Social and Cultural Sciences
Chairperson: Meghan S. Stroshine, Ph.D.
Department of Social and Cultural Sciences website
The Department of Social and Cultural Sciences is a multidisciplinary department, offering four social science majors: Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Law Studies (CRLS), Sociology (SOCI) and Social Welfare and Justice (SOWJ). A degree in any one or more of our majors equips students with a broad liberal arts perspective as well as specific skills and areas of knowledge about individual and societal behaviors, interactions and processes, values and social institutions and important socio-economic and socio-political issues of the day.
Because the social sciences are so integral to a quality education that prepares a student for a fulfilling life, many of the courses offered are approved for the Marquette Core Curriculum, which all students are required to take. Also, many of our courses are integral to several interdisciplinary majors and minors that Marquette University offers, such as Law and Society; Culture, Health and Illness; Family Studies; Africana Studies; International Affairs; Peace Studies; and Gender and Sexualities Studies.
The department also offers an internship program for any senior in one of the four majors within the department. Moreover, the department offers students the opportunity to expand their educational horizons by pursuing two majors within the department.
Note:
- A maximum of two approved courses within the department may be counted toward the completion of both majors.
- Only one course is allowed to double count between a major/minor or two minors in the department.
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ANTH 4986 Advanced Internship in Anthropology, CRLS 4986 Advanced Internship and Seminar in Criminology and Law Studies and SOCI 4986 Advanced Internship and Seminar in Sociology may not be counted toward the major or minor in Anthropology, Criminology and Law Studies or Sociology. SOWJ 4986 Advanced Internship in Social Welfare and Justice may be counted toward the SOWJ major, but not the SOWJ minor.
Anthropology
ANTH 1001 Being Human (3 credits)
Introduction to four fields of anthropology (sociocultural anthropology, linguistic, biological, and archaeological anthropology). Emphasizes continuities and differences across human communities in different time periods and geographic origins, and develops anthropological methods for dismantling ethnocentrism and racism.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values1
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Public History
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term
ANTH 1201 Introduction to Biological Anthropology (3 credits)
Explores the question of "What does it mean to be human?" from a biological perspective, while developing scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. Introductory evolutionary theory, biocultural influences and the role of sociocultural constructions of race in shaping human biology. Survey of primate diversity, ecology and behavior, with consideration of how non-human primate studies help us understand human evolution. History of fossil hominins, including evidence for the development of key anatomical and behavioral hallmarks of human uniqueness.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: NSM Crossing Boundaries, NSM Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Cognitive Science, Culture, Health and Illness, Environmental Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
ANTH 2101 Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
Introduction to theory and methods used by cultural anthropologists to compare and study human diversity across place and time. Traditional topics of kinship, culture change, navigating conflict, and coping with illness are integrated with ethnographic fieldwork and contemporary attention to power, privilege, and social justice.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
ANTH 2201 Human Evolutionary Processes (3 credits)
Explores macroevolutionary and microevolutionary processes that shape the human species. Macroevolutionary processes include speciation and species concepts in primate evolution and hominin evolution, considering primate models for interpretation of hominin and modern human behavioral biology. Microevolutionary processes include a biocultural approach to considering the role of selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift in human populations; and critical examination of cultural constructions of race and their impact on human biology.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Cognitive Science, Environmental Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
ANTH 2203 Human Geography (3 credits)
Description and world distribution of landscapes with (1) an analysis of past and present interplay among land forms, biota, and human activity; (2) an investigation into the manner in which culture is both restricted and stimulated by different habitats; and (3) a critique of the ecological problems resulting from modifying the landscape. Fulfills geography requirement for social studies teaching certification.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies, International Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
ANTH 2301 Language and Culture (3 credits)
The role of language in human life. Comparative linguistic analysis. Interdependence of language and culture.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Cognitive Science
Last four terms offered: 2015 Fall Term, 2013 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term, 1997 Spring Term
ANTH 2401 Archaeology and Prehistoric Cultures (3 credits)
Fundamentals of archaeology, the study of past cultures through their material remains. Focuses on methods used to identify, date, interpret and conserve archaeological data. Discussion of how theory, historical developments, contemporary issues and ethical concerns shape fieldwork, laboratory analyses and cultural reconstructions.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
ANTH 2501 Science, Myth and Fraud (3 credits)
Using the tools of scientific inquiry, critical reasoning, and multicultural understanding, surveys a variety of historic and modern misconceptions about past cultures. Includes how to assess claims about the past, using archeological data and interpretative tools; and apply these new standards to gain appreciation for some truly exciting recent archeological discoveries.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1001 or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: SSC Crossing Boundaries
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term
ANTH 3100 Urban Anthropology (3 credits)
Invites students to practice diverse anthropological research methods in Milwaukee, such as visual anthropology, material culture analysis. Emphasizes the ways in which urban culture and community produce unique configurations of work, play, health, economics and solidarity. ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2101 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Culture, Health and Illness, Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
ANTH 3153 Demography (3 credits)
Methods of analyzing population structure in small-scale societies, including studies of mortality and fertility patterns in bio-social and environmental contexts.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1001.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Environmental Studies
Last four terms offered: 2018 Fall Term, 2015 Fall Term, 2014 Spring Term, 2012 Fall Term
ANTH 3250 North American Archaeology (3 credits)
Introduction to indigenous societies that inhabited what is now the continental United States, Canada and northern Mexico from the earliest settlement to first encounters with Europeans. Comparative perspective highlights the richness and diversity of this archaeological record and demonstrates how deep history is interpreted using ancient material culture and early historic documents alongside the oral histories and living traditions of Native descendant communities. ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2401 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
Last four terms offered: 2021 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2009 Fall Term, 2006 Fall Term
ANTH 3312 Anthropology of Religion (3 credits)
Cross-cultural perspective on religion in human societies. Examples from Western and non-Western societies, rituals, healing, revitalization, role of religion.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2014 Fall Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2009 Fall Term
ANTH 3330 Gender and Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits)
Examination of gender and sexuality in selected societies around the world, including contemporary American society. The effects of race, ethnicity, class and other forms of vulnerability as they intersect with gender roles and gender oppression.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2016 Spring Term, 2014 Spring Term
ANTH 3350 Native Peoples of North America (3 credits)
Ethnology of native peoples of North America: culture areas, major cultural patterns, history, and present conditions. Importance of American Indian studies to anthropological theory.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 1998 Fall Term, 1996 Fall Term, 1994 Fall Term, 1992 Fall Term
ANTH 3360 People and Cultures of the Middle East (3 credits)
Explores the variety of Middle Eastern cultures with reference to topics of central concern to cultural anthropology: environment, economics, social structure, political systems, religion, and culture change. Nomadic, rural agricultural, and urban groups are discussed. Recommended: ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2101.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2002 Fall Term
ANTH 3543 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (3 credits)
The archaeological and historic record is used to provide a survey of ancient Egyptian socio-cultural development. Emphasis is given to the interaction of economic, political and religious forces involved in state formation. The development of religious belief in Egypt is studied through surveys of iconography and an introduction to reading hieroglyphs. ANTH 1001 or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Spring Term, 2014 Fall Term, 2011 Fall Term
ANTH 3546 Archaeology in Action: Ethnographic and Experimental Approaches (3 credits)
Introduction to the theories and methods of ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology. Ethnoarchaeology is the study of living groups to better understand material culture's patterns and meanings in archaeological contexts. Experimental archaeologists use replicative studies to develop hypotheses and gain insights into past technologies. ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2401 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2011 Spring Term, 2007 Spring Term, 2004 Fall Term, 2001 Fall Term
ANTH 3986 Internship in Anthropology (3 credits)
Field experience in a community social service agency for the purpose of furthering the student's integration of theory and practice in a professional setting. Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term under the supervision of agency personnel, and includes a weekly seminar with the internship coordinator. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment., ANTH major, and cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
ANTH 4144 The Rise of Agriculture (3 credits)
Analyzes the process and variation in the development of farming and herding societies. Examines the archaeological record pertaining to domestication of plants and animals in North and South America, Near East, Africa and East Asia. ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2401 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies
Last four terms offered: 2021 Spring Term, 2010 Fall Term
ANTH 4245 The Rise of States (3 credits)
Explores processes and variation in the early development of large-scale societies with institutionalized inequality, administrative bureaucracy and hierarchical political organization. Examines evidence of urban planning, monumental constructions, economic specialization, distinctive iconography and ideology and structured mortuary practice. ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2401 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2016 Spring Term, 2013 Spring Term, 2008 Fall Term
ANTH 4247 Bioarchaeology: Linking Bones and Behavior (3 credits)
Reconstruct patterns of human behavior from integrated biological data sets. Archaeological evidence drawn from human skeletal, plant and faunal remains. Addresses questions of nutrition, pathology, occupation and mortuary ritual.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Fall Term, 2004 Spring Term, 2000 Fall Term
ANTH 4251 Human Osteology and Odontology (3 credits)
The anatomy of the skeleton and teeth. Methods of analysis of biological dynamics of past populations including reconstruction of population structure and patterns of disease.
Prerequisite: ANTH 2201.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2018 Spring Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2013 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term
ANTH 4252 Origins of the Human Species (3 credits)
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2001 Fall Term, 1998 Fall Term, 1997 Fall Term, 1995 Fall Term
ANTH 4253 Forensic Anthropology (3 credits)
Survey of the applications of human biology in criminalistics, including forensic applications of skeletal analysis, dermatoglyphics, DNA and hair. Studies methods of handling and analyzing these evidentiary materials, as well as the probative value eash has in the criminal justice system. Special emphasis on the methods of personal identification. Reviews case studies of mass disasters, human rights abuses and homicides to demonstrate the utility of techniques taught in the course.
Prerequisite: ANTH 1001.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society
Last four terms offered: 2016 Spring Term, 2013 Fall Term
ANTH 4255 Sex, Gender and Evolution (3 credits)
Examines the biology of sex from a comparative perspective. Considers the range of primate sexual behaviors, including reproductive anatomy, sexual behavior and sexual selection, and their relevance to understanding human sexuality. Explores human sexuality in cross-cultural perspective, including deconstruction of sex/gender binaries, examining cross-cultural constructions of gender and sexuality, and the dangers of applying eugenicist thinking to human reproduction. ANTH 1001, ANTH 1201, or ANTH 2201 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2016 Fall Term, 2000 Fall Term, 1994 Fall Term
ANTH 4316 Culture Change and Development (3 credits)
Analyzes societal changes from a holistic anthropological perspective. Recognizes factors of long-term cultural change; modernization of the West and Third World countries; ecological and social problems related to development in the contemporary world. ANTH 1001 or ANTH 2101 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Environmental Studies, International Affairs, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2010 Fall Term
ANTH 4320 Culture, Law and Violence (3 credits)
Compares legal cultures around the globe with respect to the state's use of violence to intervene in violence. Case studies include domestic violence, sexual assault and incarceration. Focuses on theories and field methods for researching legal sites.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2016 Fall Term
ANTH 4420 Refugees and Migration (3 credits)
Examines the figure of the refugee in anthropological studies, forces contributing to migration and the ways in which displacement shapes the refugee life course. Familiarizes students with institutional approaches to refugee-related interventions and the challenges and ethics of migration.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
ANTH 4931 Topics in Anthropology (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course. The special topics will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2018 Spring Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2013 Fall Term
ANTH 4956 Advanced Undergraduate Research (1-3 credits)
Read, discuss and apply anthropological research under the direction of an Anthropology faculty mentor. Review the literature on an assigned or negotiated topic and design and propose a specific research project. Course may be repeated for credit. A maximum of six credits of ANTH 4956, 4995 and 4999 combined may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements of the major and a maximum of three credits of ANTH 4956, 4995 and 4999 may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements for the minor.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
ANTH 4964 Archaeological Fieldwork (3 credits)
An introduction to methods used in the excavation and analysis of prehistoric sites. Surveying techniques, stratigraphy, analyses of soils and landforms, analytical fundamentals of prehistoric material remains. Summer term offering only.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2003 Summer Term, 2002 Summer Term, 2001 Summer Term, 2000 Summer Term
ANTH 4986 Advanced Internship in Anthropology (3 credits)
Continuation of the internship experience (ANTH 3986). Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term of supervised practice at the same agency as the previous term and includes a weekly seminar with the internship coordinator. Credits earned cannot be counted toward the major. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment., ANTH 3986, and cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
ANTH 4995 Independent Study in Anthropology (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in anthropology.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2022 Summer Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term
ANTH 4997 Capstone: Theory and Practice in Anthropology (3 credits)
Project-based course in which students develop an original anthropological research project, exploring theories and methods from different anthropological perspectives.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg and twelve credit hours of course work in Anthropology.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term
ANTH 4999 Senior Thesis (1-3 credits)
For majors in Anthropology. Research project and paper prepared under faculty supervision. Strongly recommended for students planning to enter graduate programs.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg. and cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Spring Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2009 Fall Term
Criminology and Law Studies
CRLS 1001 Introduction to Criminology (3 credits)
Survey of recent trends in crime and delinquency. The nature of and societal reaction to criminal behavior. Personal and social factors in crime causation. Critical analysis of criminological theories as well as the operation of criminal justice agencies.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: SSC Basic Needs & Justice
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term
CRLS 2001 Introduction to Law Studies (3 credits)
Introduces core theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of the law as a social process and cultural practice. Promotes a foundational understanding of the concept of law, where it can be found, and why it matters, including spaces outside of formal legal institutions. Topics covered may include the differences between law on the books and law in action, legal mobilization, law and social inequality and how the law both shapes and constrains social change.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
CRLS 2100 Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (3 credits)
Explores the definitions of delinquent behavior. Analyzes the nature, etiology, and extent of juvenile delinquency; contributing social problems; adolescence as a subculture. Observes the adjudication process for juveniles: philosophy, development, and organization. Diversion, detention, and treatment of the juvenile offender.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Law and Society
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term, 2022 Spring Term
CRLS 2110 Media and Violence (3 credits)
Historical overview of how urban crime has been portrayed in the media. Analysis of contemporary media presentations of urban crime, criminals and the criminal justice system (including police, courts and the correctional system). Social scientific theory and analysis regarding media portrayals of crime, criminals and the criminal justice system.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2017 Fall Term
CRLS 2200 White Collar Crime (3 credits)
Survey of current theoretical, research and public policy issues regarding white-collar crime. Examines the definitions and typologies of various types of white collar crimes and activities. Evaluates the nature, extent, and consequences of white-collar crime in the U.S. Assessment of strategies for combating white collar crime as well as prospects of alternative systems of control, such as civil litigation.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2016 Fall Term
CRLS 2300 Police and Society (3 credits)
Social and historical origins of the police; police organization; police culture, roles and careers; police in the legal system, police discretion in practice, police and the community.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
CRLS 2350 Police Organization and Administration (3 credits)
Organization and administration of police agencies. Principles of planning, personnel management, line operations, staff and auxiliary services. Organizational models and leadership styles. Internal control and policy formation. Evaluation of effectiveness.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
CRLS 2400 Carceral Systems (3 credits)
Examine current carceral realities in the criminal justice system including formal institutions, operations, and economies of punitive structures and practices. Analyze relevant theories, ideologies and policies.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term
CRLS 2500 Criminal Court Process (3 credits)
Analyzes the criminal court process from its initial stages through post-conviction review. Topics include court structure, the legal actors of the court process, prosecutorial and defense decision-making, bail setting, plea bargaining, trial operations, and the organization and management of judicial and prosecutorial discretion.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
CRLS 2540 Surveillance, Law and Society (3 credits)
When and why are we surveilled? Who benefits and who is harmed? What laws protect our privacy? Drawing on social science research, case law, journalism and digital media, students will critically evaluate the socio-legal use and consequences of surveillance technologies. Emphasis on collaborative learning and reflection. No prior knowledge of field assumed.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2, SSC Expanding Our Horizons
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term
CRLS 2800 Criminal Investigation (3 credits)
Fundamental principles and procedures of criminal investigation. Crime scene search and recording. Collection and preservation of physical evidence. Obtaining testimonial evidence.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term
CRLS 3050 Methods of Criminological Research (3 credits)
Basic methodological issues in the study of crime, criminals, and the law; principles, purposes, and limits of research; introduction to empirical research design and methods of inquiry, including formulating and testing hypotheses, sampling procedures, data collection techniques, and ethical issues in preparation of research reports. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for SOCI 3050.; or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term
CRLS 3120 Comparative Justice Systems (3 credits)
The nature and character of police, prosecutorial, court and correctional activity and operations in world legal systems. Examine common law, civil law, socialist, and Islamic systems of law and social control.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2010 Spring Term
CRLS 3130 Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice (3 credits)
Examine the roles of women in the criminal justice system. Critically analyze of the relationship of women as offenders, as victims, and as agents of social control. Review relevant theories and practices and both historical and contemporary issues.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies, Law and Society
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term
CRLS 3140 Race, Crime and Punishment (3 credits)
Focus on the impact of race in the American Criminal Justice System with an emphasis on the social context of urban inequality. Examine different paradigms of race, the link between inequality and violence, the historical and contemporary importance of race in the law, and how discrimination shapes the administration of justice.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term
CRLS 3150 Reentry and Life After Incarceration (3 credits)
Discuss the reentry process as a topic of sociological and criminological examination. Investigate the empirical realities of reentry challenges. Identify the most common factors associated with success and failure. Review the theoretical work in this area. Explore questions of transformation and change, paying close attention to the voices of individuals who have experienced reentry.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term
CRLS 3170 Policy and Practice for Children Impacted by Incarceration (3 credits)
Increase understanding of the experiences and issues faced by children with incarcerated parents, focusing on racial, ethnic and socioeconomically marginalized and disenfranchised populations. Evaluate appropriate evidence-based practices, strategies and policies. Identify and evaluate evidence-based practices and policies that positively impact children with incarcerated parents. Develop legislative and advocacy strategies to promote these practices and policy change. Emphasis on collaborative learning.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2, SSC Individuals & Communities
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term
CRLS 3570 Drug Crime and Policy in America (3 credits)
Presents a problem-oriented approach to understanding the effects of illegal drugs and drug trafficking on individuals and communities. Explores drug treatment and policies aimed at controlling drug use. Considers the effects of current enforcement strategies on drug use and drug markets and, ultimately, on American society.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2016 Fall Term
CRLS 3600 Victimology (3 credits)
Examines the roles and functions of the victim within the civil and criminal justice systems. Investigates victim attitudes, beliefs, problems, and needs; theories of victimization; experiences of victims within the legal system; victim assistance programs; and public policy and victimology.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2019 Spring Term, 2017 Spring Term
CRLS 3620 Criminal Violence in America (3 credits)
Analyze violent crime in American society and ways in which the criminal justice system responds to it. Examine the causes of violent crime, its prevention, treatment and public policy ramifications. Historical and contemporary understanding of the significance of violence in American culture. Critical evaluation of methods utilized to deal with violent offenders.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2016 Spring Term, 2013 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2011 Spring Term
CRLS 3640 Domestic Violence in the United States (3 credits)
Focuses on the ways in which race and ethnicity shape definitions of and experiences with domestic violence and how different cultural groups interact with community and legal resources designed to assist victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. Examines the implications this has for policy, practice and justice in society.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
CRLS 3660 Sex Offenses and Offenders (3 credits)
Overview and analysis of sexual offenses in the United States, including socio-legal, public and political approaches. Interpersonal, situational and institutional factors affect how we think about sexual violence and respond to it within systems of law, justice, health and social services. Types of violence and the impact on sex offenders, families, communities and victims/survivors are addressed.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term
CRLS 3680 Family Violence and Public Intervention (3 credits)
Analyze maltreatment of children, youth, spouses, and seniors within the family. Examine causes and intervention methods emphasizing the response of actors and government agencies.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2022 Summer Term, 2021 Summer Term, 2020 Summer Term
CRLS 3700 Evidence (3 credits)
Basic principles of the law of evidence. Presentation of oral and demonstrative evidence in the trial process. The quantum of proof in criminal proceedings.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term
CRLS 3986 Internship and Seminar in Criminology and Law Studies (3 credits)
Field experience in a community social service agency for the purpose of furthering the student's integration of theory and practice in a professional setting. Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term under the supervision of agency personnel. Includes weekly seminar with internship coordinator. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment capacity.; CRLS major; and cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
CRLS 4000 Criminological Theory (3 credits)
Analyzes the nature and consequences of delinquency and crime. Classical and contemporary examinations of criminal behavior. Observes the effects of social interaction, social class, social organization, small groups and other variables on crime patterns and efforts to cope with crime. Explores the relationship of criminological theory and social policy issues.; CRLS 1001, CRLS 2001, SOCI 1001, or SOWJ 1001; or cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
CRLS 4100 The Death Penalty in Sociolegal Context (3 credits)
Critically explores the philosophical, historical and procedural issues that have attended the administration of judicial killings in the United States. Attends to principles of capital sentencing jurisprudence in comparison with empirical analysis from social scientists, legal scholars, journalists and practitioners.; CRLS 1001, CRLS 2001, SOCI 1001, or SOWJ 1001; CRLS 3050 or SOCI 3050; or cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2018 Fall Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2015 Fall Term, 2014 Fall Term
CRLS 4180 Empathy, Crime and Justice (3 credits)
Social justice approach to the study of empathy as it relates to crime and justice. Explores and cultivates various modes of empathic knowing, specifically as these relate to criminal defendants, victims of crime, and various actors in the criminal justice system.; CRLS 1001, CRLS 2001, SOCI 1001, INPS 2010, or SOWJ 1001; or cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term
CRLS 4199 Topics in Sociocultural Context (3 credits)
Lectures and discussion in an area of sociocultural context which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
CRLS 4299 Topics in Response to Crime (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area of response to crime which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
CRLS 4300 Transformative Justice (3 credits)
Uses transformative justice as a political framework for responding to violence, harm and abuse and aims to transform the conditions that enabled that harm. Addresses the foundations of transformative justice through a lens of peacemaking and nonviolence. Uses intersectional theories and analyses of violence and accountability; considers abolition as a visionary process of dismantling carceral systems and building structures and relationships to replace it.; CRLS 1001, CRLS 2001, SOWJ 1001, SOCI 1001, INGS 1001 or INPS 2010; or cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term
CRLS 4350 Neighborhoods and Crime (3 credits)
Survey of theoretical and empirical literature on the role that neighborhood characteristics play in crime. Examines the utility of crime prevention strategies for reducing neighborhood crime rates. Develops the skills necessary to investigate Milwaukee neighborhood crime patterns. Students create and deliver professional presentations and technical reports.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
CRLS 4360 Crime Mapping (3 credits)
Technological introduction to the basic functionality of ESRI’s ArcGIS for mapping and analyzing crime data. Students learn skills to create crime maps, analyze crime patterns, and develop a solid base upon which to build further expertise in geographic information system (GIS) software and spatial analysis.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
CRLS 4400 Criminal Law and Procedure (3 credits)
Studies criminal substantive law; constitutional limits and principles of criminal law and liability; defenses to criminal liability; definitions and classification; criminal procedure of crimes; constitutional limits and protections of criminal procedure.; CRLS 1001, CRLS 2001, SOCI 1001, or SOWJ 1001; or cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
CRLS 4499 Topics in Crime and Criminal Behavior (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area of crime and criminal behavior which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
CRLS 4599 Topics in Policy and Practice (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area of policy and practice which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
CRLS 4700 Ethics in Criminal Justice (3 credits)
Overview of prevailing ethical controversies confronting the process and agencies of contemporary criminal justice. Attends to concrete ethical issues and dilemmas encountered regularly by participants in the major components of the criminal justice system. Analyzes the emerging trend of evidence-based criminal justice policy reliant on criminal justice analytics, algorithms, and predictive statistical modeling.; CRLS 1001, CRLS 2001, SOCI 1001, or SOWJ 1001; or cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term
CRLS 4931 Topics in Criminology and Law (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course. The special topics will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2015 Summer Term, 2013 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2011 Summer Term
CRLS 4956 Advanced Undergraduate Research (1-3 credits)
Read, discuss and apply criminological research under the supervision of a CRLS faculty mentor. Review the literature on an assigned or negotiated topic and design and propose a specific research project. A maximum of six credits of CRLS 4956, 4995 and 4999 combined may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements of the major and a maximum of three credits of CRLS 4956, 4995 and 4999 may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements for the minor.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
CRLS 4986 Advanced Internship and Seminar in Criminology and Law Studies (3 credits)
Continuation of the internship experience (CRLS 3986). Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term of supervised practice at the same agency as the previous term. Includes weekly seminar with internship coordinator. Credits earned cannot be counted toward the major. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment capacity.; CRLS 3986; and cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
CRLS 4995 Independent Study in Criminology and Law Studies (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Criminology and Law Studies.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr. and cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Summer Term
CRLS 4997 Capstone Seminar in Criminology and Law Studies (3 credits)
Reflect on undergraduate education emphasizing Marquette's mission statement and Jesuit values. Through exploration of previous coursework, guest speakers and in-class assignments, students examine notions of what it means to exemplify Jesuit values working in criminal justice or related fields. Assignments and projects include course reflections that focus on salient issues related to criminal justice, criminology and law studies including equity, fairness, and reform.; CRLS major; or cons. of inst. and dept. ch.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
Social Welfare and Justice
SOWJ 1001 Introduction to Social Welfare and Justice (3 credits)
Introduction to social work, social welfare and social justice; explores the ethics, values and goals of social welfare and justice. Examines historic, contemporary and global social issues and social change practices. Service Learning links the experiential to the theoretical.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values1
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term
SOWJ 2150 Immigrants and their Communities (3 credits)
An in-depth examination of historic and contemporary immigration to the U.S., especially in relationship to the American economy, ideas about race and cultural pluralism. The effects of immigration law and social policies on the socio-economic mobility and well-being of immigrant families are examined.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: SSC Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Law and Society, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
SOWJ 2200 Human Behavior in the Social Environment (3 credits)
Provides foundation in the study of human behavior based on content and concepts used by social workers as helping professionals, theories and research from social science and life experience. Includes biological, psychological and social changes of individuals across the life span, and how each life course is also shaped by diversity of time, gender, race, ethnicity, social class and other dimensions. Social justice challenges to healthy development, such as the impact of poverty, discrimination and violence, are also examined.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
SOWJ 2300 Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice (3 credits)
Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as an interdisciplinary field developed to resolve conflict, improve communication and promote reconciliation. Theory and practice of engaging in difficult conversations, mediating interpersonal conflict and conducting restorative justice circles through active learning assignments. Direct application of examples from court affiliated programs. Limits and potential of forgiveness.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
SOWJ 2600 Community Organizing (3 credits)
Teaches basic leadership and organizing skills. Designed to be interactive and experiential, with role-plays, case studies and self-evaluations.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2019 Spring Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2016 Spring Term
SOWJ 3001 Social Welfare Policy and Services (3 credits)
Examines the history, importance and practice of public policy and social services in supporting social welfare and achieving social justice in the United States. Provides a framework for policy analysis and critical assessment in such areas as health, housing, food, employment and the needs of vulnerable populations. Includes social work and other advocacy roles in policy work.
Prerequisite: SOWJ 1001 or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term
SOWJ 3170 Policy and Practice for Children Impacted by Incarceration (3 credits)
Increase understanding of the experiences and issues faced by children with incarcerated parents focusing on the racial, ethnic and socioeconomically disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations. Evaluate appropriate evidence-based practices, strategies and policies. Identify and evaluate evidence-based practices and policies that positively impact children with incarcerated parents. Develop legislative and advocacy strategies to promote these practices and policy change. Emphasis on collaborative learning.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2, SSC Individuals & Communities
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term
SOWJ 3300 Practice Skills with Individuals and Families (3 credits)
Introduction to practice skills with individuals and families. Students develop skills in supportive listening, interviewing and establishing and maintaining professional relationships. Specific strategies for working with families are developed. Classroom labs are linked to service learning.
Prerequisite: SOWJ 1001 and Jr. stndg. or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
SOWJ 3320 Victim Services and Policies (3 credits)
Explores the history of victim services, the effects of victimization on individuals, families, and communities, the development of policies and the services available to victims within and external to the criminal justice system. Specialized topics may include family violence, workplace violence, public tragedy, violent crime, and white collar crime.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2014 Spring Term
SOWJ 3370 Family Practice (3 credits)
Introduction to family practice, primarily examining communication and structural models. Various theories of family intervention. Exploration of the process from initial problem assessment through intervention planning, implementation, evaluation, and termination. Simulations, role play and other classroom exercises help students understand how theories and techniques are applied in practice.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2010 Spring Term
SOWJ 3400 Advocacy and Social Change: Theory and Practice (3 credits)
Review various theoretical and historical perspectives on injustice and oppression, within the context of social change strategies. Examination of traditional and nontraditional social action strategies, including community organizing/development. Learn agency and legislative advocacy skills with a specific focus on victim advocacy and at-risk populations. Analyze values and ethical perspectives related to social change.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2, SSC Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2013 Fall Term, 2012 Fall Term
SOWJ 3450 Arabs and Muslims in Global Context (3 credits)
Examines the social, economic and political conditions of Arabs and Muslims living in diaspora in the West through four analytic lenses: race, gender, national security and Islamophobia. Subject matter is examined using scholarly publications, policy reports, and films.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: SSC Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Arabic Language Studies and Cu, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
SOWJ 3700 Social Welfare and the Law (3 credits)
Provides an overview of issues lying at the intersection of the social work and the legal professions. Principles of collaboration between these professions and selected concepts and principles related to the establishment and enforcement of legal and social provisions for the protection of children, adults and the family are emphasized. Presents theoretical knowledge and background material, with opportunities to critically analyze social welfare and legal issues.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term
SOWJ 3986 Internship in Social Welfare and Justice (3 credits)
Field experience in a community social service agency for the purpose of furthering the student's integration of theory and practice in a professional setting. Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term under the supervision of agency personnel, and includes a weekly seminar with the internship coordinator. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment., SOWJ major, and cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
SOWJ 4300 Advanced Practice (3 credits)
Students strengthen their skills in interviewing, data collection, problem appraisal, and the development of contracts for planned change. Competence is developed in carrying out contract plans, evaluating results, renegotiating contracts and terminating contracts. Working with families and groups is further examined.
Prerequisite: SOWJ 1001.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOWJ 4500 Challenges in Social Welfare and Justice (3 credits)
An in-depth examination of ethical issues and special challenges that characterize the fields of social work, social welfare and social justice. Explores value dilemmas, stresses and frustrations that may confront professionals in theses fields.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOWJ 4600 Faith-based Activism (3 credits)
Analyzes sociologically a range of historic and contemporary faith-based movements through the lens of social movement theory. Examines variations in goals, framing, strategies, mobilization, engagement of symbols and movement cultures as they are recorded in movement literature, oral histories, archives, films and scholarly studies.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
SOWJ 4700 Global Aid and Humanitarianism (3 credits)
Critical examination of intervention claims to "do good" through governmental, nongovernmental and volunteer efforts in global aid and humanitarianism. Explores ethical and practical dilemmas in solving internationally identified social problems, such as child soldiers, sex trafficking and global hunger. Examines how aid and humanitarian systems can be part of the problem rather than the solution, and tensions between rights-based approaches and cultural humility. Addresses cross-cultural and power dynamics of professional and volunteer work.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Environmental Studies, International Affairs, Latin American Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term
SOWJ 4931 Topics in Social Welfare and Justice (3 credits)
A lecture course on special areas and themes. Specific topics will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term
SOWJ 4956 Advanced Undergraduate Research (1-3 credits)
Read, discuss and apply social welfare research under the direction of a Social Welfare and Justice faculty mentor. Review the literature on an assigned or negotiated topic and propose a specific research project. A maximum of six credits of SOWJ 4956, 4995 and 4999 combined may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements of the major and a maximum of three credits of SOWJ 4956, 4995 and 4999 may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements for the minor.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOWJ 4986 Advanced Internship in Social Welfare and Justice (3 credits)
Continuation of the internship experience (SOWJ 3986). Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term of supervised practice at the same agency as the previous term and includes a weekly seminar. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment.
Prerequisite: SOWJ 3986 and cons. of internship coordinator.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
SOWJ 4995 Independent Study in Social Welfare and Justice (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Social Welfare and Justice., minimum of 9 credit hours in SOWJ courses with a GPA of 2.500.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2017 Spring Term
SOWJ 4999 Senior Thesis (1-3 credits)
SOWJ majors with a quality point average of 3.000 or higher may write a thesis under the direction of an adviser., 3.000 GPA, and cons. of dept. ch.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2009 Fall Term, 2009 Summer Term, 2008 Fall Term, 2008 Summer Term
Sociology
SOCI 1001 Principles of Sociology (3 credits)
An introductory survey of the discipline including social structures, social institutions, social differentiation and stratification, social power, the processes of human interactions, and methods of sociological investigation.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values1
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term
SOCI 2060 Social Statistics (3 credits)
Logic and application of statistical reasoning in social research. Topics may include descriptive statistics, elements of probability theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, contingency tables, correlation, regression, sampling, questionnaire construction and measurement. Introduction to the use of the computer in statistical analysis. Credit is not granted if a student has earned credit for another elementary statistics course.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Cognitive Science, International Affairs, Public History
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term
SOCI 2060H Honors Social Statistics (4 credits)
Logic and application of statistical reasoning in social research. Topics may include descriptive statistics, elements of probability theory, estimation, hypothesis testing, contingency tables, correlation, regression, sampling, questionnaire construction and measurement. Introduction to the use of the computer in statistical analysis. As an honors program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Cognitive Science, International Affairs, Public History
Last four terms offered: 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term
SOCI 2200 The Family (3 credits)
Provides a sociological introduction to patterns of family formation and contemporary trends in family life. Examines historical and contemporary contexts that shape the meaning and importance of the family in society. Examines culture, race and ethnicity, religion, social class, gender and sexual orientation to understand how families define, form and maintain relationships.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Summer Term
SOCI 2480 Sport and Society (3 credits)
The symbiotic relationship between sport and society. Topics include the connections between sports and social mobility, sports and race, sports and gender, and sports and community identification. Shows how sports are a pervasive feature of everyday urban life. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Summer Term
SOCI 2500 Self, Language and Social Interaction (3 credits)
Perspectives on the individual self in society. The role language and social interaction in the construction of personal identity. The self as process and social object.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: SSC Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
Interdisciplinary Studies: Cognitive Science
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
SOCI 3000 Sociological Theory (3 credits)
Currents of thought about society, social structures and processes. Background and development of key concepts and theories in sociology. Techniques of theory construction and unification. May be taken concurrently or sequentially with SOCI 3050.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1001 or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term
SOCI 3050 Methods of Social Research (3 credits)
Introduction to principles of social research and methods of inquiry, including research design, conducting research, analyzing data and critically evaluating research findings. Comparison and critique of the predominant methods of social research, the relationship between methods and knowledge production, and the goals and ethical implications of research. Devotes class time to the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and to written communication of research findings for various audiences.; or cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
SOCI 3200 Social Problems in Urban Society (3 credits)
Analysis of selected social problems within the framework of modern American society from the viewpoint of their nature, extent, contributing factors, and programs of prevention and treatment. Examines concepts and theories related to the analysis of social problems and deviant behavior. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Ethics, Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2016 Fall Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2010 Fall Term
SOCI 3250 Race and Racism (3 credits)
Provides sociological perspectives of how race and racism structure our lives. Considers both historical and contemporary experiences of racial and ethnic group relations in the United States and globally. Utilizes an intersectional framework to examine how race and racism function in the political, social, legal and economic systems. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Peace Studies, Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
SOCI 3280 Race and Family (3 credits)
Focuses on the family structures and dynamics of major racial and ethnic groups in the United States and/or other societies. Topics may include: major perspectives on race and family, historical and contemporary family patterns and practices, the diversity of family forms and relationships, social policies affecting race and family, cultural factors affecting race and family and multiracial families. ANTH 2101, SOCI 1001, or SOCI 2200 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Culture, Health and Illness, Family Studies
Last four terms offered: 2018 Spring Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2016 Spring Term, 2015 Fall Term
SOCI 3300 Sociology of the Life Course (3 credits)
The study of socialization, the influence of family, peers, schooling, mass media, and other institutions on human development from infancy through late life. Various sociological perspectives, developmental theories and critiques. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2014 Fall Term
SOCI 3500 Culture, Health and Illness (3 credits)
Social and cultural factors in the disease process, the distribution of disease, the meaning of health, the response to illness and approaches to healing. Examines the structure and operation of health-related professions and facilities. Observes current trends in medicine and value conflicts. ANTH 1001, ANTH 2101, or SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
SOCI 3520 Health Care Systems (3 credits)
Comparison of social and cultural arrangements for handling health care. Analyzes the variations in definitions of health. Systems of care at different levels of complexity: interpersonal networks, organizations, communities, and nation states. Policy making and ethical aspects of health care decisions. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2003 Spring Term, 2001 Spring Term, 2000 Spring Term, 1999 Spring Term
SOCI 3550 Race, Gender and Medicine (3 credits)
Historical overview of medical ideas regarding race and gender. Examine medical and scientific models of mind, body, race and gender, and their implications for health assessment, medical treatment and health care policy. Consider social, cultural and political dimensions of medicine in relation to race and gender. ANTH 1001, ANTH 2101 or SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisites, but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Culture, Health and Illness, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Latinx Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2022 Summer Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Summer Term
SOCI 3570 Men, Masculinities and Health (3 credits)
Explores the social and psychological constructions of men's gender identities at various stages during the course of life and how those identity constructions are intertwined with health outcomes. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2020 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2016 Fall Term, 2015 Fall Term
SOCI 3700 Social Movements, Protest and Change (3 credits)
Examines collective action and social movements. Explores the interactions between individuals and social and cultural changes, the strategies, tactics and goals of collective action and social movements, and how institutional, governmental and cultural resources are used. Social movements covered may include civil rights, women’s rights, LGBT rights, labor movements and the AIDS movement. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2, SSC Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term
SOCI 3720 Environment and Society (3 credits)
Examines environmental challenges to modern civilizations: overuse of natural resources to support and absorb the consequences of human activities. Focuses on human abilities to cope with these challenges by exploring features of human action, culture, economic structure, organizational forms and values, such as sustainability. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: SSC Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
SOCI 3931 Topics in Sociological Theory (3 credits)
Observes recent intellectual issues, efforts, and achievements that have contributed substantially to current sociological theory. Variable topics. Course may be completed for credit twice provided that the topics differ. SOCI 1001 is recommended as a prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 1992 Fall Term, 1990 Fall Term
SOCI 3954H Honors Sociology Research Seminar (1 credits)
Identify a research topic, develop a timetable for conducting empirical research, read advanced sources on chosen method(s), find a Sociology faculty mentor, gain IRB approval, prepare to obtain access to research subjects and/or site, and other foundational work for independent research. Must be taken in conjunction with SOCI 4997.; cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOCI 3986 Internship and Seminar in Sociology (3 credits)
Field experience in a community social service agency for the purpose of furthering the student's integration of theory and practice in a professional setting. Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term under the supervision of agency personnel and includes a weekly seminar with the internship coordinator. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment., SOCI major, cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term
SOCI 4050 Urban Ethnography: The City as Laboratory (3 credits)
Explores urban processes and institutions "from the inside." Focuses first on the study of various ethnographies. Proceeds to "hands-on" research involving observing human interaction, preparing field notes, conducting focused interviews, analyzing the collected data, and preparing a data-based research paper. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOCI 4250 African-American Social Thought (3 credits)
Examines historical and contemporary writings of Black social theorists. Analyzes the impact of historical, social, economic and cultural factors on Blacks in the United States and alternative strategies for change.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1001 recommended.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2021 Spring Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2019 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term
SOCI 4270 Urban Sociology (3 credits)
Investigates urban society with special consideration of the problems of dealing with the structures, institutions, agencies and decision-making units in a metropolitan area. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Culture, Health and Illness, Urban Affairs
Last four terms offered: 2017 Fall Term, 2016 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2011 Fall Term
SOCI 4300 Sociology of Aging (3 credits)
The place of the aged in contemporary society. Examines disengagement and the social integration of older persons. Roles linking older persons to society and roles in hospitals, nursing homes and homes for the aged. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Family Studies
Last four terms offered: 2015 Spring Term, 2014 Spring Term, 2013 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term
SOCI 4400 Social Inequality (3 credits)
Explores theories and systems of social class in modern society. Analyzes societal structures and processes resulting from stratification phenomena. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Culture, Health and Illness, International Affairs, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
SOCI 4420 Sociology of Religion (3 credits)
Sociological study of religious groups, institutions and behavior, including relationships between religion and other areas of social life. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2008 Spring Term, 2007 Spring Term, 2002 Spring Term, 2001 Spring Term
SOCI 4430 Christianity and Sexuality in the U.S. (3 credits)
Explores the very recent historical development of sexuality and its intersections with U.S. Christianity. Engages readings from multiple disciplines, emphasizing intersectional perspectives on religion, gender, sexuality, race and social class through U.S. history.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
SOCI 4440 Sociology of Education (3 credits)
Sociological analysis of educational institutions with primary emphasis on contemporary urban education in the United States, student subcultures, school-community relations, and innovations. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2011 Spring Term
SOCI 4450 Sociology of Sex and Gender (3 credits)
Examines the biological and cultural bases of sex and gender patterns. Observes the impact of major social institutions and processes on maintenance of gender patterns, with questions of power and dominance central to discussion. Explores the benefits and costs of stereotypic gender patterns. Analyzes the mechanisms and alternative directions for change. Historical and cross-cultural research included. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term
SOCI 4600 The Social Reality of Crime and Justice (3 credits)
Critically examines the ways in which crime is defined, how crime control policies are established, and how the criminal justice system responds to the problem of crime. Attends to the social and political context in which crime is talked about and responded to. Investigates approaches to crime control, such as peacemaking criminology and restorative justice. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2020 Fall Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term
SOCI 4660 Law and Society (3 credits)
Observes the social components of legal organizations and procedural systems. Analyzes the role of law as an instrument of social control and social change. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Law and Society, Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term
SOCI 4680 Sociology of Mental Illness (3 credits)
Reviews major sociological and social psychological models of madness. Analyzes definitions and responses to mental illness. Studies the social processing involved in the production, recognition and treatment of mental illness. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness
Last four terms offered: 2013 Fall Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2011 Fall Term, 1995 Spring Term
SOCI 4700 Political Sociology (3 credits)
Explores the interrelationship of politics and society. Considers leadership analysis, party systems, public opinion, electoral behavior and conflict situations. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2017 Spring Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2004 Spring Term, 2003 Spring Term
SOCI 4730 Capitalism, Socialism and Emancipation (3 credits)
Examines the core dynamics of capitalist society in the Marxist tradition of critical social science. Does capitalism promote human flourishing, freedom and democracy? Might socialism or some other system better promote these values? Focuses on class structure, class struggle, the state and politics, ideas and consciousness, and socialism and emancipation. Additional topics include capitalism and racial inequality, gender, the environment, the health care system, culture and imperialism. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term
SOCI 4740 Social Change (3 credits)
Selected topics dealing with models and theories of innovation, diffusion, resistance to change and associated conflict in and between social systems. Variable topics. Course may be completed for credit multiple times provided that topics differ. SOCI 1001 recommended as prerequisite but not required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
Last four terms offered: 2021 Spring Term
SOCI 4931 Topics in Sociology (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course. Specific topics are designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2017 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2011 Fall Term
SOCI 4954H Honors Advanced Sociology Research Seminar 1 (1 credits)
Meet on a weekly basis to discuss research project, troubleshoot ethical or other research challenges that arise over the course of data collection, analyze data, and share preliminary research findings. Topics covered include professional development.; cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: SOCI 3954H; SOCI 4997; concurrent enrollment in SOCI 4956H; admitted to Sociology Disciplinary Honors Program; Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOCI 4956 Advanced Undergraduate Sociology Research (1-3 credits)
Read, discuss and apply sociological research under the direction of a Sociology faculty mentor. Review the literature on an assigned or negotiated topic and design and propose a specific research project. A maximum of six credits of SOCI 4956, 4995 and 4999 combined may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements of the major and a maximum of three credits of SOCI 4956, 4995 and 4999 may be counted as electives toward the minimum requirements for the minor.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOCI 4956H Honors Advanced Undergraduate Sociology Research (2-3 credits)
Work under the supervision and direction of a Sociology faculty mentor to propose a specific research project, expanding and enhancing the proposal developed in the Capstone Seminar in Sociology. Students carry out an original project under the direction of their faculty mentor, collecting data using the methods outlined in the research proposal.; cons. of instr.
Prerequisite: SOCI 3954H; SOCI 4997; concurrent enrollment in SOCI 4954H; admitted to Sociology Disciplinary Honors program; Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOCI 4960H Honors Advanced Sociology Research Seminar 2 (1 credits)
Meet on a weekly basis to discuss research project, analyze data, collate and write up research findings, and prepare to present research. Topics covered include professional development.; cons. of inst.
Prerequisite: SOCI 4954H; SOCI 4956H; concurrent enrollment in SOCI 4999H; admitted to Sociology Disciplinary Honors program; Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
SOCI 4986 Advanced Internship and Seminar in Sociology (3 credits)
Continuation of the internship experience (SOCI 3986). Placement is for a minimum of 140 hours per term of supervised practice at the same agency as the previous term and includes a weekly seminar with the internship coordinator. Credits earned cannot be counted toward the major. S/U grade assessment. Limited enrollment., SOCI 3986 and cons. of internship coordinator.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values2
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term
SOCI 4995 Independent Study in Sociology (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Sociology.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch. and twelve credit hours of Sociology courses with a GPA of 2.500.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Summer Term, 2022 Summer Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Summer Term
SOCI 4997 Capstone Seminar in Sociology (3 credits)
An in-depth consideration of sociological perspectives and concepts and how they may be used to analyze contemporary society and social relationships. Basic sociological theories, methods, and concepts are discussed and used to evaluate contemporary sociological concerns and issues. Supervised and individualized research-writing projects involving a sociological area of each student's choice.
Prerequisite: SOCI major and 21 credit hours of sociology; or cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term
SOCI 4999 Senior Thesis (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Last four terms offered: 2009 Fall Term, 2008 Fall Term, 2008 Spring Term, 2007 Fall Term