# Sociology (SOC) courses

Evergreen Valley College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://catalog.evc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/soc/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026.

### SOC 010 — Introduction to Sociology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** SOCI 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 2 sections (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/soc.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 4 District GE: 4
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This course is a survey of the principles and basic concepts of sociology. It includes the analysis of American culture, social organization, group behavior, social stratification, racial and ethnic groups, and the dynamics of social change and other social processes.

### SOC 011 — Social Problems

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** SOCI 115
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/soc.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 4 District GE: 4
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students explore sociological perspectives on contemporary social problems in the United States. Students examine the social processes through which issues come to be viewed as social problems and the dynamics through which groups attempt to respond and solve these problems.

### SOC 018 — Sociology of Race & Ethnicity

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** SOCI 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 4 District GE: 4
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

A sociological investigation will be made into the socio-historical development of race and ethnicity as categories and organizing principles in the U.S. Emphasis on the impact of racialized public policies and structural practices on past and contemporary structures in U.S. society will be explored. An analysis of the socio-legal effects of the Civil Rights Movement, public policy and its impact on diverse racial and ethnic populations in the U.S. will be addressed. A historical and sociological assessment of majority-minority relations with emphasis on the experiences of African-Americans, Hispanic/Latino-Americans, Asian-Americans and indigenous Native Americans, and mixed-race populations will be discussed.

### SOC 019 — Sociology of Sex and Gender

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** SOCI 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: 4 District GE: 4
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This course focuses on the sociological analysis of the social construction of masculinity and femininity historically and cross-culturally. It analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. It focuses on the macro-analyses of how institutions shape gender and microanalyses of how individuals are socialized and how they "do" and practice gender. Emphasizes how intersections of gender, race and ethnicity, class, and sexuality shape individual and group experiences.

### SOC 088 — Sociology Work Experience

- **Units:** 1-14
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2.07
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: Yes
- Grading: O
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None Corequisite: Be employed or a volunteer at an approved non-profit community based organization site for the minimum number of hours per unit.
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Sociology Work Experience provides experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skills development at a pre-approved Community Based Organization site. Students will earn one unit of credit for the required 54 hours of work at the approved site during the semester.