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  "college": "butte-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "SOC",
  "name": "Sociology",
  "sourceUrl": "https://butte.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/25393/28400/28060",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "SOC 4",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "4",
      "title": "Modern Social Problems",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 115"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "An identification and analysis of contemporary social problems including (1) the role of power and ideology in the definition of social problems, (2) their causes and consequences, (3) evaluations of proposed solutions, and (4) methods of intervention. Topics will vary. (C-ID SOCI 115).",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-4",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-4",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 5",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "5",
      "title": "Our Sustainable Future",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course introduces students to the principles of 'Sustainability' within the global, national, regional, and local contexts. This course will increase students' literacy of the three interconnected 'pillars' of sustainable systems, the ecosystem, human society, and the economy. To develop these literacies, students will begin by investigating the perils that currently effect each system, for example, resource depletion, species extinction, pollution, and global warming in the ecosphere; population growth, social inequality, disease, violence and conflict in human societies; and imperialism, unemployment, consumerism and waste in the global economy. The majority of the course will focus on social institutions and organizations that are re-imagining our common future by rethinking and redesigning how we live. Students will learn of new and innovative uses of renewable resources, production processes, and human capital; alternative forms of energy, transportation, building materials, food production, media, education, and urban planning; and new ways to build coalitions, community, trust, and democratic participation. Case studies will highlight sustainability practices in different parts of the world from a variety of perspectives.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-5",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 8",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "8",
      "title": "Introduction to Marriage, Family and Intimate Relationships",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 130"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "This course is a sociological analysis of contemporary issues in family life, including historical and recent changes and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes. Cross-cultural analysis will also be considered. (C-ID SOCI 130).",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-8",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-8",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 10",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "10",
      "title": "Introduction to Crime and Society",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 160"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course is a sociological analysis of crime, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice system. The history and social construction of crime and criminality are examined. The definition of crime and its violations as well as the laws and methods used to control criminal behavior are examined. The measurement of crime and basic theoretical explanations of criminal behavior are included. (C-ID SOCI 160).",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-10",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 14",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "14",
      "title": "Sociology of Gender",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 140"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course is a sociological analysis of the social construction of gender, masculinity, and femininity historically and cross-culturally. It examines the debates on sex and gender. It analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. It focuses on macro-analyses of how institutions and culture shape gender and micro-analyses of how individuals are socialized and how they \"do\" and practice gender. (C-ID SOCI 140).",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 4,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-14",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 2,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-14",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 20",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "20",
      "title": "Introduction to Race and Ethnicity",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 150"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course is a sociological analysis of race, ethnicity, prejudice and discrimination. It examines the cultural, political and economic practices and institutions that support or challenge racial and ethnic inequalities, as well as patterns of interaction between various racial and ethnic groups. (C-ID SOCI 150).",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-20",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-20",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 30",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "30",
      "title": "Sociology of Inequality",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "51 hours lecture",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "This course is an analysis of social stratification and its affect on minority/majority group relations in American society. Emphasis will be on an examination of how the class system ranks categories of people in hierarchies rooted in wealth, income, prestige, power and education. Social inequality that exists nationally and globally are studied though the lens of institutional discrimination and environmental issues.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-30",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/butte-college/schedule/spring-2027/soc/#soc-30",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 95",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "95",
      "title": "Special Studies-SOC",
      "units": "1-3",
      "hours": "51-153 hours independent study",
      "prerequisite": "Permission of instructor",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "Supervised study in researching an area in the student's academic major. Any student interested in registering for a Special Studies course should contact a full-time instructor or chair/coordinator in the appropriate area no later than the last day of the tenth week of instruction. Students may not petition for a Special Studies course until they have completed satisfactorily 12 units of study at Butte College. 51-153 hours Independent Study. This course may be repeated to a maximum of 3.00 units to complete the entire curriculum of the course.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 99",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "99",
      "title": "Work Experience-SOC",
      "units": "0.5-8",
      "hours": "25.5-408 hours independent study",
      "prerequisite": "Permission of Work Experience Education instructor and employment supervisor",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "Work experience is an experiential course where students apply what they have learned in the classroom to a work environment. The course offers students the opportunity to develop technical skills, explore possible career choices, build confidence, network with people in the field, and transition into the world of work. Work experience may include paid or unpaid employment. Students may earn one semester unit of college credit in this course for every fifty-one hours of work experience. Students may enroll in this course up to 8 unit(s) to complete the entire curriculum of the course. A maximum of sixteen units can be earned in work experience courses during a student’s enrollment with Butte College.",
      "notes": [],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}