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  "college": "cuesta-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "SOC",
  "name": "Sociology",
  "sourceUrl": "https://cuesta.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/29980/29981/30056",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "SOC 201A",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "201A",
      "title": "INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 110"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Introduces the basic principles of sociology. Studies human social life focusing on the modern world. Emphasizes the analyses of culture, social structure, and interaction. Includes topics on socialization, crime, stratification, gender, race/ethnicity, politics, economy, family, education, religion, health care, and social change.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "summer-2026",
          "name": "Summer 2026",
          "sections": 2,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/cuesta-college/schedule/summer-2026/soc/#soc-201a",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 6,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-201a",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 201B",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "201B",
      "title": "SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)",
      "advisory": "SOC 201A",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Studies the major social institutions, both the traditional ideas of social institutions (family, education, economy, religion, and government/politics) and contemporary ideas of social institutions (science, mass media, medicine, sports, and the military). Covers the structures and functions of social institutions. Considers major works and draws comparisons between our institutions and those of other societies.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 202",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "202",
      "title": "SOCIAL PROBLEMS",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)",
      "advisory": "SOC 201A",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 115"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Examines current social problems and the sociological concepts, theories, and methods used in their analysis. Emphasizes the role of power and ideology in the definition of social problems, the causes and consequences of social problems, and the methods of intervention. Includes topics on crime, poverty, gender inequality, race/ethnic inequality, and family problems.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "summer-2026",
          "name": "Summer 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/cuesta-college/schedule/summer-2026/soc/#soc-202",
          "subject": "SOC"
        },
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-202",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 204",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "204",
      "title": "INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)",
      "advisory": "SOC 201A",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 160"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Introduces the basic principles of criminology including the various theories of criminal behavior and the processing of delinquency and crime including arrest, trial, detention, and release from prison.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 206",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "206",
      "title": "INTRODUCTION TO RACE AND ETHNICITY",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 150"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Introduces students to the interdisciplinary analysis of race, ethnicity, and racism, focusing on the US American context. Examines the lived experiences and social struggles of various racial and ethnic groups. Critically examines the historical and contemporary patterns of interaction between racial and ethnic groups. Analyzes how institutions and socioeconomic, political, and cultural practices sustain or challenge racism and racial and ethnic inequality. Evaluates efforts to create a more just and equitable society at the individual, interpersonal, and societal levels.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 208",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "208",
      "title": "INTRODUCTION TO GENDER STUDIES",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)",
      "cid": [
        "SOCI 140"
      ],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Studies the interaction of gender and society. Introduces theories of gender differentiation, stratification, and gender roles. Discusses research methodology and examines current research on gender, both within and outside the United States. Investigates how social and cultural factors (e.g., race, class) have shaped the lives of men and women as well as how they have affected their social and cultural environments. Examines the role and status of U.S. women and men within the larger social structure. Examines women and men in varying cultural settings with an emphasis on how social systems shape the roles of women and affect larger U.S. institutions.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 0,
          "url": "/c/cuesta-college/schedule/fall-2026/soc/#soc-208",
          "subject": "SOC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "SOC 247",
      "subject": "SOC",
      "number": "247",
      "title": "INDEPENDENT STUDIES: SOCIOLOGY",
      "units": "0.5 to 2",
      "hours": "1.5 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.50 - 6.00 lab hours/0.00 - 0.00 activity hours)",
      "prerequisite": "The student must have completed preparatory course work in the field in which the study is to be undertaken.",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU"
      ],
      "description": "Provides an opportunity for an in-depth study or a practicum experience by an individual student in a selected topic of sociology under the direction of an instructor.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}