Featured Sociology Courses: Spring 2026

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Sociology of Mass Media
SYA 3930.001 ♦ Robert Caputi ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Tuesday & Thursday 5:00–6:20 PM
This course features an in-depth analysis of a current issue in society. Topics vary from semester to semester.
 
 
 
Course flyer containing a picture of a police officer standing and course details Law and Society
SYA 3930.005 ♦ Matty Lichtenstein ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Monday 2:00–4:50 PM
This course explores how law shapes everyday life and how people shape law in return-examining courts, police, and legal ideas as forces embedded in daily language, practices, and relationships. From this course you will learn how the law operates beyond courts-influencing our workplaces, our relationships, and shared public spaces. You will also uncover the powerful ways that everyday actions can reshape the meaning of the law.
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Male looking down at desk that contains a laptop and various notes. Sociological Analysis: Survey of Methods
SYA 3300.003 ♦ Robert Caputi ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Tuesday & Thursday 12:30–1:50 PM
This course introduces students to social science research methods used to study and understand human societies. Students learn the fundamentals of research design, measurement, sampling, data collection, data analysis and presentation using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Students in this course gain hands-on research experience by designing, executing and presenting a pilot research project based on human subjects.
***Prerequisite required: SYD 3792 or SYG 1000***
 
 
Tourists overlooking a city with buildings a lake and mountains.Tourism & Society
SYA 3930.004 ♦ Patricia Widener ♦ Distance Learning ♦ Tuesday and Thursday 12:30–1:50 PM
This course examines the connections between the tourism industry, the traveler’s experiences, and culture, society, and work. Tourism & Society adopts several sociological perspectives to better understand the history, motivations, inequalities, typologies, adaptations, performances, impacts, and dynamics of tourism, tourists, travelers, workers, and/or host communities, cultures, and societies.
 
 
 
Male work climbing ladder that has images inbetween every step. Images include a clock, a paif of hands in a handshake, a lightbulb, a bar graph, a dart board, and a star at the very top. In the background is a sky with clouds and two women workers and another male worker waving at him from the bottom of the ladder.Career Paths in Sociology
SYG 3090.001 ♦ Maritza Flores ♦ Distance Learning
In this course, students are exposed to various marketable skills that will assist them in preparing for a career after graduation or for graduate school through “real-world” exposure using micro internships and supervised experience related to various career interests in Sociology. Like in any major, Sociology majors end up working in many different jobs. This course provides the most common career paths for Sociology majors. A portion of the course will be spent investigating what one can do with a Sociology degree. An introduction of possible levels of employment in the private or public sectors will be reviewed. Ultimately, this course begins to assist students in developing a plan for professional employment.
 
 
 
Black and white photograph of a stethoscope laying on a large piece of clothSocial Health, Medicine, and Illness
SYO 3400.002 ♦  Matty Lichtenstein  ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Tuesday & Thursday 2:00–3:20 PM
This course introduces students to the sociological perspective on the social determinants of health and illness. Students study how social factors like race, gender, and class shape individual health outcomes, and how patients and medical providers experience the healthcare system. This course examines the economic structures that distinguish American healthcare from other countries’ healthcare systems.
 
 
Photo of various books on a shelf.Sociological Theory
SYA 3010.002 ♦ Philip Lewin ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Tuesday & Thursday 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
This course provides an introduction and overview of some of the major theoretical traditions in sociology. Students learn about the development of sociology as a discipline, as well as how to use different sociological theories to make sense of social structures, social action and social change in the contemporary world.
 
 
 
Graphic of various people working out. There is a hand holding a hand, a male squatting a barbell with weights on each side, a female upside from doing a flip, and a women and male running.Sociology of Sport
SYP 3650 ♦ Robert Caputi ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Wednesday & Friday 9:30–10:50 AM
This course is an introduction to the sociology of sports. It emphasizes the history and nature of sports, as well as the role that sports play in society, as well as interrelations between sports and other social institutions, including government, markets, the family, religion, education and the media.
 
 
 
Photograph of five hands with different skin colors ranging from fair to dark on a wooden table.Race and Ethnic Relations
SYD 3700.002 ♦ Yangsook Kim ♦ Boca Raton ♦ In-Person ♦ Tuesday & Thursday 2:00–3:20 PM
This course surveys sociological perspectives of intergroup relations. It examines the evolution of race, the construction of racial and ethnic distinctions and the roles and experiences of racial and ethnic groups in the United States from a historical perspective.
 
 
 
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 Contemporary Social Problems
 SYA 3930.006 ♦ Greg Lukasik ♦ Distance Learning
 This course allows students to explore answers to interesting questions regarding social problems, including how social problems emerge, how sociologists study social problems, and how social problems are affected by publice opinion and government polices. Some specific areas covered in this course include economic inequality, social problems in urban areas, deviance and crime, as well as problems related to aging, race/ethnicity, and gender. While the focus of this course is on social problems in the U.S., selected issues will be discussed and analyzed from a broader, global, and comparative perspective.