SO 343 - Sociology of Monsters and Deviants

Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: Yes Offered Summer: Yes Offered Other: No

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
Prerequisites: SO 101.

This course provides a survey of theories of deviance. This course will review how the “deviant” is constructed and depicted in the United States and how it influences national discourses and media. Additionally, processes of moral panics, sexuality, and social control will be analyzed.