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        "UC"
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      "title": "Social Problems",
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        "UC"
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          "subject": "SOC"
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      "subject": "SOC",
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      "title": "Minority Groups",
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      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
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        "UC"
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      "description": "Analysis of racial, religious, and ethnic minority groups: General principles of dominant-minority group relations.",
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          "subject": "SOC"
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      "subject": "SOC",
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      "title": "Sociology of Gender",
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      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Social construction of gender over time and across cultures: Theories of gender, social and behavioral science research on gender, varying masculinities and femininities, the impact of economics, politics, ideologies, and institutions on gendered experiences and practices.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
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          "subject": "SOC"
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "SOC 8",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "8",
      "title": "Crime and Deviance",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
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      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Sociological exploration of the nature, extent, and causes of crime and deviance: Corporate crime, property and violent crime, drug culture, sex work, the criminal justice system, stigmatization, and the socio-political impact of crime and deviance.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;"
      ],
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        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
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          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 13",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "13",
      "title": "Sociology of the Family",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
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      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Social factors which contribute to marriage and family: Changing historic, economic, and socio-cultural forces that shape intimate and familial relationships.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;"
      ],
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        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
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          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 18",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "18",
      "title": "Sociology of Death and Dying",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
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      "transfer": [
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Death and dying: Application of sociological principles; historic, economic, social, psychological, cultural, and institutional dynamics of death and dying.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4; Cal-GETC Area 4;"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 120",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "120",
      "title": "Introduction to Research Methods",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours lecture",
      "prerequisite": "SOC 001",
      "advisory": "MATH 13 or STAT C1000",
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        "POLS 160"
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        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Introduction to empirical research for the social sciences: Nature of theory, hypotheses, variables, ethics of research; application of qualitative and quantitative analytic tools including survey, observational, experimental, case study, and comparative historical research.",
      "notes": [
        "Peralta GE Areas 4;"
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