their specific needs and career interests. For further information, please visit: www.linfield.edu/soan/social-work-human-services.html.
The study of humanity, anthropology is both broad in its approach and global in its scope. Drawing on a wide variety of subdisciplinary perspectives – archaeological, cultural, physical, and linguistic – the field of anthropology provides means for understanding and appreciating other cultures and, through a comparative lens, a fresh perspective on our own. The program is composed of several interest clusters within anthropology, including symbolic anthropology, museums and material culture, archaeology, language and culture, gender and sexuality, anthropology of religion, and medical anthropology.
The SoAn Department emphasizes close student-faculty relations and collaboration in research and social practice. The Linfield Anthropology Museum provides hands-on training in exhibit design, installation, registration, and artifact conservation; the annual Summer Archaeology Field School provides fieldwork in historic and prehistoric archaeology at various sites. Student-faculty collaborative research projects have focused on topics such as local Hispanic and migrant communities, homeless and other underserved local populations, disaster research, educational inequality, non-timber resource utilization in northwest forests, people coping with Celiac Disease, rural electrification in the Andes, and Century Farms and sustainable agriculture. Sociology and Anthropology faculty and students actively participate in Linfield’s Gender Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian Studies, Linguistics and Environmental Studies Programs. Departmental faculty and students are especially active with Linfield’s strong International Studies program, which includes a dozen semester programs as well as rotating January Term and summer courses on site in Guatemala, Ecuador, India, Peru, Nicaragua, Mexico, New Orleans, Scandinavia, Taiwan and elsewhere. Departmental majors frequently present papers based on independent and collaborative research at regional academic conferences as well as at an annual on-campus academic symposium.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is to assist our students in and out of the classroom in developing their ability to think and act critically and responsibly about the world and the place of humans as social beings within it. The ability of department faculty to do this hinges on our active development of teaching, research and service ideals and commitments.
Awards, Honors, and Organizations
Sociology Awards
The Howd Sociology Award was made possible through a gift of Dr. Cloice Howd, Class of 1912, in honor of his wife, Martha Wilson Howd, B.A. in Sociology, Class of 1931. The award is given annually to an outstanding sociology senior.
Anthropology Awards
The Gebauer Anthropology Award was created in 1971 to honor Dr. Paul Gebauer, B.A. Linfield, 1943, DD Linfield, 1952, for 30 years a missionary in the British Cameroons and former professor of Anthropology at Linfield. The award is given annually to an outstanding anthropology senior.
Departmental Honors
At graduation, a student who has completed a senior honors thesis or curated a museum exhibit is eligible to receive a degree in the major with departmental honors.
Alpha Kappa Delta
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology maintains an active chapter of the international sociology honor society. Membership is open by invitation to any interested student in sociology or anthropology with appropriate academic qualifications.
Lambda Alpha
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology maintains an active chapter (Oregon Delta) of the international anthropology honor society. Membership is open by invitation to any interested student in anthropology or sociology with appropriate academic qualifications.
Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu is an international honor society that recognizes academic achievement among juniors and seniors in the social sciences. Membership is open to students who have completed at least 20 hours in the social sciences and meet the specified requirements for GPA and class ranking.
Courses
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) offers courses in two distinct major-related categories which are identified accordingly: those supporting only sociology (SOCL) and those supporting only anthropology (ANTH). Courses serving both areas (the bulk of the curriculum) are designated SOAN.
A list of the department’s infrequently taught courses can be found on the Registrar’s webpages.
Paracurricular Courses
SOAN 040 COMMUNITY SERVICE (1 credit)
Community service activity, helping with such social services as nursing home care, tutoring, family recreation programs, juvenile corrections, special day schools. Requires 40 hours of service. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)
SOAN 085 EXPLORING SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY (2 credits)
Paracurricular course designed for newly declared sociology and anthropology majors. Discussion of opportunities available to students, career options, meetings with SOAN faculty and senior majors, and completion of 30 hours of community service activities outside of class. Course taken during first fall semester after declaring the major (preferably in the sophomore year).
Prerequisites: Declared major in sociology or anthropology; consent of instructor.
(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)
Anthropology Courses
ANTH 105 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION (4 credits)
Introduction to the hominid evolution, genetics, physiology, and behavior of humans and other primates. Emphasis on the study of the relationships between biology and culture. Particular focus on the theory of evolution, its application to humans, and recent discoveries in the field of human prehistory. Lecture, readings, films, essays, and discussion. Laboratory component included: genetics, bipedalism, human migration, tool making techniques, field methods.
(NATURAL WORLD)
ANTH 106 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (ALSO AS GLCS 106) (3 credits)
An introduction to linguistics, the scientific study of human language. This course will consider languages as systems of sounds, forms, structures, meanings, and symbols. Attention will also be given to the biological, psychological, social, anthropological, and cultural aspects of language and language use. No background in languages other than English is required (although such background will be helpful and welcomed).
Total Course fees: $20.00
Typically offered: Spring Semester, Even Years
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
ANTH 111 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (4 credits)
Anthropological study of culture and society; world cultures and their variation in social, political, and economic organization, belief systems and world view, material culture and the arts, patterns of adaptation. Assumptions, concepts, and methods of anthropologists.
Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
ANTH 112 ARCHAEOLOGY AND WORLD PREHISTORY (4 credits)
Introduction to archaeological practice, as well as a survey of past cultures and sociocultural development from the Paleolithic through more recent complex societies; from the earliest tool use and symbolic behavior, through the development of agriculture, to the emergence of complex societies around the world. Key issues and sites in prehistoric archaeology and the role of these discoveries in understanding humanity's collective past.
(VITAL PAST)
ANTH 203 HUMAN ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 203) (4 credits)
Social scientific findings and ways of understanding humanity's place in nature and our current ecological predicament; causes and consequences (environmental, demographic, economic, political, and cultural) of humankind's transition from food foraging to Neolithic and now industrial adaptive strategies; scientific, policy and cultural implications and aspects of these changes and interactions through case studies at global, regional and local scales.
Total Course fees: $60.00
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
ANTH 227 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS (4 credits)
Theories and methods of archaeology. On-site training in methods of survey, excavation, lab- oratory analysis, and report writing. Integration of archaeological data within a larger anthropo- logical and environmental framework.
Prerequisites: ANTH 112.
ANTH 255 MUSEUMS: OBJECTS & ARTIFACTS (3 credits)
Introduction to the modern museum and museum work. Historical context and types of museums. Collecting, interpreting, and preserving objects of artistic, cultural, and scientific value. Field trips to museums and laboratory training in association with the Linfield Anthropology Museum. Includes laboratory.
(CREATIVE STUDIES)
ANTH 290 PLANTS AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS BIOL 290) (4 credits)
An interdisciplinary study of past, present, and future uses of plants, the products made from them, the sociocultural contexts in which the plants are used, their impact on development of human societies, and the impact of humans on plant populations worldwide. Four hours of lecture/week plus field trips. Offered every spring.
Total Course fees: $60.00
Prerequisites: BIOL 211, ANTH 111 or ENVS 203.
(NATURAL WORLD)
ANTH 332 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (3 credits)
A biocultural approach to problems of health and illness. Integrated understanding through empirical research on ritual and belief systems, health practitioners, curing techniques and delivery systems; nutrition; fertility and population control; environmental factors in disease; evolutionary perspective on disease and human adaptability.
Prerequisites: ANTH 111 or SOAN 232 or SOCL 101 or instructor consent.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
ANTH 341 LANGUAGE & CULTURE (4 credits)
Anthropological study of the relationship between language and culture, sociolinguistics (situating language in cultural context), and language patterns that shape culture.
Prerequisites: ANTH 111 or ANTH 340 or GLCS 340.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
ANTH 355 MUSEUMS: EXHIBITING CULTURES (4 credits)
Anthropology museums in their historical and sociological context. Critical examination of artifact collections, exhibits, and exhibiting theories as representative of cultural values and social conflicts. Museums and the politics of culture. Field trips to Northwest museums and preparation of Linfield Anthropology Museum exhibits.
Total Course fees: $50.00
Prerequisites: ANTH 111; ANTH 255 recommended.
(CREATIVE STUDIES)
Sociology Courses
SOCL 101 UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIAL WORLD (4 credits)
An introduction to the sociological perspective. Emphasis on major concepts, theories and methods used by sociologists to understand human groups and societies. Explores how individuals shape and are shaped by interactions and large scale social forces, including deviance, crime, inequalities of race, class, and gender, education and social change.
Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOCL 201 CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND SOCIAL CONTROL (4 credits)
A sociological approach to the study of crime and deviance. Emphasis on the social construction of crime/deviance, social causes of criminal/deviant behavior, and mechanisms used to control and punish those who break laws and violate social norms. Exploration of issues such as violent behavior, white- and blue-collar crime, drug use, gangs, and disparities in the criminal justice system.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOCL 297 TOPICS IN APPLIED SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK (3 credits)
Introductory-level course focusing on key issues in social work and applied sociology, such as addictions, homelessness, domestic violence, and poverty. May be repeated once for credit with different content.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOCL 335 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION (4 credits)
Examines the sociological principles that relate to education in the United States. Topics include theoretical approaches to education, educational inequality (class, race/ethnicity, and gender), adolescent behavior and subcultures, the relationship between education and other institutions, and educational reform.
Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or consent of instructor.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
Sociology & Anthropology Courses
SOAN 198 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TRM TRAVEL (4 credits)
Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Down and Out in America; Prehistory and History of Ireland; Tradition and Change in Romania; Nepal - Sustainable Development and Social Change; City and Countryside in Transition - Nicaragua; Strangers in Strange Lands; City and Countryside in Transition - India; How Children Learn: Scandinavian Schools, Society, and Culture. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.
Typically offered: January Term
SOAN 205 GENDER AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 205) (4 credits)
Comparison of historically and culturally situated conceptualizations of gender, gender identity, and gender inequality. Significance of gendered meanings and their symbolic representation in society and social institutions regarding distributions of social, economic, and political power.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOAN 210 SPORT, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS PHIL 210) (4 credits)
Role of sport in contemporary political, economic, and social issues; sport as cultural representation; sport and deviance; sport and socialization; sport and the reproduction of social inequality (race, class, gender, and sexual orientation); sport and imperialism.
(ULTIMATE QUESTIONS)
SOAN 221 RELIGION, SOCIETY AND CULTURE (4 credits)
Examines religion and religious belief as a social phenomenon. Focuses on the relationship between society and religion, and the role that religion plays in individuals' lives, with special emphasis on the larger social and cultural context of religious belief and expression in the United States. Topics to be considered include: belief and its institutionalization, religion as a social form, forms of religious organization, religion and social change, politics and religion, fundamentalism, religion in popular culture, secularization, and the shifting boundaries of religious and non-religious activity.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, ULTIMATE QUESTIONS)
SOAN 222 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: SOCIETIES AND CULTURES (4 credits)
Social organizations and cultures of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Patterns of economic, political, and social organization, including ethnicity, gender, race, class, and other social cleavages. Migration to the United States and effects on U.S. society, including Latinas and Latinos, Rastafarian influences, and U.S. migration policy.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 223 CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTH (3 credits)
The relation of health to cultural background, cultural setting, and cultural adaptation. Anthropological knowledge, theory, and observational methods as the means of understanding health behavior and sharpening cognitive and practical skills.
SOAN 224 DEATH IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE (4 credits)
Introduction to how culture shapes our ideas about death and dying. Cross-cultural comparison of grieving, funerary and mortuary rituals. Examination of the effects of colonialism and globalization on practices and beliefs surrounding death, and the ways in which social, medical, political and commercial systems intersect at the end of life.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 225 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF NORTH AMERICA: THE NATIVE AMERICANS (4 credits)
Indigenous people of North America: prehistory and patterns of adaptation, culture areas and the diversity of cultural configurations prior to European colonization, history of Indian-white relations, Native Americans today.
(VITAL PAST)
SOAN 226 SOUTH AMERICA: PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF THE LEAST KNOWN CONTINENT (4 credits)
Social organization, cultures, and histories of the diverse peoples of South America. Current patterns of economic, political, and social organization, including countryside and cities; ethnic, class, and other social cleavages; local, national, and international levels of integration.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 229 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY (4 credits)
Overview of Chinese society, drawing on insights from anthropology, sociology, history, political science, religion, gender studies, and economics. Continuity and change in Chinese cultural traditions and the unity and diversity of Chinese culture both within Chinese national borders and with overseas Chinese. Orientalism, religion, marriage, kinship, gender, ethnicity, traditional medicine, understandings of the body, the usefulness of a "timeless Chinese" concept, and the possibility of a "Chinese sense of self."
Total Course fees: $40.00
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 232 MEDICINE AND CULTURE (4 credits)
Cultural bases of illness and curing; ethnographic examination of how non-Western societies perceive and treat illness and how knowledge of non-Western practices can be used to critique and inform the management of our own health problems. Meanings of sickness, nature of relationships between patients and healers, and effects of culture on health.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 240 UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS: SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION (4 credits)
Exploration of theory of utopic and dystopic thought, social theory and their representation in works of science fiction. Specific areas of focus include gender and sex, sexual orientation, race, societal structure, war, terrorism, peace, inequality and political theory.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, ULTIMATE QUESTIONS)
SOAN 244 THE OTHER EUROPE (4 credits)
Marginalized populations of the European subcontinent and their cultures in historical anthropological perspective: East Europeans, Basques, Roma, Jews, Irish, recent Asian and African immigrants, and European underclasses. Views of pre-modern and modern European Civilization from core and periphery. Other Europeans and the U.S.
(GLOBAL PLURALISM, INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 250 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 250) (4 credits)
Relationship between social groups and natural and human-built environment, human-induced environmental decline, sustainable alternatives, environmentalism as social movement, public environmental opinion, environmental racism and classism. Social dimensions of built environment including urban sprawl, development, place, space, community, and urban design.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 251 MUSIC SUBCULTURES, SCENES, AND COMMUNITIES (4 credits)
Sociological and anthropological investigation of music subcultures in modern society. Focus on the social and cultural significance of popular and folk music genres with a particular emphasis on sociological theories of representation, identity, community, subculture, tradition, authenticity, and social change. Emphasis on social institutions, social interaction, and their interrelationship.
(CREATIVE STUDIES)
SOAN 265 RACE & ETHNICITY (4 credits)
Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Historical knowledge of role of race in formation of U.S.; current state of dominant-minority relations.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOAN 270 LATINAS AND LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES (4 credits)
Examination of major Latina/o subpopulations, including immigration history, population trends, general socio-cultural tendencies. Specific topics of migration and border studies, gender and family, labor and gender, Latina/o politics and policy, poverty, identity and citizenship issues arising among various Latina/o subgroups as they experience and affect U.S. society and culture.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOAN 280 FAMILIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (4 credits)
Examines the family as a social institution, both domestically and globally. Addresses historical and cultural perspectives, with emphasis on family diversity, variations in family form and life style, and the interdependence between family and other institutions. Analysis of major family issues, as well as forces for change in the family.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOAN 287 CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP (2-5 credits)
Internship specifically devoted to career exploration in the areas of sociology, criminal justice, social work, or anthropology. Supplemented with appropriate readings and reports. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Approval of departmental internship supervisor.
(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)
SOAN 298 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TRM TRAVEL (4 credits)
Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Down and Out in America; Prehistory and History of Ireland; Tradition and Change in Romania; Nepal - Sustainable Development and Social Change; City and Countryside in Transition - Nicaragua; Strangers in Strange Lands; City and Countryside in Transition - India; How Children Learn: Scandinavian Schools, Society, and Culture. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.
Typically offered: January Term
SOAN 299 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (4 credits)
See specific sections for descriptions.
SOAN 304 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CITIZENSHIP & DISSENT (4 credits)
Social movements in cross-cultural perspective ranging from microsociological to macrosociological. Political, economic, gender, religious, racial, and lifestyle issues that have been a focus of collective activity in promoting or resisting change on a sociocultural level. Resource mobilization, the J-curve theory of revolution, class conflict, urban social movements, identity construction, new social movements, and issues of citizenship and dissent.
SOAN 307 SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS (4 credits)
For future researchers and consumers of research. Designs for research on social behavior, data collection, and analysis; reporting results; funding of research; uses of research in social work, government, and management. Four hours of lecture and three hours of lab each week.
Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or ANTH 111.
(QUANTITATIVE REASONING)
SOAN 330 COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY (4 credits)
Examines the social science concept of community and its context in rural life. Focus on the intersection of rural and urban cultures. Issues covered include racial and cultural diversity, globalization and rural communities, urban-rural migration, community identity and change, community building, and community survival. Experiential component focusing on local region.
Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or ANTH 111.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES)
SOAN 354 SYMBOLS IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE (4 credits)
Study of world cultures as systems of symbols and the process by which people give meaning to their world and their action in it. Critical examination of theoretical models used in the analysis of a variety of semantic domains: ritual, myth, media, popular culture, folklore, politics, and the self.
SOAN 360 CONTEMPORARY CULTURE (4 credits)
Major perspectives in the study of culture: culturalism, structuralism, post-structuralism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism; theoretical and empirical scholarship of contemporary culture with emphasis on the U.S.; methodological issues for studying culture.
Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or ANTH 111.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOAN 361 GENDER, SEXUALITY AND THE BODY (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 361) (4 credits)
Gender, sexuality, and the body as focus for both independent and interrelated areas of scholarship using several theoretical perspectives; examination of ethnographic materials from a wide variety of cultural contexts.
SOAN 370 SOCIETY, STATE & SOCIAL POLICY (4 credits)
Analysis of the complexities of social policy in the U.S. Strategies for examining social policy; role of government and outside forces in forming policy. Several current policies discussed.
Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or ANTH 111.
(INDIVID/SYSTEMS/SOCIETIES, U.S. PLURALISM)
SOAN 385 SEMINAR: SOCIAL THEORY (4 credits)
Junior-level seminar focusing on the major intellectual currents leading to the development of the sciences of culture, society, and human social behavior. Four hours of lecture and two hours of lab each week.
SOAN 398 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL (4 credits)
Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Down and Out in America; Prehistory and History of Ireland; Tradition and Change in Romania; Nepal - Sustainable Development and Social Change; City and Countryside in Transition - Nicaragua; Strangers in Strange Lands; City and Countryside in Transition - India; How Children Learn: Scandinavian Schools, Society, and Culture. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.
Typically offered: January Term
SOAN 439 PEER INSTRUCTION (2-4 credits)
Opportunity for outstanding students to assist faculty in the classroom and laboratory. May not be repeated for credit.(S/U)
Prerequisites: Application and consent of instructor.
(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)
SOAN 480 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-5 credits)
Study of special topics not available as courses; requires approval of a supervising instructor and the department chairperson. For advanced students.
Prerequisites: Approval of supervising instructor and department chair.
SOAN 487 INTERNSHIP/APPLIED CAPSTONE SEMINAR (2-10 credits)
Participation in applied project or internship in career fields in or related to sociology, criminal justice, social work, or anthropology. Upon completion, students will submit reports and make public presentations. Weekly meetings to monitor progress, discuss career goals, and prepare professional portfolio, including resume. Required spring of senior year.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing or consent of instructor.
(EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)
SOAN 490 RESEARCH/THESIS (4 credits)
SOAN 490 Research/Thesis - Intensive research on a topic of special interest to the student, leading to a thesis.
Prerequisites: SOCL 101 or ANTH 111, SOAN 307, and SOAN 385.
(MAJOR WRITING INTENSIVE)
SOAN 491 HONORS THESIS (2-5 credits)
Continuation of SOAN 490 for students invited to write an honors thesis.
Prerequisites: SOAN 490; senior standing; and instructor approval.
Typically offered: Spring Semester, Annually
SOAN 498 SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TRM TRAVEL (4 credits)
Topics vary according to faculty availability and interest. Past topics have included Down and Out in America; Prehistory and History of Ireland; Tradition and Change in Romania; Nepal - Sustainable Development and Social Change; City and Countryside in Transition - Nicaragua; Strangers in Strange Lands; City and Countryside in Transition - India; How Children Learn: Scandinavian Schools, Society, and Culture. Offered only as student interest and university resources permit. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Prerequisites: IDST 098 previous fall.
Typically offered: January Term