SOCL 250 - Sociology of Deviance

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
The course is an inquiry into the social construction of deviance. Emphasis is placed on how behavior comes to be defined as deviant and the interests advanced by these definitions, as well as on societal responses to deviance, causes of individual involvement in deviant behavior, and deviance designations as a form of social control.

Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level Sociology course or permission of instructor.
Offered: Every year