2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LAS 263 - Deviance

Type of Course: Variable Format
Why are some behaviors, differences and people stigmatized and considered deviant while others are not? This course examines theories of social deviance that offer answers to this and related questions such as: How and why are behaviors designated as deviant? How do individuals enter a deviant lifestyle? And how do various social statuses, such as sex, affect the incidence, type and responses to deviant acts?

Cross Listed: SOC 263 

Instructor: Ms. Ewick

When Offered: Offered every year

Faculty: Patricia Ewick, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology