Minor in Sociology of Work and Business

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements SOCWKBSMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Introductory course. One (1) course:
- SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology
- SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SOC-S 110 Charts, Graphs, and Tables
SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the concepts and methods of sociology with an emphasis on understanding of contemporary American society.
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SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduces sociology through in-depth study of a major social problem; examines research on the problem; and explores alternative policies. Problems treated vary by section. Examples include the environment; women, men, and work; medicine in America; the sociology of sport; alcohol and drug use.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 15 credit hours. May be counted only once in the major toward departmental requirements.
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SOC-S 110 Charts, Graphs, and Tables
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Develops students' skills as consumers and producers of charts, graphs, and tables. Students learn to use data to depict social trends; assess political programs; and test social science theories. Students learn how to find, read, interpret, and evaluate graphical information, and how to present results in engaging formats.
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Advanced. Four (4) courses:
- SOC-S 210 Economic Sociology
- SOC-S 215 Social Change
- SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
- SOC-S 302 Organizations in Society
- SOC-S 305 Population
- SOC-S 308 Global Society
- SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy
- SOC-S 316 Sociology of Families
- SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOC-S 338 Sociology of Gender
- SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
- SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
- SOC-S 450 Topics in Methods and Measurement
SOC-S 210 Economic Sociology
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the sociological study of economic action. Provides an overview of the sociological perspective of the economy on all levels--from the actions of individuals in economic situations, to organizational behavior, to the dynamics of markets and global capitalism.
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  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
SOC-S 215 Social Change
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to theoretical and empirical studies of social change. Explores issues such as modernization; rationalization; demographic, economic, and religious causes of change; and reform and revolution.
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SOC-S 217 Social Inequality
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Why are income, wealth, and status distributed unequally? Is social inequality good for society? Explores the economic basis of social class, education, and culture; social mobility; social inequality in comparative and historical perspective.
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SOC-S 302 Organizations in Society
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Analysis of the internal structure of firms and other complex organizations, and their power in society. Considers how organizations are shaped by the state, suppliers, competitors, and clients; investigates how organizational structure shapes attitudes of managers and workers. Other topics include technology and organizational culture, organizational birth, death, and adaptation processes.
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SOC-S 305 Population
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Population composition, fertility, mortality, natural increase, migration; historical growth and change of populations; population theories and policies; techniques in manipulation and use of population data; and the spatial organization of populations.
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SOC-S 308 Global Society
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Multinational corporations, new information technologies, and international trade have made the world increasingly interdependent. This course considers how business, technology, disease, war, and other phenomena must be seen in a global context as affecting national sovereignty, economic development, and inequality in resources and power between countries.
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SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Sociological perspective on work roles within such organizations as factory, office, school, government, and welfare agencies; career and occupational mobility in work life; formal and informal organizations within work organizations; labor and management conflict and cooperation; problems of modern industrial workers; and how work has changed over time.
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SOC-S 316 Sociology of Families
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Exploration of the diversity of family forms, norms and meanings over time and across social contexts. Considers the interrelationship between families and other social institutions; investigates family formation and processes of social reproduction within families as they are shaped by race, class, gender and sexual orientation; examines stability and change in families in response to shifting social and cultural contexts.
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SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Relations between racial and ethnic minority and majority groups; psychological, cultural, and structural theories of prejudice and discrimination; comparative analysis of diverse systems of intergroup relations.
- Summer 2025CASE DUScourse
  
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SOC-S 338 Sociology of Gender
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Sociological perspectives on gender in contemporary societies. Examination of norms regarding gender and how these norms influence and are influenced by individual behavior, group interaction, and social institutions. Topics to be discussed may include family, education, work, media, and other social institutions.
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SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of selected sociological issues with an emphasis on cross-cultural analysis. Specific topics announced each semester; examples include work, family, childhood, religion, and education.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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SOC-S 410 Topics in Social Organization
Credits
3
Prerequisites
At least junior standing
Description
Specific topics announced each semester, e.g., social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demography, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems.
Repeatability
May be repeated three times for credit with a different topic.
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SOC-S 450 Topics in Methods and Measurement
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topics may include logic of inquiry, model construction and formalization, research design, data collection, sampling, measurement, statistical analysis.
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Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
2. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
5. Exceptions to minor requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Notes

* The department recommends that students who select the minor in sociology of work and business take these courses because of their immediate relevance to work and occupation. Students may substitute a 400-level seminar, with an appropriate topic, for one of the four courses, with the approval of the director of undergraduate studies.