SOC 104 - Deviance
An examination of the social construction of deviance with emphasis on theoretical perspectives explaining how people become or are labeled as deviant. Topics studied will include crime, substance abuse, mental illness, sexuality and elite deviance. A major emphasis of the class will be to avoid commonsensical, knee-jerk, reactionary, and uncritical understandings of deviance in lieu of critical, reflexive, historical, analytical, and transformative understandings. Instructor: Scott A. Lukas, Ph.D.
Welcome to SOC 104-1, Fall 2009
Student Learning Objectives
1. Analyze and utilize the basic theoretical and methodological principles of sociology to the study of deviance.
2. Apply the major theoretical approaches of deviance.
3. Classify and critique distinctions between formal and informal rules of social behavior.
4. Determine the ways in which forms of deviance are incorporated within society as forms of legitimate behavior and cite the progressive role of deviance in society.
5. Apply sociological theories and methods to individuals, groups, and cultures that may be labeled deviant.
